Welcome
I offer confidential and supportive counselling covering a wide variety of issues for individuals & couples. I specialise in helping people work through complex emotions, traumatic experience and unhelpful thinking patterns.
Reflecting on how we are with others, and how they make us feel, can be revealing and bring about change so you can feel more present and involved in your life. I work with a warm non judgemental approach and at the same time I may challenge you to explore your patterns and thinking, at a pace that works for you. If you are feeling alone, with your thoughts and feelings, sharing them, however odd or frightening they may seem, will help you understand what makes you, you.
By gaining personal insight, you can develop a more positive inner dialogue, which will enable you to make changes for the better for yourself, and your relationships. As well as problem solving, the approach is educational, preventative and growth-promoting.
Services and Specialisms
A rewarding experience
Not only does therapy relieve symptoms and find resolution, as we move towards a better understanding, it can also be an extremely rewarding experience for you, and those around you.
Some of the Issues I work with;
Addictions, Anger Management, Anxiety, Abuse, Aspergers, Autism, Bereavement, Depression, Relationship Therapy, Domestic Violence, Gender Identity and Gender Exploration, Grief, Isolation and Loneliness, Midlife Issues, Panic Attacks, Sexuality and LGBTQ issues, Shame, Stress, Relationships and Sexual Concerns, Trauma, Unprocessed Loss, Work Issues.
Accredited
I am an accredited member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) www.bacp.co.uk , and a member of COSRT (College of Sex and Relationship Therapists www.cosrt.org.uk ) Both organisations place an emphasis on the importance of working ethically, including the prioritisation of confidentiality.
Booking your first session
To fix an initial meeting, or to discuss your needs, please contact me on 01202 985012 , or by clicking the contact page below. I will get back to you promptly, and in the strictest confidence.
As well as working from my home in Poole, I also provide therapy on Skype