Liessa Callaghan
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About me
🌿 Managing Change, Relationships & Emotional Wellbeing
Life transitions—whether chosen or unexpected—can be deeply unsettling. Grief, relationship struggles, divorce, career changes, or personal identity shifts can leave you feeling lost, overwhelmed, or unsure of yourself. Even when we actively choose change, we may not fully understand why we feel so unsettled.
Or perhaps you’re experiencing anxiety, depression, sadness, anger, or low self-worth, but you’re not sure where these feelings stem from. You might notice recurring relationship difficulties, emotional patterns that hold you back, or a sense that something isn’t quite right, even if you can’t put it into words.
Counselling offers a space to explore these thoughts and feelings in depth, without judgment. Whether your struggles are linked to past trauma, relationship difficulties, neurodiversity, or a general sense of unease, I can support you in making sense of your experiences and moving towards a more fulfilling way of being.
🛋️ How I Work
I provide psychodynamic counselling, a therapy that helps you understand how your past experiences shape your present thoughts, emotions, and relationships. Together, we will explore patterns in your relationships, self-perception, and emotional world, allowing you to gain insight, process difficult feelings, and develop a deeper sense of self-awareness.
- Exploring the Past & Present – Understanding how early experiences influence your current struggles.
- Recognising Patterns – Identifying unconscious emotional and relational patterns that may be holding you back.
- Deep, Lasting Change – Developing self-awareness, emotional resilience, and the ability to create meaningful change in your life.
I work at a pace that feels right for you, offering open-ended, long-term therapy or short-term focused counselling, depending on your needs.
💬 What to Expect in Counselling
Reaching out for therapy can feel daunting, especially if you’re unsure what to expect. My role is to offer a safe, confidential, and supportive space, where you can bring whatever is on your mind.
Our work together might include:
- Processing difficult emotions that may have been buried for years.
- Exploring relationships—past and present—to uncover repeating patterns.
- Understanding feelings of anxiety, low self-worth, or uncertainty about yourself.
- Making sense of past trauma or childhood experiences and their impact today.
In our sessions, there is no pressure to talk about anything before you are ready. I will follow your pace and be guided by what feels important to you.
📍 About My Practice
I offer counselling in-person in Epsom and Banstead, as well as online throughout the UK.
I work with adults and young people aged 16+. and specialise in working with:
- Relationship difficulties & attachment issues
- Trauma, loss & life transitions
- Low self-esteem & identity struggles
- Anxiety, depression & emotional overwhelm
- Neurodiversity & self-exploration
I am a registered member of the BACP and adhere to their ethical guidelines. My work is regularly supervised, and I undertake ongoing professional development.
📅 How to Get Started
Finding the right counsellor is an important part of the process. That’s why I offer a free 15-minute phone consultation, giving you the chance to ask any questions and get a sense of whether this feels right for you.
Step 1: 📩 Contact me via email or phone to arrange your consultation.
Step 2: 📞 A short phone call to explore what’s bringing you to counselling.
Step 3: 🛋️ If you wish to proceed, we arrange a first session (online or in-person in Banstead, Surrey).
Step 4: 🔄 Weekly 50-minute sessions at a time that suits you.
💰 Fees: £50–£65 per session, payable weekly.
📧 Email: perspectivescounsellingservice@gmail.com
📞 Call/Text: 07533 698084
You don’t have to figure this out alone. If you’re ready to take the first step, I’d love to hear from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
📜 Qualifications & Experience
- Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling (Distinction) – University of Greenwich via Nescot College.
- Counselling Lecturer – Nescot College.
- Clinical Experience: Sutton Counselling, The Lucy Rayner Foundation, Third Age Counselling.
- Enhanced DBS Checked, Fully Insured, ICO Registered.
I regularly undertake continuous professional development.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £65.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Whether you have had experience of counselling or are seeking it for the first time, it is important that you work with a counsellor you feel comfortable talking to. I therefore offer a free 15 minute consultation by telephone, before we meet for the first time, so that we can discuss how I can help you and you can ask questions.
I work with adults and young people aged 16 onwards and provide both long- and short-term counselling. I work both online or face to face and have rooms in Epsom and Banstead, which are easily accessible by public transport or car.
When I work
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I am available Monday to Thursday.
Further information
Creative Counselling as a therapeutic tool
Creative counselling combines talking therapy with creative techniques. This can help you to communicate thoughts and feelings you find difficult to put into words.
Depending on what feels most comfortable for you, creative techniques can include working with:
Sand
photos/symbols/pictures
Painting/drawing
