Kesley Cage

Hello everyone! Wow, you made it to my profile. I can only imagine that you must be feeling either pretty low, or just in need of a good life change, if you decided to look for counselling. 

I mean, it's quite an investment in yourself to start therapy. Well done you. There are all sorts of barriers and obstacles to getting yourself here. Lots of people are a bit nervous about talking about their emotions and feelings, or embarrassed about their thoughts. Maybe you're fed up of what's going on inside your mind, yourself, and don't want to bother anyone else about it. Maybe you're worried you're going crazy.

Hang in there! In all my years of experience working not only in counselling and therapy, but also holistic support and community roles, I've found that no one deep down is actually mad. We're all understandable. Even those who might seem confusing or irrational at first. 

Whatever it is you're going through - there's some solid, grounded, evidence-based therapy here for you, where you can safely land. Calm your nerves. Release your emotions. Simply feel safe. Connect. Learn. Explore who you are. Find out what you're capable of changing about your situation. 

There's no magic bullet that will take away all the fear and pain you might be carrying, but you can practise to either live with it, or release it little by little as you build more trust in yourself. Sometimes you might get what I call a "healing shift" where great burdens are lifted off you, and everything clicks into place, and you know what you're doing and where you're going and everything just makes sense. The things that overwhelmed and bothered you before, just somehow seem smaller, less important, and you yourself, a bigger, better, brighter person for what you've been through. You get a handle on life. You take charge. It's fab work!

I commend you for your interest in getting started. If you'd like to arrange your first session, please book via my website.

• If you're struggling to feel safe and trust yourself and others, then I may be able to support you to reconnect to a sense of calm and ease again.
• Work-related stress is often rooted in self worth and unresolved family and cultural issues, and by exploring these, work can get easier and become more purpose-driven
• Health anxiety is more widespread than ever as a result of all the fear surrounding Covid-19. Counselling may help you to feel more yourself again and decide on appropriate measures to protect your health, whatever your fears or phobias are
• Forgotten and buried experiences of childhood neglect and child abuse can heal with therapy, releasing emotional stuckness so that you can finally start to let go and free yourself
• You might have experienced a 'spiritual crisis', 'spiritual emergency', 'awakening' or Dark Night of the Soul. Some people might not understand, however I could assist you to make sense of it, and ground yourself in a spiritual life and practice that works for you, so you can safely contemplate your experiences without feeling overwhelmed.
• Anomalous experiences are valued in my practice
• I've worked with clients who have taken psychedelics or other consciousness-altering substances in the recent or distant past, by offering them space to integrate images, symbols or flashbacks, and complete unfinished healing processes.
• Near-Death Experiences (NDE’s) may alter how you think, for better or for worse, and therapy can help you to heal your emotions and perceptions.
• It's an honour to work with clients who are reaching the end of their life due to terminal illness, and making a peaceful and healing transition, with the precious time available.
• I have worked with refugees and survivors of extreme and repeated incidents of torture, and helped them to reclaim self-worth, emotional stability, empowerment and resilience.
• All of my work explores parent-child issues, on some level.
• Community may feel like a test to self-acceptance and belonging, especially for marginalised folks, but these are important inner arts that can be developed in therapy.
• If you feel lonely, isolated or disconnected, I could accompany you in therapy as you explore ways to reconnect to the wider world.
• Psycho-sexual healing (including LGB/TQIA+ and GSRD) is one of my early specialisms; I'm able to offer therapy to people exploring erotic identity, boundaries, consent, relationships, body-mind connection, and those with concerns about porn, sex work, chemsex, kink, BDSM, abuse recovery, or any area of sexual wellness.
• Third Culture Kids - if your parents are from another culture to the one that you went to school or university in then you'll likely be experiencing some deeper-than-average complexities in relationships inside and outside of your family. Therapy can help you to heal trauma and find beauty in complexity.

Therapy is open-ended and usually lasts 8 to 20 sessions or longer term.

Standard sessions are weekly and cost £70 for 50 minutes. Intensive sessions cost £110 for up to 90 minutes, and shorter sessions cost £40 for up to 30 minutes. Sessions are also in person, online or by telephone. You will be able to reserve the same slot each week to secure your therapy. You may pay via card or balance transfer, on a rolling subscription.

Flexible sessions cost £75 for up to 50 minutes, and £45 for up to 30 minutes. These sessions are held in person, online and by telephone. You will be able to book session by session i.e. week to week, on a first come first serve basis. Payment is accepted by card in advance of each session.

I also reserve limited concessionary spaces to make therapy accessible to clients in financial hardship. More details are on my website.

My philosophy in a nutshell

I offer an integrative, person-centred approach, in a compassionate and wholehearted manner, to support you in as few, or as many, sessions as necessary.

Supporting you to feel safe

When you arrive at the session, you will be invited to talk about what you would like from the time we have together. There's no 'one size fits all' in counselling, and I am dedicated to honing practical methods to suit each person with whom I work.

Together we can create the most effective therapy for you. I can accompany you as you sit and connect with your feelings in a safe, warm and private room (or in an online video call), or outdoors in the woods.

Referrals

Clients can self-refer to me directly, and I also accept referrals from GP's, HR departments, charities, health insurance providers and other health and social care professionals. Please respect my professional rates, I only offer reduced fees in exceptional circumstances.

You're welcome to contact me.

Testimonials

Here's what some folk, who don't mind me quoting them, are saying about their therapy with me:

"Kesley is a wonderful healer and coach! Those who have the pleasure of partnering with him on their journey of healing and transformation are in for a nourishing and impactful experience."

"Kesley is true 'Soul midwife' - he embodies this - he helps people with the pain and labour of birthing their Souls, their true selves, into the world"

"You are a natural teacher" 

"Your ability to attune to my inner process is a rare and precious gift." 

"...sensitive and philosophical in-depth work"

"You are an amazing therapist"

"...delicate and precise"

"You hold an amazing space"

"You are like a magician!"

Get in touch!!