Spini Watts

I work by engaging in the here-and-now therapeutic relationship between us as an opportunity to understand how you relate to yourself and others in your life, and we can explore how your past might be affecting your present life. I will never push you to talk about anything you are not ready to explore, there will be times when I will challenge you gently to explore how your thoughts affect your emotions and experiences.

I can help with Anxiety, Depression, Bereavement Loss & Grief, Family Conflict and Relationship issues, Low Self-Esteem and Stress Related Issues. I integrate from a range of theoretical approaches, including, Person-centred, Psychodynamic, Transactional Analysis, and  I also use some aspects of CBT to individually tailor how we work effectively together for your specific personal needs.

I offer a free 15mins consultation. I have added a booking calendar on my website www.swcounselling.uk That way we wouldn't have to go back and forth via emails to choose a day and time that best suits you

RELATIONSHIP ISSUES AND FAMILY CONFLICT

Family or relationships conflict is normal. What truly matters is how we navigate those moments, repair connections, and learn from them. Things that happened in the past can have a lasting effect on family and other forms of relationships. Unresolved issues can often crop up. The attachment pattern we form in our childhood tends to shape the emotional and behavioural reactions we have with others throughout our lives. Exploring dynamics, roles, and patterns within the relationships can help to uncover underlying issues that contribute to mental health challenges. I can help you work through past and current relationships to better understand how they affect you. Together, we can develop goals for forming healthier relationships in the future. We can explore and work on how you relate to yourself and others in your life, the beliefs you have about yourself, how you believe other people perceive you, your abilities, the positive and negative things about you, how you interpret the past, and what you anticipate for your future.

BEREAVEMENT, GRIEF & LOSS

Grief is a natural response to loss, and everyone’s experience is deeply personal and unique. In grief and bereavement therapy, my approach centres around creating a safe and compassionate space for clients to process their emotions, explore their thoughts, and find meaning in their loss. Whether you are struggling with denial, anger, guilt, or feelings of emptiness, my therapy sessions are designed to help you process your emotions, develop healthy coping mechanisms, and find a renewed sense of purpose and meaning in life. During counselling, you can talk to about the person who has died, about how their death is affecting you and how you are coping. 

Bereavement or situations of loss can lead to feelings of helplessness, anxiety, and depression. Feelings of loneliness where you might feel unseen, unheard, unvalued, and uncared for. Having gone through losses myself, I understand the pain and confusion that comes with grief. My journey might be different from yours, but this has helped me realise the kind of environment that is needed for people to feel truly heard, seen and be compassionately curious about who they really are. There are no coping strategies that can take the pain away, but we can work together to take steps to sooth your pain, find meaning through your loss and make your grieving process easier to move through. No one can understand your grief but yourself.

ANXIETY

Anxiety is a common human experience, our body’s natural response to stress. Anxiety is often described as a feeling of fear or unease and it’s something everyone experiences at times, but if your feelings of anxiety are very strong, or last for a long time, they can be overwhelming. When you are feeling worried all the time, are worried about worrying, find it hard to sleep or eat well because of worry, or have panic attacks it is likely that therapy can help you address the underlying reasons for your anxiety and guide you to feel more secure and less anxious. To effectively manage anxiety, it's essential to understand why it occurs in the first place. It can have multiple causes and pinpointing them can be the first step toward finding relief. We cannot control our thoughts coming into our minds, but we can control how we choose to respond to them, looking at 'why' the same anxious thoughts are reoccurring and dominating your life. 

 I offer 50mins sessions at the same time each week costing £50 per session, I work online, telephone and walk & talk. I work Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-1pm, with adults aged 18+ from all different backgrounds.  Visit my website www.swcounselling.uk for more info or to book an appointment or you could call or email me.