Angela Crawley

It’s often difficult to take that first step towards asking for help. It requires courage, especially if you’re not sure how counselling works or if it might help you. 

You may have been struggling with difficult feelings or symptoms for a while, or life events may have recently left you feeling overwhelmed or unable to cope. Whatever is troubling you, it can help to explore your issues with someone who is trained to work alongside you and who won’t judge you.

My aim is to help you to to talk through what is troubling you and to provide a safe, confidential environment where you feel really listened to and supported. I won’t tell you what to do, but together we will work towards understanding the feelings, thoughts and memories which are causing you distress. Most of us spend a lot of time “in our heads”, cut off from our direct experience of life but perhaps stuck in destructive thought patterns. I will encourage you to tune in to both body and mind to explore what might underlie your difficulties. We may make sense of recurring problems by linking them with past experiences, and this can open the door to greater self awareness and a sense of empowerment. This may in turn lead to you feeling more able to make meaningful changes in your life, or moving towards acceptance of those things which cannot be changed.

I am particularly interested in how emotions are held in the body, and can work with you to alleviate symptoms such as anxiety through this body-mind connection. I have also undertaken training in energy psychotherapy methods, which draw on traditional mind-body medicine, combined with contemporary “talk therapy”.

When you contact me initially, we will arrange to meet online for an assessment session, during which we can both see how we might get along together, and discuss your needs. There is no charge for this initial session, and no obligation to continue therapy with me. Following this, we may decide to work on a specific issue in a focused way, or we may feel that longer-term work is likely to be beneficial.

I offer both day-time and evening appointments – please contact me to discuss availability, by phone or email. I am currently offering online sessions only.