Dr Annette Gensale

Special interests:
Entertainment business and related issues
Singers and other Creative artists
Musicians

Anxiety
Depression
Post natal depression and anxiety

Attachment
Relationship issues
Family communication
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Sibling health where another child has significant needs.

Parents of young people with OCD
Parenting issues and Stress.
Being a parent of a child or young person with special needs or mental health difficulties
ADHD
Dyslexia
Somatic problems – how stress is expressed through your body
Self-harmful behavioural strategies
Self-esteem and Identity issues

Parents and individuals with hearing impaired close relatives: 
Sign Language:- I have an understanding of deaf culture. If you are a hearing child of deaf parents, or if you would like to see if I can be of help with my understanding of some of the experiences you might have had as a person who is hearing impaired, or who is from a family where there are individuals who have hearing impairment, please do email me to discuss. You may however, find this link more useful than I can be for you: http://righttherapist.com/dir/languages/british-sign-language.


Research and involvement:
Parents' own childhood experiences of the mental illness of one or more parent.

Daughters of mental illness.

Motherless mothers

Person-centred curriculum in psychology and psychiatry

Fees are payable in advance of each appointment.

Appointments can be rearranged with 3 days notice.

Appointments are to be mutually arranged.

In applying for short-term counselling - you agree to the following in order to keep yourself and others safe.

Keep Yourself Safe...

If you do  not feel safe in your relationship now or at any point, or with any other person, or you fear that you may harm yourself in any way tell your GP, or go to A and E, or contact any emergency service or specialised charity. or service. Do  not contact a counsellor.  A counsellor is not an emergency service.  Counsellors can only be called in an emergency if they are set up to be an emergency 24 hour service and are not therefore offering regular therapy, as this would get interrupted by emergencies, and emergencies would not get through. In an emergency you will  need to contact or go to a service which is set up to answer emergency calls and respond to emergencies and can protect you.

Remove yourself from threat at your earliest safe possibility. 

Remove yourself if you feel vulnerable to becoming a threat to your partner or to anyone else.

Short-term appointments are not appropriate to discuss any actuality of violence in your relationship. or threat of violence., or suicidal thoughts or intentions.  Remember that violence is not only, or always, physical.

It is important that you always remember that a counsellor is NOT an emergency point of contact, and that in an emergency, you should contact emergency services and not your counsellor.  Your counsellor is only available during your appointments, for the process within each appointment, and not in between appointments or beyond these.

Outside of your appointments, keep yourself safe by doing your best to stay aware and to remain honest about the extent of any aggression or threat by you or by your partner or anyone towards you or anyone vulnerable that is with you or connected to you..

Outside of your appointments, keep yourself safe by doing your best to stay aware and to remain honest about the extent of any low feelings you have and to act to protect yourself or your partner or a vulnerable other accordingly.

Look ahead and make sure that you know who to contact should you ever suddenly feel at risk to yourself, or towards another., or from another.  Make your own list of what will help you if you feel low., and/or if you feel threatened.

In applying for short-term counselling you agree to make your own list of numbers for emergency contacts, and you agree to keep a list of these  contacts on your person.

Make your own list of emergency contacts, both organisations and friends and family where relevant.  Search ahead for crisis charities, eg:- https://www.womensaid.org.uk/

https://thedashcharity.org.uk/

This does not mean you are going to need any of these at all, but if you do, you will be glad to have the numbers you need.

The Samaritans 116 123

Web: Samaritans.org

If you live in the UK, the quickest way that the Samaritans recommend that you contact them is by phone on 116 123, this number is FREE to call.

Crisis Teams:traight to your local Accident and Emergency Department in your local hospital and wait if you ever feel at immediate risk from yourself of another person.

There should be a crisis team in your area available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Find out the local telephone number for the Crisis Team in your area, ahead of needing this.  Search ahead for charities dealing with crises such as  domestic abuse

Call 999 or go directly to Accident and Emergency