Sexual Abuse Counselling in Bakewell
How to explain what counselling is... If you're holding a cup of coffee and somebody accidentally bumps into you, you will most likely spill a drop or two, or depending on the bump impact a few spoonfuls or more. If there had been tea or something else in your cup, the result would be the same. Your emotions and feelings are like the coffee, because sometimes when life comes along and shakes you (which will happen to us all) whatever is inside your cup will spill out. Sometimes life can be easier until you get bumped.....but then you may need somebody to talk to, this is where counselling can help.
How to explain what counselling is... If you're holding a cup of coffee and somebody accidentally bumps into you, you will most likely spill a drop or two, or depending on the bump impact a few spoonfuls or more. If there had been tea or something else in your cup, the result would be the same. Your emotions and feelings are like the coffee, because sometimes when life comes along and shakes you (which will happen to us all) whatever is inside your cup will spill out. Sometimes life can be easier until you get bumped.....but then you may need somebody to talk to, this is where counselling can help.
My clients are often children, young people, adults and parent carers who are feeling overwhelmed by trauma, anxiety, stress, emotional difficulties, life transitions, or the demands of caring for others. Many come to therapy feeling stuck, exhausted, misunderstood, or struggling to make sense of their experiences. I provide a warm, trauma-informed and non-judgemental space where we can explore difficulties together, build emotional resilience, develop practical coping strategies, and work towards greater understanding, confidence and wellbeing.
My clients are often children, young people, adults and parent carers who are feeling overwhelmed by trauma, anxiety, stress, emotional difficulties, life transitions, or the demands of caring for others. Many come to therapy feeling stuck, exhausted, misunderstood, or struggling to make sense of their experiences. I provide a warm, trauma-informed and non-judgemental space where we can explore difficulties together, build emotional resilience, develop practical coping strategies, and work towards greater understanding, confidence and wellbeing.
I am able to offer support for a wide range of issues including but not limited to : Addiction, , Trauma, Sexual Abuse, Domestic Violence, Depression and Anxiety, Low Self -Esteem, Relationship issues ,Grief and Loss, EUPD, NPD and DID.
Taking that first step to seek support from a therapist can be a daunting experience and many people can feel anxious discussing their struggles. Experiencing feelings of anxiety, depression, sadness, anger and stress or suffering from a constant low mood, can often lead to feeling bewildered and alone. So my aim is to provide a safe, warm and caring space in which together we can explore your struggles and you can gain a better understanding of yourself and your feelings, Together we can discover a way forward to a happier, calmer place, enabling you to build new beginnings.
I am able to offer support for a wide range of issues including but not limited to : Addiction, , Trauma, Sexual Abuse, Domestic Violence, Depression and Anxiety, Low Self -Esteem, Relationship issues ,Grief and Loss, EUPD, NPD and DID.
Taking that first step to seek support from a therapist can be a daunting experience and many people can feel anxious discussing their struggles. Experiencing feelings of anxiety, depression, sadness, anger and stress or suffering from a constant low mood, can often lead to feeling bewildered and alone. So my aim is to provide a safe, warm and caring space in which together we can explore your struggles and you can gain a better understanding of yourself and your feelings, Together we can discover a way forward to a happier, calmer place, enabling you to build new beginnings.
I’m Helen Arnold, a BACP-accredited counsellor offering a calm, supportive space where individuals, or couples, can talk openly and be truly heard. My approach is gentle, collaborative and centred around what you need, whether you’re navigating low mood, loss, relationship difficulties or past trauma. Together, we’ll explore your experiences at your pace and help you find clarity, resilience and a renewed sense of yourself.
I’m Helen Arnold, a BACP-accredited counsellor offering a calm, supportive space where individuals, or couples, can talk openly and be truly heard. My approach is gentle, collaborative and centred around what you need, whether you’re navigating low mood, loss, relationship difficulties or past trauma. Together, we’ll explore your experiences at your pace and help you find clarity, resilience and a renewed sense of yourself.
