Catriona Palin

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After my own healing experiance with counselling I can reassure you, that I get the anxiety you may be feeling in trying to choose who to work with.

I invite you to take the first step, and together we can find your resilience, assertiveness.

As a counsellor, I help people to work through whatever challenges they are facing, in a safe and confidential setting.

The type of therapy that I offer

As an Integrative Counsellor I am comfortable in exploring what makes you, uniquely you. The positive, the negative and all that you’re not too sure about and bring them together as a whole. Sometimes life throws us curve balls and being the adaptive species that we are, we create ways to tolerate these difficult times. This is wonderful at the time, but unfortunately, we can grow out of these suits of armour and eventually, instead of helping, they can restrict our growth and movement.

Together we can look at the different parts of your armour that you have crafted over the years. We can explore which parts work well, which need upgrading and which parts you may even want to get rid of altogether.

I work relationally so I will also invite you to explore the relationship that we have with each other. 

Research shows that the 'therapeutic relationship' between client and counsellor is vital for successful counselling, therefore I strive to help my clients comfortable and secure so they can share their experience of me and our sessions.

My aim is to create an environment for you to talk, reflect and to be heard- where your voice can be truly listened to and felt.

Who I work with

I work 1-2-1 with a diverse range of adults with a wide range of issues, including 

* low mood * feeling sad * depression * family estrangement * divorce & separation * relationship breakdown * betrayal * sexual violence * relationships * mental illness within the family * alcoholism * suicidal thoughts * emotional, physical, and sexual abuse * inappropriate anger * stress * low self-confidence * self-development* sexual identity*

I work both face to face in a room in Huthwaite or sessions can be held online via Zoom (no dowloads needed)

I strive to provide peace and gentle curiosity. I aim to help you shine a light within your shadow so that you get to know and appreciate yourself completely and compassionately.

My priority is to help you to feel secure and tailor make our counselling session to you; to understand you as a unique individual with your distinctive experiences.

My hope is that you obtain a better understanding of yourself, your experiences, and your feelings. To develop self compassion and assertiveness with your life choices. 

Clients have told me that through working with me they have noticed changes within themselves such as:

* Feeling empowered* feeling heard for the first time* finding their voice* increase of emotional understnading* improved communication skills* more fulfilling relationships* feel less overwhelmed by emotions* decrease of inappropriate anger* increase of assertiveness* increased focus* more confidence* decrease of anxiety* improved self-awareness* self-compassion* 

Working Together

Free Initial Confidential phone call 

Please contact me for a brief, informal telephone call. If after this call you are happy to work together, we can arrange a time to meet face to face, be it in person or online and discuss your needs and together work out the right way forward.

There is no obligation to arrange sessions after this call.

Counselling Sessions:

Sessions are usually held weekly, though some people benefit from having additional sessions dependant on their needs.