Gayle Creasey

Name: Gayle Creasey
Address: Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6, GB
Telephone: +447941279177
Price range: £80.00 - £95.00

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About me

Welcome to my profile which I hope you will find helpful.

In a safe and confidential space, I will do my best to help you feel accepted and understood. Feeling supported to think and talk about what is going on for you is the first step to being able to move forward. Counselling means that you don't have to work it all out on your own. I will be there to support, guide and help you.

Initially, it can feel uncomfortable to approach a stranger for counselling and talk about what is troubling you. I will listen and try to understand what it is like to be you. I hope you will find me a warm, down to earth and compassionate listener and that my training and experience will support you to find more understanding and ease in yourself.

I have a private practice in Maidenhead, Berkshire and I work with couples experiencing difficulties due to past hurts, arguing, infidelity, infertility, the challenges of parenting, 'drifting apart'. I also work with adults and young people who are impacted by past trauma or who are experiencing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, bereavement, stress, divorce and many other issues.

You can read more about the types of therapy I offer below:

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) Therapy
IFS (Internal Family Systems) Informed EMDR Therapy
Internal Family Systems Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples
counselling and psychotherapy for young people aged 7-20 years
mindfulness and self-compassion training for adults and young people.

EMDR Therapy

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is an evidence based therapy designed to use our natural healing ability to overcome significant life events which continue to have a negative influence on our lives.

Together, we identify those experiences and work through them releasing the unhelpful thoughts, emotions and body sensations attached to those memories.

EMDR is best known for its effectiveness in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is widely used by the NHS to heal traumatic experiences.

EMDR can also be used to help treat a variety of mental health problems like depression, anxiety, or low self-esteem.

EMDR can be useful if you have witnessed or experienced an event like a car accident, a violent crime, sexual or emotional abuse, bullying, a social humiliation or the sudden loss of a loved one and are struggling to recover.

EMDR is suitable for adults, young people and children. Younger children can find it difficult to fully engage with some types of talking therapies, so EMDR can be an effective, simpler alternative.

IFS Therapy

IFS conceives of every human being as a system of protective and wounded inner parts led by a core Self. Self energy is in all of us. It can’t be damaged and it knows how to heal.

IFS can help us access Self energy which brings greater inner and outer connectedness and can help us understand and heal our protective and wounded inner parts.

Couples Counselling

All couples go through difficult times and struggle with relationship issues. Sometimes we get stuck in patterns with our partner that leave us feeling frustrated, upset and lonely.

Couples counselling can help you understand yourself and your partner better which will make it easier to interact positively with one another. Beyond learning skills like de-escalating conflicts and keeping arguments healthy and constructive, couples counselling can help you strengthen the foundation of your relationship through a deeper and more resilient emotional bond.

These are some of the relationship issues which bring people to couples counselling:

frequent arguments
blaming and criticism
sense of isolation and hurt feelings
withdrawing, stonewalling or distancing
issues with intimacy and sex
affairs and betrayal of trust
separation or navigating divorce
fertility issues
adjusting to the birth of a baby
cross-cultural relationships

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a type of couples counselling. It has been applied with great success to couples struggling with problems in their relationship.

Research studies find that 70-75% of couples receiving EFT move from distress to recovery and approximately 90% show significant improvements.

I offer a safe space where both of you can feel listened to and valued and together we can explore what is happening in your relationship.

I offer daytime and evening sessions Mondays to Friday between 9.30am- 6.30pm.

Counselling & Psychotherapy for Adults

We can feel alone and separate from those around us, even family and friends, when we are struggling with life. Sometimes we cannot confide how we are really feeling for fear of upsetting others.

In a safe and confidential space, I offer you the chance to talk and to feel accepted and understood. I will not to judge or criticize you, or tell you what you should or should not be doing. Instead I will listen and try to understand what it is like to be you.

With support and a safe space to think and talk, you'll be able to understand your situation better. With new understanding, you'll be able to identify your needs, desires and the first steps towards moving forward.

I am experienced in working with issues such as:

anger management & aggression
anxiety & emotional worries
bereavement & loss
depression/ post natal depression
domestic abuse
feeling sad
family issues
generalised anxiety disorder
low self esteem
relationship issues
separation & divorce
trauma & abuse

Counselling & Psychotherapy for Children & Adolescents

Young people have difficult thoughts and feelings for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes it can be difficult for them to know what to do with these thoughts and feelings.

Therapy can offer a child a safe and confidential space to explore how they are feeling, what they need and how to achieve their goals. Creative Arts therapy allows the young person to use art materials and play to make sense of their situation.

I have worked as a counsellor and psychotherapist with children and teenagers for 11 years, both in private practice and in primary and secondary schools with the Place2Be Project, YMCA and Cabrini Children’s Society.

I have extensive experience of working with issues such as:

Anger & aggression
Anxiety & emotional worries
Bereavement & loss
Bullying
Depression
Domestic abuse
Feeling sad
Friendship difficulties
Lack of confidence
Low self esteem
Parental separation & divorce
Self harm
School difficulties
Trauma & abuse
Withdrawn behaviour

Training, qualifications & experience

I am currently completing IFS Level 1 Training with IFS UK.

In 2024/2025, I completed Steps 1-3 IFS informed EMDR with The Syzygy Institute.

In 2023, I completed a 16 week IFS informed EMDR training with EMDR Insight.

In 2023, I completed Unlease Your EMDR Parts 1 & 2: Attachment Informed EMDR training with Mark Brayne/EMDR Focus.

I completed Level 1-4 EMDR training in 2020 and I am an accredited UK/Europe EMDR practitioner.

I completed Level 1 training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals in 2020.

My training to work with couples has been with the International Centre for Clinical Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy. I completed the Externship and Core Skills 1-4 training courses in 2018.

I trained to teach adults mindfulness with Bangor University in 2011. I became a certified .b mindfulness teacher of young people in 2014 and trained with the Centre for Mindful Self Compassion to teach the 8 week Mindful Self Compassion course in 2014.

I qualified as an Integrative Child Psychotherapist from the Institute for Art in Therapy and Education (IATE) in 2007 and have been accredited with the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapists (UKCP) since 2009.