I am a BACP accredited, fully insured counsellor, supervisor and support group facilitator with over 20 years experience of working with clients both in an organisational setting and in private practice. I currently have availability Monday to Friday and sessions are now available online via secure video platforms. I am well-versed in providing both long and short-term counselling arrangements, covering many issues from addiction, bereavement and abuse to anxiety to relationship concerns and sexuality and gender.
I am a BACP accredited, fully insured counsellor, supervisor and support group facilitator with over 20 years experience of working with clients both in an organisational setting and in private practice. I currently have availability Monday to Friday and sessions are now available online via secure video platforms. I am well-versed in providing both long and short-term counselling arrangements, covering many issues from addiction, bereavement and abuse to anxiety to relationship concerns and sexuality and gender.
Many of my clients are people who have lived with emotional or mental health challenges and are ready to find a gentler way forward. They may feel weighed down by the past, unsure how it has shaped their choices, yet hopeful for something different.
What my clients long for is understanding, compassion, and a safe space to be heard without judgement. Their goals are often to accept their past with kindness, reconnect with what matters most, and create a more present, fulfilling, and balanced life.
Many of my clients are people who have lived with emotional or mental health challenges and are ready to find a gentler way forward. They may feel weighed down by the past, unsure how it has shaped their choices, yet hopeful for something different.
What my clients long for is understanding, compassion, and a safe space to be heard without judgement. Their goals are often to accept their past with kindness, reconnect with what matters most, and create a more present, fulfilling, and balanced life.
TLC is a clinic of experienced and highly qualified professionals working towards helping you better yourself. We work with individuals and couples to offer a confidential service where our clients can discuss sensitive issues with no judgement. Sian’s (the founder) career has been namely in mental health and sexual health, two areas which she is hugely passionate about. At TLC we work with a range of difficulties including anxiety, depression, bereavement, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, sex & relationships and offer Autism assessments, to name a few. All our professionals are registered with COSRT, BABCP, BACP, HCPC or BPS.
TLC is a clinic of experienced and highly qualified professionals working towards helping you better yourself. We work with individuals and couples to offer a confidential service where our clients can discuss sensitive issues with no judgement. Sian’s (the founder) career has been namely in mental health and sexual health, two areas which she is hugely passionate about. At TLC we work with a range of difficulties including anxiety, depression, bereavement, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, sex & relationships and offer Autism assessments, to name a few. All our professionals are registered with COSRT, BABCP, BACP, HCPC or BPS.
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I'm Helen & I'm an Accredited Integrative Psychotherapist & Counsellor. I know that it takes a huge amount of courage to seek out counselling. I recognise that & will provide an authentic, non judgemental approach to exploring whatever it is you might bring to therapy. An integrated approach means I draw on a number of specific therapies that can treat each client in a variety of situations, rather than having a single approach. I believe a therapeutic relationship & trust are of key importance in therapy work & have a down to earth, but highly compassionate approach, often taking a trauma informed approach to counselling.
I'm Helen & I'm an Accredited Integrative Psychotherapist & Counsellor. I know that it takes a huge amount of courage to seek out counselling. I recognise that & will provide an authentic, non judgemental approach to exploring whatever it is you might bring to therapy. An integrated approach means I draw on a number of specific therapies that can treat each client in a variety of situations, rather than having a single approach. I believe a therapeutic relationship & trust are of key importance in therapy work & have a down to earth, but highly compassionate approach, often taking a trauma informed approach to counselling.
I specialise in early trauma, sexual assault, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and issues within familial, spousal, and LGBTQ+ relationships.
I draw on an integrative blend of approaches that explore both your early experiences and present circumstances, using tailored techniques to support you with compassion and care. Many present challenges stem from the past, and together we’ll explore how these experiences have shaped you, your relationships, and the way you see yourself and the world.
I specialise in early trauma, sexual assault, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and issues within familial, spousal, and LGBTQ+ relationships.
I draw on an integrative blend of approaches that explore both your early experiences and present circumstances, using tailored techniques to support you with compassion and care. Many present challenges stem from the past, and together we’ll explore how these experiences have shaped you, your relationships, and the way you see yourself and the world.
I am a fully qualified and experienced Psychotherapist, EMDR Therapist and Hypnotherapist and provide a friendly, warm, confidential, accepting environment to enable you to work through the things that may be troubling you.
I offer bespoke service depending on your presenting issues, incorporating the different approaches to help heal and enabling you to start living a more fulfilling life.
EMDR can be used effectively to treat trauma without having to relive the event.
I completed my Hypnotherapy training with Paul McKenna, Hypnotherapy is effective in treating anxiety, panic attacks, phobia's, weight loss, quitting smoking.
I am a fully qualified and experienced Psychotherapist, EMDR Therapist and Hypnotherapist and provide a friendly, warm, confidential, accepting environment to enable you to work through the things that may be troubling you.
I offer bespoke service depending on your presenting issues, incorporating the different approaches to help heal and enabling you to start living a more fulfilling life.
EMDR can be used effectively to treat trauma without having to relive the event.
I completed my Hypnotherapy training with Paul McKenna, Hypnotherapy is effective in treating anxiety, panic attacks, phobia's, weight loss, quitting smoking.
Black Psychotherapy is a Black and Global Majority mental health service based in Brixton and online, providing culturally attuned, low-cost therapy to individuals, couples and groups. We work with all mental health concerns and we specialise in supporting clients with the impact of racism, racial trauma, migration and intergenerational trauma. We're a multi-faith team of practitioners and we welcome those with multiple marginalised identities such as LGBTQ+ communities, neurodivergent and those with disabilities and chronic illness.
Black Psychotherapy is a Black and Global Majority mental health service based in Brixton and online, providing culturally attuned, low-cost therapy to individuals, couples and groups. We work with all mental health concerns and we specialise in supporting clients with the impact of racism, racial trauma, migration and intergenerational trauma. We're a multi-faith team of practitioners and we welcome those with multiple marginalised identities such as LGBTQ+ communities, neurodivergent and those with disabilities and chronic illness.
Do you want to understand why you always act the way you do? Does it seem to you that your behavior follows repetitive patterns and you'd like to be able to change it, but you tend to always fall back into the same ruts? How about starting from the beginning and trying to understand what's going on?
Do you want to understand why you always act the way you do? Does it seem to you that your behavior follows repetitive patterns and you'd like to be able to change it, but you tend to always fall back into the same ruts? How about starting from the beginning and trying to understand what's going on?
There is no one way of living, and we will all find ourselves faced with challenges along the way. Sometimes, the help of an outside source can enable us to view things in a different light or explore in more depth, which is where counselling can be beneficial.
I am a Person-centred counsellor working in an integrative way, as I believe no two people are ever the same, so how can a counselling approach be? For that reason, my approach may differ depending on who I am working with and their individual needs.
I love meeting people from all walks of life, and it is a true privilege to play a small role in their journey through life.
There is no one way of living, and we will all find ourselves faced with challenges along the way. Sometimes, the help of an outside source can enable us to view things in a different light or explore in more depth, which is where counselling can be beneficial.
I am a Person-centred counsellor working in an integrative way, as I believe no two people are ever the same, so how can a counselling approach be? For that reason, my approach may differ depending on who I am working with and their individual needs.
I love meeting people from all walks of life, and it is a true privilege to play a small role in their journey through life.
Are things that have happened in your life preventing you living as you deserve to? Are you struggling with feelings of anxiety, depression, or feeling numb and disconnected from others? Do you find you're reaching for alcohol, drugs, food, damaging relationships to try to feel better? Or did you grow up with a parent struggling in this way? You don't need to have suffered an obvious trauma or adversity to be be feeling fearful, despairing or battling with a low sense of self worth. Modern life is hard and the pressures sometimes difficult to navigate.
