We specialise in addressing, and dealing with a range of thoughts, feelings and behaviours you'd like to change. We love giving people in Bristol and Gloucestershire a viable and safe alternative to counselling, revealing solutions to all kinds of issues, and effecting positive changes in their lives. We offer Solution Focused Hypnotherapy, which concentrates on the solutions rather than dwelling on problems.
Counselling and psychotherapy for individuals and couples in Central Stroud, which is also convenient for Nailsworth, Cirencester, Cheltenham and Gloucester. We can start with an introductory conversation or brief meeting to discuss what you are looking for and whether we might work together. Have a look at my website and contact me if you have any questions.
I work as a counsellor, body psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer in private practice in Stroud. Previously I have worked as a group worker and counsellor at Inishfree - a local drug and alcohol rehab. I hold a diploma to practise Embodied-Relational Therapy. ERT is a new form of psychotherapy, which integrates body-oriented work, psychodynamic therapy, process approaches and spirituality. My supervision training was with the Centre for Supervision and Team Development.
Based in Stroud, Gloucestershire, I offer a counselling service working with issues including loss and bereavement, depression, self-confidence, stress, anxiety, relationship issues and social anxiety. I also work as a psychotherapist and have graduated in Core Process Psychotherapy which combines the compassion and wisdom of Buddhism with the insights of western psychology. Many of us experience problems which are hard to cope with on our own.
I offer: one-to-one short and longer-term Counselling in a confidential and safe place as well as Counselling Supervision, Organisational Consultancy, Training and Mentoring in Bristol/South Gloucestershire. Counselling can be helpful in dealing with the complex demands of life that we all face, as well as when we just want to make changes.
You may be wondering what counselling involves or whether it is the right help for you, these are questions which are frequently considered and I aim to help answer them here but you are still welcome to contact me if you would like more. Counselling is a therapeutic treatment made by talking through problems with a trained counsellor or in other words a talking therapy.
Are you finding life a struggle? Would you benefit from a place to take some time-out? As an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist working between Gloucester and Stroud, I offer a safe and confidential space to explore what is blocking your way to living life more fully. Maybe you are suffering from depression or anxiety. Perhaps there are difficulties in your relationships. Stress, family breakdown, and unemployment, are examples of the painful challenges that many of us face these days.
More than ever people are recognising the need to explore difficult feelings with a professional therapist. Whilst the prevalence of mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression is becoming more accepted, acknowledging that there is a problem can be a very hard thing to do. For many people, coming to the decision to ask for help is not easy.
Psychotherapy provides a space to get to know ourselves better, to explore and make sense of the things we do. In psychotherapy we are able to identify areas which have become stuck and confused and look into the ways in which repeated patterns from the past may be impacting your present concerns and feelings. Often we are not aware of the way our habits and ideas about the world and who we are colour and shape our experience.
Psychotherapy offers a neutral, safe and confidential space to explore all kinds of mental, emotional and psychological difficulties you may be experiencing in your life. It is an unusual and in many ways unique opportunity and environment, suited to explore both your problems and your potential in life. Psychotherapy allows for a deep exploration of life themes, and a chance to be understood and to understand yourself more truly and more clearly.