What is Counselling?
Counselling provides you with an opportunity to develop a unique relationship with a trained and experienced person who will listen without judging and who will aim to hear you as you are in your entirety. Together we will create an environment where you can explore your feelings, beliefs and the ways in which you interact with others and with yourself. Counselling isn't a quick fix although sometimes only a few sessions may be very useful.
As well as long term and short term talking therapy I offer the chance to work with images, using paint or pastels. Sometimes it can be hard to translate feelings into words and colours, shapes or textures may describe a feeling more accurately at first. We can then explore what those colours or textures mean for you. This can be a surprisingly powerful way of working, sometimes allowing rapid access to emotions.
How can counselling help?
Whatever the reason that brings you to counselling, the process of counselling aims to provide a chance to explore your feelings, thoughts and beliefs and work towards living your life in a way which feels more satisfactory. At its simplest, being accepted as you are and listened to with careful attention and respect may begin the process of connecting with feelings and understanding thoughts and behaviours which can then enable you to make diffent choices and to resolve long held beliefs.
Making an appointment
You might not be sure yet whether you definitely want to work with me. You can email or ring me to arrange to meet for a half hour initial consultation for which there is a charge of £15. This will provide you with a chance to get a sense of me and how I work. If you do then decide that counselling is the right step for you we'll make a clear agreement about our work together. You can, of course, decide that you'd like to start with a full-length session of 50 minutes - up to you to decide what suits you best.
Sessions usually last 50 minutes and how many you have will be dependent on what you want and on what we agree together.
Fees
£40 - £60 per hour negotiable depending on your income from April 2010.
Counselling provides you with an opportunity to develop a unique relationship with a trained and experienced person who will listen without judging and who will aim to hear you as you are in your entirety. Together we will create an environment where you can explore your feelings, beliefs and the ways in which you interact with others and with yourself. Counselling isn't a quick fix although sometimes only a few sessions may be very useful.
As well as long term and short term talking therapy I offer the chance to work with images, using paint or pastels. Sometimes it can be hard to translate feelings into words and colours, shapes or textures may describe a feeling more accurately at first. We can then explore what those colours or textures mean for you. This can be a surprisingly powerful way of working, sometimes allowing rapid access to emotions.
How can counselling help?
Whatever the reason that brings you to counselling, the process of counselling aims to provide a chance to explore your feelings, thoughts and beliefs and work towards living your life in a way which feels more satisfactory. At its simplest, being accepted as you are and listened to with careful attention and respect may begin the process of connecting with feelings and understanding thoughts and behaviours which can then enable you to make diffent choices and to resolve long held beliefs.
Making an appointment
You might not be sure yet whether you definitely want to work with me. You can email or ring me to arrange to meet for a half hour initial consultation for which there is a charge of £15. This will provide you with a chance to get a sense of me and how I work. If you do then decide that counselling is the right step for you we'll make a clear agreement about our work together. You can, of course, decide that you'd like to start with a full-length session of 50 minutes - up to you to decide what suits you best.
Sessions usually last 50 minutes and how many you have will be dependent on what you want and on what we agree together.
Fees
£40 - £60 per hour negotiable depending on your income from April 2010.