Are things that have happened in your life preventing you living as you deserve to? Are you struggling with feelings of anxiety, depression, or feeling numb and disconnected from others? Do you find you're reaching for alcohol, drugs, food, damaging relationships to try to feel better? Or did you grow up with a parent struggling in this way? You don't need to have suffered an obvious trauma or adversity to be be feeling fearful, despairing or battling with a low sense of self worth. Modern life is hard and the pressures sometimes difficult to navigate.
I work with clients hurt by experiences including sexual abuse, childhood neglect, or trauma related to relationships & work.
Hello there, my name is Christophe and I'm a qualified person centred, Emotion Focused therapist (EFT) with extra qualifications in EMDR.
I provide a safe, non-judgmental environment so you will be free to express yourself in a way you can't elsewhere. It's natural for us to get stuck in our emotions left over from something in the past. I'll help you pay closer attention to your emotions as they're experienced in session, in order to gain insight into unhelpful emotional learnings and to experience growth through safely because our emotions can help us identify your needs in life, giving you the motivation to move forward
I work with clients hurt by experiences including sexual abuse, childhood neglect, or trauma related to relationships & work.
Hello there, my name is Christophe and I'm a qualified person centred, Emotion Focused therapist (EFT) with extra qualifications in EMDR.
I provide a safe, non-judgmental environment so you will be free to express yourself in a way you can't elsewhere. It's natural for us to get stuck in our emotions left over from something in the past. I'll help you pay closer attention to your emotions as they're experienced in session, in order to gain insight into unhelpful emotional learnings and to experience growth through safely because our emotions can help us identify your needs in life, giving you the motivation to move forward
My professional experience includes trauma-informed work supporting survivors of sexual abuse and sexual violence.
Hello, I'm Gemma and it's lovely to meet you!
I am a Counsellor and Psychotherapist with many years of experience supporting children, adolescents, and adults across a variety of settings. Working with people from all walks of life has given me a deep appreciation for the uniqueness of every individual and the challenges they may face.
My professional experience includes trauma-informed work supporting survivors of sexual abuse and sexual violence.
Hello, I'm Gemma and it's lovely to meet you!
I am a Counsellor and Psychotherapist with many years of experience supporting children, adolescents, and adults across a variety of settings. Working with people from all walks of life has given me a deep appreciation for the uniqueness of every individual and the challenges they may face.
Specialist experience in sexual abuse, trauma and PTSD.
Offering Counselling and Psychotherapy to Individuals and Couples in Huddersfield and online. Professional experience in both charity sector and NHS with specialist trauma training and Play Therapy for younger clients. Working with Couples to develop healthy communication and heal relationship wounds and using Psychosexual insight to helping couples work through intimacy in their relationships. Support with women's issues such as sexual trauma, peri and postnatal anxiety, depression, OCD and fertility issues. Affordable rates for Couples and 1 to 1 and low cost options available for accessible high quality mental health support.
Specialist experience in sexual abuse, trauma and PTSD.
Offering Counselling and Psychotherapy to Individuals and Couples in Huddersfield and online. Professional experience in both charity sector and NHS with specialist trauma training and Play Therapy for younger clients. Working with Couples to develop healthy communication and heal relationship wounds and using Psychosexual insight to helping couples work through intimacy in their relationships. Support with women's issues such as sexual trauma, peri and postnatal anxiety, depression, OCD and fertility issues. Affordable rates for Couples and 1 to 1 and low cost options available for accessible high quality mental health support.
If you are a trauma survivor, I see you. I’m here for you. I provide a safe space to explore what happened to you. Together, we’ll find ways to manage the psychological and physiological distress that is a result of trauma. You are not alone. My collaborative process creates a safe space for you to work through your traumatic experience(s) and come out stronger on the other side. I will empower you to make choices to live your life in accordance with your values and beliefs. I am an inclusive therapist and work with everyone who has experienced trauma, including marginalized and under-represented groups of people.
If you are a trauma survivor, I see you. I’m here for you. I provide a safe space to explore what happened to you. Together, we’ll find ways to manage the psychological and physiological distress that is a result of trauma. You are not alone. My collaborative process creates a safe space for you to work through your traumatic experience(s) and come out stronger on the other side. I will empower you to make choices to live your life in accordance with your values and beliefs. I am an inclusive therapist and work with everyone who has experienced trauma, including marginalized and under-represented groups of people.
Hi, I'm Candice I'm a HCPC registered Counselling Psychologist. I offer skilled & compassionate evidenced based therapy services centred around increasing your sense of agency, awareness & autonomy. I am a specialist in Relational Trauma and am most skilled in supporting individuals who have experienced childhood trauma and PTSD. I am also skilled and experienced in supporting everyday challenges to complex and enduring difficulties. My therapeutic approach is directed towards developing your confidence to fulfil your potential and to facilitate your ability to accept or change and adapt.
Hi, I'm Candice I'm a HCPC registered Counselling Psychologist. I offer skilled & compassionate evidenced based therapy services centred around increasing your sense of agency, awareness & autonomy. I am a specialist in Relational Trauma and am most skilled in supporting individuals who have experienced childhood trauma and PTSD. I am also skilled and experienced in supporting everyday challenges to complex and enduring difficulties. My therapeutic approach is directed towards developing your confidence to fulfil your potential and to facilitate your ability to accept or change and adapt.
My specialist areas are trauma and dissociation, sexual abuse, domestic abuse, questions around meaning, purpose and identity, death anxiety and perinatal mental health.
I work in a way that’s down-to-earth but direct. I’ll listen closely, but I’ll also encourage you to face the things that might be holding you back.
My aim is to create a space that feels safe, but not stagnant. My work is trauma informed, collaborative and down to earth.
My specialist areas are trauma and dissociation, sexual abuse, domestic abuse, questions around meaning, purpose and identity, death anxiety and perinatal mental health.
I work in a way that’s down-to-earth but direct. I’ll listen closely, but I’ll also encourage you to face the things that might be holding you back.
My aim is to create a space that feels safe, but not stagnant. My work is trauma informed, collaborative and down to earth.
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Sexual Abuse Counsellors
How do therapists treat sexual abuse?
A good therapist will be nonjudgmental and possibly demonstrate active listening, repeating back what the client says to show that they have understood. These skills allow people to feel comfortable discussing their traumatic experiences openly. Some important treatment goals are to restore a sense of safety and to rebuild confidence. In addition to working one-on-one with the patient, a therapist might bring in supportive family members to assist the client.
Do you have to talk extensively about sexual abuse in therapy?
Survivors frequently find it difficult to describe what happened to them out loud. They can even still be in a state of denial if the sexual abuse occurred recently. It is important for survivors to acknowledge that what happened isn’t their fault and to challenge and reappraise any unhealthy feelings or thoughts as they arise. Art therapy and play therapy are useful non-verbal means of communication for some survivors.
How long does treatment for sexual abuse take?
Recovery from sexual abuse can be a long and difficult process. Some survivors are able to move on naturally on their own, given time, while others require the guidance of a trained therapist. Therapy needs vary and can range from a few sessions to months or even years. Healing from sexual abuse takes time, and everyone’s journey will look a little different.
Can trauma symptoms caused by sexual abuse come back after treatment?
As occurs in many cases of trauma, survivors of sexual abuse may experience PTSD-like symptoms long after the abuse has ceased or after an initial round of treatment has occurred. In such a case, there is evidence that prolonged exposure therapy is a useful treatment for survivors, and may be more efficacious than supportive counseling alone. While triggers may continue to cause distress, the idea is that, with time and repeated exposure, their power will fade, allowing survivors to move on with their lives.