Sue Raymond

You may already have a good understanding of yourself. You may recognise your patterns, know where some of your difficulties come from, or even know what you would like to change.

And yet, knowing something intellectually doesn’t always make it possible to do things differently.

Perhaps you keep finding yourself in similar relationships, responding to situations in familiar ways, being harder on yourself than you would be with anyone else, or experiencing emotions that feel difficult to understand.

You may feel stuck, disconnected from yourself or simply sense that there is more going on beneath the surface.

This is where therapy can offer something different

Hello I am Sue, an experienced BACP registered Integrative Counsellor based in Farnborough. I offer face-to-face therapy and online sessions via Zoom.

I provide a warm, respectful and reflective space where you can slow down, feel heard and become curious about what is really happening to you.

Exploring what lies beneath

I believe therapy can be about more than managing difficult feelings. Therapy can give us the opportunity to explore why certain patterns continue to repeat.

We might explore how earlier experiences have shaped the way you see yourself and your relationships, where the beliefs you carry come from, or whether ways of coping that once helped you might not be serving you now; but they are still in use.

You may already understand what you would like to change but find yourself unable to make that happen. Counselling can provide the space to explore that gap between feeling you know what needs to be done and being able to do things differently.

My Approach

I am a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor, drawing on person-centred, existential, experiential and Gestalt approaches. I believe that therapy is a dialogue. We will work collaboratively, allowing the work to develop at a pace that feels manageable for you, whilst remaining curious about the things that might have felt difficult to approach alone and added to the sense of being stuck.

I will listen with empathy and without judgement. Where appropriate, I invite you to consider something from a different perspective when I feel there is something worth exploring.

Sometimes meaningful work comes from staying with an emotion rather than immediately trying to change it or fix it. Sometimes it comes from fully understanding a pattern for the first time. And sometimes it comes from discovering that something you have struggled with in yourself makes more sense when viewed in the context of your experiences.

I aim to create a space where you can become curious about yourself rather than critical of yourself.

Depending on what brings you to counselling, we might explore relationships, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, loss, difficult childhood experiences, trauma, identity, values or feeling disconnected from yourself and others.

You don’t need to know exactly what you want to explore before we begin.

Taking the first step

I offer a free 30-minute introductory phone call so we can talk about what brings you to counselling, what you are looking for and whether you feel I might be the right counsellor for you.

If you feel ready to explore what is happening for you more deeply, I would be very happy to hear from you.

Online  - £65

face-to-face sessions - £70

I work out of a very comfortable therapy room based in Farnborough.

Just reach out to get your free 30-minute phone consultation by calling, dropping me an email or fill in the contact form on my website. We will then arrange a convenient time to talk. If you are ready to take the next step I look forward to speaking with you.

I currently work face-to-face and also  via Zoom and telephone.