Mental Health & Wellbeing

As an Integrative counsellor, I am qualified and skilled in interweaving interventions and drawing from different theories to best support each client’s goals and therapeutic progress.

My main objective is to provide a safe, non-judgemental space, that encourages authenticity; aiding the exploration of a client’s thoughts, feelings, behaviours and patterns, feeling comfortable to speak freely on any topic of their choice. It is my belief that the act of speaking thoughts and feelings aloud, in a nurturing environment, is very powerful for our mental well-being. It supports how we organise, process and accept thoughts, feelings, behaviours and life experiences, which allows the client to know themselves on a deeper level; and as their self-awareness grows, this can then support the client to navigate life more purposefully, congruently and in line with their true wants and needs.

Some client’s may have a clear and focused ‘reason’ for accessing counselling which encourages deep and targeted therapy, to best suit that client’s desired outcome. However, I’ve come to recognise that some people are deterred from counselling due to feeling like they do not have a ‘reason’ that fits into a particular category or feel they must wait until a point of struggling before accessing support.

I feel very passionately about promoting mental health support and making my practice inviting and inclusive. Everyone can benefit from not being alone with thoughts and feelings that feel heavy and sometimes all the reason you need to access counselling, is for an unbiased ear to listen, to problems that feel big or small, secure in the knowledge that you are in a safe, non-judgemental environment and what you have to say matters.

Counselling modalities I am qualified in and predominantly incorporate into my practice, is a mix of Person-Centred Counselling approach (PCT), Transactional Analysis (TA), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) interventions & underpin the theoretical grounding of my practice, from the Psychodynamic school of thought.

Simply explained, I believe that the client should choose the direction of conversation for each session, as this is their time and I encourage a pace of therapy that they are comfortable with; so I am led by them. However, I do believe that it is my role as the therapist to interject with interventions and gently help the client make connections and revelations through guided discussion, when appropriate, by utilising my psychological knowledge and skills, to promote the best outcome for the client.