Counselling

The basis of all counselling is how we relate to the world and with each other - therefore we can work with many challenges and difficulties

Therefore there are very few challenges we cannot work with

The approach I take is is a client led therapeutic talking approach which can help adults, couples, adolescents and young children - I listen and genuinely care about you living a more fulfilled life.

Some areas covered are neurodiversity, self harm, suicide, bereavement, personal relationships, anxiety, stress, depression, anger, addiction, fertility and much much more

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 relationship

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, online video conferencing and by phone.

Adults – 1:1 sessions on a weekly basis to start, generally at the same time and day each week. Clients are able to take breaks from counselling and return at a later date, reduce to fortnightly, or continue with monthly maintenance appointments. I truly believe you know what you need.

There is no guarantee that the same time or space will be available, but I will try my best to provide what you need.

Couples – Couples counselling takes place on a weekly basis. Couples 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.

School Based/organisation based Counselling - I aim to start to build relationships with schools and care givers in the North East Essex. School based counselling enables all young people and parents to become aware of the existence of counselling services, on their school 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 with the school covering the costs.