Ruth Hubbard

Are you struggling? Attempting to gain a better understanding of yourself and find ways to better cope with life's ups and downs? I can help you find a path forward by making sense of, and learning from our past, engaging with the present & creating future hope. We can explore things that may be causing you distress or confusion from that odd sense that things aren't quite right and feeling unfulfilled to specific issues which are affecting your daily life e.g. chronic pain and illness, anxiety, trauma, bereavement, abuse, self defeating and / self destructive behaviours.

I will provide a safe and confidential space for you to explore things in your life that may be causing distress or confusion be that something specific like bereavement, anxiety or relationship issues, to that sense that things aren't quite right and a lack of fulfilment in your everyday life.

I specialise in working with chronic illness and pain, anxiety, resolving past trauma, bereavement and loss. We will work at your pace in a supportive environment. I will support you through the process to find understanding, peace and acceptance of self.

I offer single session therapy (solution focused), short term and long term therapy.

I am passionate about my clients working towards becoming comfortable with themselves, finding peace with their experiences, improving mood, and empowering them to move forward in their lives. This often means an exploration of past events, present experiences and future hopes. Finding your own personal awareness, compassion and understanding of self can aid you in achieving the best version of yourself.

I am an integrative and trauma informed counsellor, which means that I work with a variety of approaches. I provide counselling which is adaptive and creative to ensure that working together we can work towards finding clarity and understanding & ways to implement lasting change.

I will work with you in a supportive, warm and non-judgmental and when necessary challenging way, to guide you through any distress you may be experiencing and I aim to empower you to deal with any difficulties, whatever they may be. I am also an NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) practitioner and offer coaching, training and consultancy work.

Some of the areas I work with:

• Generalised Anxiety Disorder
• Health Anxiety
• Traumatic experiences
• HSP (Highly Sensitive People) and Empaths
  Stress
• Loss of Confidence or Low Self Esteem
• Bereavement and loss
• Emotional, Physical or Sexual Abuse
  Work difficulties
• Relationships problems
• Separation and/or divorce recovery
• Life crisis or transition
• Coming to terms with medical diagnosis e.g. Motor Neuron Disease
• Learning to accept and live with chronic long term conditions e.g. ME, fibromyalgia, sight loss, MS, Diabetes, and Long Covid.

I use a variety of counselling approaches to suit the needs of the individual. The main theoretical approaches that I use in my work are; Person Centred, Psychodynamic, Solution Focused, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Motivational Interviewing, mindfulness, Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness. I also work creatively with my clients to help express and explore emotions.

I have special interest in working with the hidden helpers - the family and friends of those with mental and physical conditions.

Coaching for career, personal and spiritual development - increase confidence, interview skills, and support with career and life changes.

Supervision

I offer individual and group supervision to counsellors and other professions. I offer a secure, open and empathetic space for you to explore your work with your clients where you can explore any ideas and deepen your understanding of the process both for your clients and yourselves.

Online, telephone and Face to Face

Counselling (individual) - £60.00 per session (Initial Consultation - £60.00)

Supervision - £90.00 per 90 minute session

Payment 

• Bank transfer
• Card
• Cash

NB Please check your spam/junk email box if you are waiting for a reply from me sent via this site. Emails will be sent from rhubbardcounsellor@gmail.com