Elizabeth Pentz
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Online and telephone counselling.
Anxiety, depression, family issues, low self- esteem, trauma, stress....
Counselling therapy is your opportunity to express yourself and speak about things in a safe, accepting and non- judgemental space.
Whatever you are wanting to get out of your counselling support, be really heard and seen.
- Explore issues.
- Process events.
- Gain insight.
- Develop emotional resilience and distress tolerance.
- Work on boundary setting.
- Learn to self regulate emotions
- Work towards acceptance, healing or moving on (whatever term you wish to use for a sense of personal resolution).
- Develop self esteem, and feelings of self worth.
- Work with inner child/ teen, and reparent.
- Become more assertive.
- Develop emotional intelligence and maturity.
- Develop awareness of self, and self acceptance.
- Explore life narratives.
- Get things off your chest.
Feel better.
Work towards wherever you want to be for the future.
I have extensive experience in working with clients who are experiencing a great variety of issues.
Everyone processes experiences individually, and in different ways. These issues can leave us feeling sad, angry, uncertain, nervous, fearful, worried for our future and many other emotions.
I work extensively with clients who are experiencing feelings of low self esteem, low self confidence and self worth, to feel more self assured, confident and stronger in themselves.
I support clients in developing a strong internal foundation for living well, happily and healthily, with healthy coping skills for difficult times.
I also support clients in promoting emotional and mental resilience, healthy, balanced, regulated emotions, and in personal development work.
Many life experiences, family issues, work issues, depression, anxiety and other matters can be traumatic in different ways. I am familiar with the extensive, complex and often traumatic nature of loss in all its forms, and that it may involve complicated, difficult, conflicting feelings and emotions. I support clients in processing difficult life events.
My aim is to support, listen to, and truly hear clients, and to "walk with the client on their journey" *.
I offer empathy, compassion and a non- judgemental presence for clients, through 50 minute sessions, over a period of weeks, or as a client prefers.
My training is in person centred therapeutic counselling. This approach recognises that each individuals' experience is completely unique. What might work for one person may not work for another. Therefore the approach is designed to be tailored individually for you, to provide an environment of support in which you feel empowered to explore your feelings, experiences and behaviours. This allows you to develop your own inner resources during our work together.
I am experienced in working with and supporting neurodivergent clients.
I am experienced in supporting the expat in moving abroad, living overseas and moving back to the UK. International clients welcome.
I am a retired midwife and have many years experience working in the NHS, therefore have extensive experience in institutional and organisational issues and traumas.
I am trained in mindfulness, meditation, yoga and relaxation techniques. These skills and resources are also available to you.
Please feel free to get in touch for a free introductory conversation.
Liz.
** Carl Rogers
Training, qualifications & experience
Fully trained and qualified therapeutic counsellor.
Registered Member British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Training in teaching mindfulness, self- care, and self- calming skills.
Training in teaching meditation, relaxation techniques and yoga.
Cruse bereavement support training and volunteer experience.
Sexual abuse and violence support training.
Domestic abuse support training.
Group therapy training.
Continuing education studies in;
Generalised anxiety,
Chronic pain,
Complex grief,
Working with shame,
Compassion focused therapeutic work.
Group therapy.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I have spent time living overseas and travelling extensively. I am familiar with the issues this can raise, plus re-integrating back into life in the country of origin.
I am a retired midwife and worked in the NHS for many years, therefore have extensive experience of institutional and organisational work issues and traumas.
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
Individual session £50
When I work
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Please contact for availability of sessions. Day, evening and weekend online/ telephone sessions available. Not currently seeing clients face to face. Dates and times flexible.
Further information
I work online via zoom, whats app, and via telephone. Sessions are 50 minutes long.
I have daytime appointments, and also evening and weekend appointments.
Sessions can be at the same time every week, or on an as and when available basis.
Missed sessions, or sessions cancelled without 24 hours notice are charged at £25- half the session fee.
My first session
Prior to our first session I will have emailed you information about confidentiality and the professional terms of our work together. It is very important in order to establish the relationship and terms between us. This can't be vague or woolly, parameters and boundaries are important and necessary in life, and this is just the same.
Initially, we can perhaps discuss if this is your first experience of counselling, what has brought you to counselling, what you would like to get out of counselling. You are in charge, so it's up to you.
Clients often choose to have weekly sessions for several weeks, and then move to fortnightly and monthly. Some clients prefer to have a longer or shorter duration of counselling therapy. Regardless, sessions are confirmed on a weekly basis, which allows the client to be the decision maker about the duration of our work together.
I look forward to speaking with you.
What I can help with
Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Addictions, AIDS/HIV, Anger management, Anxiety, Autism spectrum, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability, Eating disorders, Health related issues, Identity issues, Infertility, LGBTQ+ counselling, Loss, Menopause, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Service veterans, Sex-related issues, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Substance Dependency, Trauma, Vegan allied, Women's issues, Work related issues
Types of therapy
Therapeutic, person centred counselling. Integrative and eclectic aspects.
Clients I work with
Adults, EAP, Older adults
