Counselling
What is Counselling?
Counselling provides a safe and confidential space to talk to a trained professional about your issues and concerns. It offers a dedicated time each week to focus on yourself. Your therapist will help you explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, enabling you to develop a better understanding of yourself and your relationships.
A counsellor will not give you their opinions or advice but will assist you in working through your issues. Sharing parts of your story can help you gain insight into your challenges and make better sense of your experiences.
How Counselling Can Help
Counselling can support you through a range of challenges, whether you’re experiencing anxiety, low mood, stress, relationship difficulties, loss, shame, or struggles with self-esteem. You might be navigating a difficult life event or feeling overwhelmed without knowing why. Whatever you’re going through, you don’t have to face it alone.
If you're unsure whether counselling is right for you, we can have a conversation about what’s happening and how I can help. Just get in touch, and we can take it from there.
What to Expect
I provide a non-judgemental and supportive space where you can explore whatever feels important to you, at your own pace. Counselling is not about being given advice—it’s about being heard, validated and having the time and support to make sense of your experiences.
I offer short, medium, and long-term therapy, depending on your needs. Sessions take place in Wokingham or online. If you’d like to find out more, I offer a free 15-minute consultation where we can discuss how we might work together.
What Issues Can Counselling Help with?
People come to me for help a wide range of issues. Here are a few of the more common difficulties that can be supported through counselling:
Stress
Trauma
Depression
Relationship problems
Problems with confidence or self-esteem
Anger
Anxiety
Problems with addiction
Sexuality
Post-traumatic stress
Grief, loss or bereavement
Work or retirement
Abuse
Family life
My Approach
I use an integrative counselling approach, which means I tailor therapy to suit your unique needs rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach. No two people are the same, and how we work together will depend on what feels most helpful for you.
Through our sessions, I may draw upon different therapeutic models, including:
- Person-Centred Therapy – ensuring therapy is led by you, at your own pace, in a way that feels safe and supportive.
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) – practical strategies to help you recognise and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours.
- Psychodynamic Therapy – exploring how past experiences may be influencing your present and helping you understand deeper relational and emotional patterns.
- Mindfulness & Compassion-Focused Therapy – techniques to help you manage difficult emotions, reduce self-criticism, and build emotional resilience.
Whichever approach we use, my aim is to create a safe, non-judgemental space where you can feel heard and understood. If you’d like to know more about how I work, I offer a free 15 -minute consultation where we can talk about what support might be right for you.