Gwyneth Wright

About me

As a fully qualified counsellor and a Registered Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy I bring my 7 years experience including 4 years as part of the NHS and charitable organisations to offer short term or open ended counselling to adults in a warm, safe and confidential environment.

All my work adheres to the code of ethics of the BACP. This means that clients can expect a setting that has professional integrity, that is non-judgemental and respectful and in which it is possible to explore anything that may be troubling or that needs talking about.
I believe that each of us have feelings and experiences that are unique and that can be shared and understood more fully with a counsellor.

Often people choose to meet with a counsellor to explore relationship issues, anxiety, depression, loss, illness, bereavement, trauma or abuse. Sometimes people feel stuck or overwhelmed by life and have tried everything to manage on their own.

Developing a trusting relationship with a counsellor is an essential part of the therapeutic process as this allows for a confident and free expression of thoughts and feelings, and a space to reflect and for changes and a recovery to take place.

Choosing to start counselling and finding the right counsellor can feel daunting. It is important that the client has an opportunity at the first meeting to see whether they feel comfortable to continue.

If so, with discussion I can help facilitate the client to decide what is best for them in terms of the number of sessions and what the focus of sessions will be, if that is required.

I have been funded by the NHS to offer Counselling for Depression. This is a NICE approved therapy and is an NHS High Intensity Intervention for moderate to severe depression. This approach involves a collaborative exploration of the client's experiences, thoughts and feelings that are linked to, or that may underly depression. Rather than focusing on symptoms, the whole experience of the client is explored from their own perspective. This approach can focus on feelings that may also be sensed in the body and that can be helped to find expression and acknowledgement.

I bring to all my work an awareness of the physical experiences that can result from stress, trauma depression, anxiety, unexplored emotions and illness. Underpinning my work is a belief that we all have an inherent healing ability that can help us to process painful or unresolved experiences without feeling overwhelmed. This process is facilitated with a sensitively attuned therapist in a non-invasive way and can lead to feelings of being well and of being confidently more able to deal with life's issues.

Following a Fine Art degree I trained as a body based therapist 26 years ago and have extensive experience of working with children, many with special needs and disabilities, and with adults including NHS work for the Immune Development Trust as a Healing - Shiatsu Practitioner and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist.