About me
Hello! Thank you for reading my page. I offer counselling to individuals and couples alike. I have extensive experience and I am confident in my ability to support you.
I believe that effective therapy lies in establishing a trust-based professional relationship, as it forms the foundation of the therapeutic setting. I embrace diversity and offer kindness, patience, compassion, and reassurance to make certain that you feel fully valued.
What can I offer you?
I offer a secure and private space where your voice will be heard and you will be appreciated for your true self. My goal is to make you feel at ease. As a Person-Centred Counsellor, I adhere to humanistic values, focusing on your growth and self-exploration. By learning about you and understanding your challenges, I am able to provide thoughtful support throughout your journey.
Are you feeling or stressed, anxious?
Stress and anxiety can take many shapes, making it difficult to manage and often resulting in irritability and disproportionate reactions to events. Persistent fears, worries, and continuous negative thoughts can reverberate in your mind, sapping your energy and causing fatigue. This may make it hard to maintain focus and concentrate on new tasks, prompting attempts to control situations and people as a way to cope with anxiety. Consequently, you may feel trapped in a state of distress, unable to appreciate even life's simplest pleasures. This could start to negatively impact how you live your life, your relationships, your work, and those around you.
How I support you
My goal is to listen and help you reflect on your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours by encouraging you to be aware of your emotions and bodily sensations. We experience stress and anxiety not only mentally but also physically. Stress manifests in various forms. By exploring the underlying causes and addressing any unresolved issues, I can help you process emotions that may have been suppressed due to past traumas, leading to a preoccupation with the past.
Stress can compromise our immune system, leading to issues like sleep disturbances, headaches, illness, digestive troubles, and various types of joint pain. My goal is to assist you in recovering from these effects and in reducing your stress and anxiety. Through collaboration and a range of strategies, I aim to teach you new coping skills. The objective is to enhance your psychological resilience, enabling you to manage your stress and anxiety more effectively.
In my experience, a variety of events can trigger emotional responses in a person, which may be stressful and frightening. Discussing your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours can aid in processing and understanding these experiences. This increases self-awareness, enabling you to take more control over your life, make positive changes, and boost your confidence.
Couples Counselling
I work with couples either in person here in Lustleigh or via zoom.
I can support couples to improve their relationship and personal growth. My objective is not to assign blame, but to support both partners in reconnecting emotionally, listening to each other differently and learning to communicate more effectively. Additionally, I can provide couples the opportunity to explore their feelings and reflect on their relationship and interaction patterns.
Couples bring a wide range of to counselling from lack of intimacy and communication breakdown to trust, jealousy, and infidelity. Family conflicts and difficult life transitions can cause problems within a relationship, as can work-related stress or financial problems.
I can contribute to a stronger, more satisfying partnership by observing and pinpointing areas that need attention. I am able to address any concerns confidently and will bring them to the forefront.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness offers the potential to enhance awareness of one's senses and experiences. It also aids in becoming less reactive in various situations and helps distinguish between one's thoughts and actual experiences.
Specialisms:
Neurodiversity
As an inclusive practitioner and staunch advocate for equality, I am committed to ensuring equal access to communication. My extensive experience working with neurodiverse individuals, coupled with having autistic family members, has given me a deep understanding of the daily challenges.
Student Mentoring in Mental Health & Autistic Mentor
I am registered with the Association of NMH providers, The Department of Education, which offers mental health mentoring support for students at university. I have taken additional qualifications to support students who may have a disability such as autism, ADHD, complex medical conditions or mental health challenges.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
I have worked for twenty years with Deaf people and hard of hearing people who don't use sign language. I am a qualified Lipspeaker and Cued Speech Transliterator and I completely understand the challenges faced to access communication, especially the feelings of isolation. I strive to make the adjustments needed for you to have equal access to counselling.
Food Relationships
I work with people and I identify with people who have an unhealthy relationship with food. I can help and support people regulate their emotions and understand the relationship of food and the havoc it plays on our moods.
Accredited Member of the National Counselling Society (NCS)
I am an accredited member of the National Counselling Society and I work in accordance with their Ethical Framework which underpins my practice as a therapist. I am fully insured.
How to get in touch
You can email me, ring and leave a message or text me and I promise to reply as soon as I can.
Sessions
I offer sessions via Zoom, face-to-face or the telephone
Training, qualifications & experience
Therapeutic Counselling Level 4
Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT for ADHD
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples
Juliette Grayson - 90 hour course Working with Couples
Mindfulness
CBT Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Gestalt
Somatic Therapy/Body Reset
Mental Health First Aid NVQ Level 2
Safeguarding Adults Level 1 & 2
Foundation Degree in Arts (Early Years and Child Development)
Child Development and Psychology - Open University
Certificate in Lipspeaking with Deaf People
British Sign Language BSL Levels 1 & 2
Behaviour that challenges NVQ Level 2
PREVENT Level 1 & 2
Equality & Diversity
Conflict Resolution
Suicide Prevention
Understanding Autism – National Autistic Society (NAS)
Autism & Communication – NAS
Autism -Supporting Families – NAS
Women & Girls on the Autistic Spectrum – NAS
Autism Stress & Anxiety- NAS
Autism & Sensory Experience - NAS
Good Practice in Autism Education – Bath University
Autism Education Trust-Raising Awareness Post 16 Programme
Autism Education Trust Schools Programme – 5-day course
Safeguarding Children
Physical Health and Well-being
Child Protection
Autism Education Trust-Raising Awareness Post 16 Programme
Autism Education Trust Schools Programme – 5-day course
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Supporting children with Cochlear Implants
Learning to Listen for Deaf Children/Improve meaningful Listening for Deaf Children
Primary Mental Health
Supporting Children with Speech and Language Difficulties Stages 1,2,3
Social and Communications skills workshop
Managing Behaviour and Aggression
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
First initial consultation - 20/30mins free
I work with:
Individuals - £45 per session (60mins)
Couples - £65 per session (60mins although the first session maybe longer)
I also work with my partner providing Couple to Couple counselling so two therapists working with a couple, £80 per session (60mins)
We offer a one day intensive (6hours) £480 or Half-day (3hours) £240.
Please check out the website: http://actforloverelationships.co.uk
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I can be flexible with appointments, so please contact me.
