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Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself

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HOW I HELP

If this is your first step in considering counselling, congratulations.  This may feel daunting initially, talking about difficult experiences can feel like an intimidating prospect. Please be proud of the choice you’ve made today deciding to make an appointment. You’ll be glad you did.

My mission is to provide a safe, non-judgmental and confidential therapeutic environment for my clients. A space where you can explore any issues, receive support, navigate feelings and develop a toolbox of coping strategies to help you move forward, and be happy with changes you have made.

With more than 20 years’ experience in the mental health field, the way I work with people has evolved. My own life experiences have helped me grow and learn personally and I am committed to ongoing professional development.

As an Integrative Counsellor, I work with a Client-Centred focus, while drawing on tools such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution Focus, Mindfulness and, most recently, Hypnotherapy. So, if you’re considering counselling, take the next step and I’ll help you move forward.

Helping you

Counselling

Counselling, or “Integrative talk therapy” will help you:

  • Recognise your triggers
  • Build strategies that work for you in everyday life
  • Understand & acknowledge aspects of your past
  • Recognise how the past is affecting you today

  • Change your negative critic or chatter into positive

  • Learn about your ‘critic’ & ‘coach’

  • Believe in yourself & your abilities

  • Build self-esteem & self-worth

  • Trust yourself

  • Be supported to unlock your inner strength

  • Listen to your feelings & thoughts

  • Create the balance you seek

  • Learn to like & love yourself

  • Work with the physical, emotional & social you

  • Understand your family dynamic, including extended family

  • Build a toolkit

Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy can help when talking just isn’t cutting it:

  • Help you cope with the symptoms of anxiety by activating the body’s parasympathetic nervous system, slowing breathing, lowering blood pressure & allowing you to relax
  • Behavioural changes, helping you to quit smoking, over-eating etc.
  • Get help losing weight in combination with diet & exercise
  • Treat insomnia for a full night of deep sleep
  • Stop sleepwalking
  • Relieve Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms such as abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, & bloating.
  • Manage chronic pain conditions such as migraine, arthritis, lower back pain & fibromyalgia
  • Relieve some symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes
  • Improve ability to deal with post-traumatic stress
  • Release phobias on a subconscious level, allowing the brain to respond differently to the perceived fear & release its power
  • Shift that ‘stuck’ feeling

Mindfulness

Mindfulness can play an important role for change:

  • Boost self-awareness in order to work through life’s challenges.
  • Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction helps you to let go of painful memories, worries and fears about the future
  • Develop the parts of the brain associated with thinking, learning, emotional regulation and empathy
  • Learn to improve your concentration, attention and memory.
  • Boost your natural creativity
  • Strengthen relationships with partners, family, friends and colleagues
  • Relieve suicidal ideation
  • Learn to deal with chronic pain
  • Assist with addiction recovery and relapse prevention
  • Help with disordered eating conditions

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