Essex Elements

Relationships/career/family/money​/work-life balance/anxiety​/depression/communication/​anger/fertility/addiction

 

I am trained Integratively which means that a variety of theories inform my work.  I find that having been trained in Integrative Therapy, I have a flexible and adaptable approach meaning that as the work changes I can adapt with it. 

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When entering into therapy, there is no right or wrong approach, just your personal approach to what you feel you need, and in that way we can tailor the sessions to shorter term or longer term work.  

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The approach I take is is a client led therapeutic talking approach which can help adults, couples, adolescents and young children in dealing with emotional issues that may be impacting on engagement and attainment in schools or in their personal lives and professional lives.

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Areas which can be explored are personal relationships, work relationships and dynamics, bereavement and loss, anxiety, stress, depression, anger, addiction, fertility and many other areas.

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I am a member of the BACP and abide by their code of ethics.  All work is confidential, with the exception of any Safeguarding or terrorism issues which would need to be reported.  This is explained to the adult/young person/organisation contract at the start of the relations

 

I aim to be as flexible as possible in meeting the needs of my clients and to this end I work face to face from my home in Tollesbury and online 

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Adults – 1:1 sessions on a weekly basis, generally at the same time and day each week.  Clients are able to take breaks from counselling and return at a later date, re-contracting.  However there is no guarantee that the same time or space will be available

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Couples – Couples counselling takes place on a weekly basis.  Couple can choose to come to counselling together and sometimes counselling can take place separately.  Both parties need to agree to separate counselling sessions. However, one client is responsible for payment of all sessions

 

Child and adolescent counselling – Children and parent(s) would come to the initial session in order to discuss what they both want from counselling.  Counselling has to be entered into voluntarily in order to facilitate movement; therefore all young people have to be open to coming in on a regular basis.

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School Based/organisation based Counselling - I  aim to start to build relationships with schools and care givers in the local area over time.  School based counselling enables all young people and parents from the school to become aware of the existence of counselling services, on site.  This approach can support a child effectively with dealing with any issues, while still being able to access free time out of school.  For schools using the service, the service available to the child is free for the child with the school covering the costs.

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