About me
Hello and Welcome
If this is your first time thinking about counselling, welcome.
It takes courage to reach out, and even visiting this page means you’ve already begun to care for yourself in a new way.
I’m Terry Smith, a registered & qualified counsellor and therapist based in Hockley & Chelmsford. I offer one-to-one sessions in a warm, understanding space for adults, both in person and online, where you can talk freely and begin to reconnect with who you really are.
You might be feeling anxious, overwhelmed, low, or simply unsure of what comes next. Whatever brings you here, counselling can help you find clarity, balance, and a stronger sense of self.
I believe that each of us has an inner ability for growth and healing, even when life feels confusing, painful, or stuck. Sometimes that capacity just needs space, understanding, and support to be rediscovered.
Counselling, for me, is not about diagnosis or fixing — it’s about walking alongside someone as they reconnect with their own sense of direction and strength.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualified Diploma in Humanistic Therapies - Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling 2010
The majority of my therapeutic career has been working with individuals suffering from one addiction or another in both a Rehabilitation setting and private practice, underneath these addictions are the struggles and issues that affect many people, clients generally present with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, suicidal ideation, unhealthy relationships, low self-worth, lack of self-identity, and a vast array of self-defeating & damaging conditions
Areas of experience
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Behavioural Issues
- Bereavement
- Chronic Relapse
- Developmental Disorders
- Divorce
- Drug Abuse
- Internet Addiction
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Peer Relationships
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Addiction
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- People that are at a crossroads in their lives
- Dissatisfaction/emptiness in relation to life
- Sexual identity and sexual confusion
- Loss and change
- Alienation and isolation
- Shame, self-criticism, feelings of inadequacy, and underachievement in life
- Organisational/Workplace difficulties
- Cultural identity and displacement
- People affected by suicide
- People affected by someone else's addiction/dependency
- Adults whose parents are/were addicts/alcoholics
- Addictions (drugs/alcohol, sexual, porn, shopping, addictive relationships..etc..)
- People involved in 12-Step Recovery Programs
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Face to Face sessions are preferred, however, online sessions are just as helpful and available.
- £50 before 4.30 pm
- £60 after 4.30 pm
Concessions available.
Please do not let finance stop you from getting the help you want. Call me to discuss way we can go forward
When I work
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Further information
Due to the nature of my work, I am often not instantly available to receive incoming calls, so if you don't get me in person and want to talk with me about how I work, what I can offer, or to make an initial appointment, please leave/send me a clear message with your name, contact details and a good time you can be contacted, whether you are interested in sessions in Hockley, Chelmsford or online and I will get back to you as soon as I can or send me an email with the above information.
