Divorce Counselling in Dartington

Leigh Smith
Psychotherapist, SNCPS Acc.
3 Endorsed
What do you need to get your life on track, to feel fulfilled, relevant, in control and in the drivers seat? Sometimes we just need a bit of support to get there, an outside eye, a gentle challenge. We always need, and deserve to be treated with sensitivity, respect and dignity. Life is full of challenges, but you don't need to face them alone. Letting someone in can be scary, but you really do deserve to be supported, and you have every right to live a fulfilling, rich and creative life.
What do you need to get your life on track, to feel fulfilled, relevant, in control and in the drivers seat? Sometimes we just need a bit of support to get there, an outside eye, a gentle challenge. We always need, and deserve to be treated with sensitivity, respect and dignity. Life is full of challenges, but you don't need to face them alone. Letting someone in can be scary, but you really do deserve to be supported, and you have every right to live a fulfilling, rich and creative life.
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Julia Samworth
Psychotherapist, MUKCP
Serves Area
Therapy with me is collaborative, respectful, and shaped by what truly matters to you. Together we can explore your experience and share new perspectives. With care and curiosity, we will discover new perspectives, gain insight and nurture emotional resilience. In this calm, safe, and confidential space you can bring your whole self —to be understood without judgement and move toward clarity and growth. I’m committed to helping you gain deeper self-understanding, build skills to manage life’s challenges, and make the positive lasting changes you want.
Therapy with me is collaborative, respectful, and shaped by what truly matters to you. Together we can explore your experience and share new perspectives. With care and curiosity, we will discover new perspectives, gain insight and nurture emotional resilience. In this calm, safe, and confidential space you can bring your whole self —to be understood without judgement and move toward clarity and growth. I’m committed to helping you gain deeper self-understanding, build skills to manage life’s challenges, and make the positive lasting changes you want.
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Bronwyn Silva
Psychotherapist, PNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
My clients are people who sense that what troubles them today has deeper roots and that the anxiety, the depression, the relationship conflict, the feeling of not quite being themselves, didn't arrive from nowhere. They are often thoughtful and self-aware, carrying pain they cannot fully explain. They come with trauma, relationship difficulties, low self-worth, grief, or questions of identity and meaning, and a hope that something can genuinely change. Over nearly a decade of practice, I have sat with people through some of life's most difficult terrain, and I bring both skill and genuine care to that work.
My clients are people who sense that what troubles them today has deeper roots and that the anxiety, the depression, the relationship conflict, the feeling of not quite being themselves, didn't arrive from nowhere. They are often thoughtful and self-aware, carrying pain they cannot fully explain. They come with trauma, relationship difficulties, low self-worth, grief, or questions of identity and meaning, and a hope that something can genuinely change. Over nearly a decade of practice, I have sat with people through some of life's most difficult terrain, and I bring both skill and genuine care to that work.
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Wellstone Therapy
Counsellor, BACP
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
I’m an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist, and previously founded and managed a counselling service. I support people experiencing anxiety, stress, low mood, relationship and family difficulties, life changes, chronic illness and emotional distress, alongside other concerns.
I’m an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist, and previously founded and managed a counselling service. I support people experiencing anxiety, stress, low mood, relationship and family difficulties, life changes, chronic illness and emotional distress, alongside other concerns.
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Adrian Bonsey
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Life can be a lot to handle, but you don’t have to deal with it on your own. I offer a safe, supportive, and confidential space where you can talk openly and feel truly heard without judgement. Reaching out for help can be hard, but I’m here to make the process as easy and manageable as possible. Therapy is a space for reflection, growth and moments of joy as well as challenges. We’ll work together at your pace, exploring what you want to change, and helping you work out your own best ways to get there, with trust, understanding and openness.
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Katherine Jordan
Psychotherapist, MA, MBACP
Online Only
I work as the Clinical Director for Therapeutic Support Services whilst also seeing clients individually. I work with clients who are seeking a deeper, trauma-informed, compassionate therapeutic approach that moves beyond symptom management. Clients often come to therapy experiencing anxiety, depression, addiction, emotional overwhelm or the lasting impact of trauma. My approach works deeply with what arises in the present moment within the therapeutic relationship, supporting what is already emerging so together we can facilitate the organic healing process, allowing a return to your core state of inherent wellbeing.
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Dr Gill S Hebb-Walker
Psychologist, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
1 Endorsed
Online Only
I help those who seek clarity about their situation, through discussion of the challenges. Viewing issues from multiple perspectives, including evidence based models helps you to get things more in perspective, more malleable, and more manageable. I see to your needs & provide resources as you transition, while we face issues together, & grow your capacity to journey beyond me. This may involve an exploration of the past, or practical focus on here & now strategies & approaches, which influence the map of your life journey you are carving.
I help those who seek clarity about their situation, through discussion of the challenges. Viewing issues from multiple perspectives, including evidence based models helps you to get things more in perspective, more malleable, and more manageable. I see to your needs & provide resources as you transition, while we face issues together, & grow your capacity to journey beyond me. This may involve an exploration of the past, or practical focus on here & now strategies & approaches, which influence the map of your life journey you are carving.
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Jess Richards
Psychotherapist, MA, MUKCP
Exeter EX1
Therapy offers you the opportunity to explore your life, make sense of where you are and what is possible, and make choices about how you want to live. It can also help you develop a more meaningful relationship with yourself, with other people and with the world around you. I work with a wide range of difficulties and experiences. You may wish to address trauma, distress or experiences that continue to hold you back; or explore anxiety, stress, neurodivergence, relationship difficulties, life transitions, meaning, purpose, spirituality, or a sense of feeling stuck or lost. I will meet you where you are and as you are.
Therapy offers you the opportunity to explore your life, make sense of where you are and what is possible, and make choices about how you want to live. It can also help you develop a more meaningful relationship with yourself, with other people and with the world around you. I work with a wide range of difficulties and experiences. You may wish to address trauma, distress or experiences that continue to hold you back; or explore anxiety, stress, neurodivergence, relationship difficulties, life transitions, meaning, purpose, spirituality, or a sense of feeling stuck or lost. I will meet you where you are and as you are.
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Patrick McDonnell
Counsellor, MBACP
Sidford EX10
Hello and welcome! Having taken the courageous step of seeking help with whatever is troubling you, it is obviously important that you find a counsellor who is the right fit for you. I have a real passion for my work and take great joy in witnessing the transformation that counselling can provide. I have a warm and compassionate personality, and would meet you with acceptance and a genuine desire to understand and explore exactly what it is that you are going through. I know from personal experience how vulnerable it can make us feel when we share our innermost thoughts and worries.
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Jo Smallbones
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Are you experiencing a prolonged, overwhelming sense of helplessness, depression and stress, resulting in you struggling to concentrate, make decisions and complete everyday tasks? Is your confidence, motivation and self-esteem at an all-time low and you feel you've lost your sense of identity? Is your pain from the past or your anxiety about your future numbing your enjoyment of your present? I offer a confidential, empathic and non-judgemental space to feel heard, understood and emotionally supported, helping you to make sense of any destructive or self-defeating patterns which may be holding you back.
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Sarah Lucas
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
Exeter EX1
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Kay OCD Therapy
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
Hey, I’m Kay. I’m a therapist and supervisor, and I work online with people living with OCD. I know firsthand how relentless and isolating it can feel—and how important it is to find support that actually gets it. I offer a flexible and non clinical approach to sessions which can be relaxed and informal but also structured too. I’m a skills-based therapist, which means I’ll support you to build practical tools and confidence, so you can become your own OCD therapist in a way that works for you. We go at your pace, always with kindness, humour and a whole lot of compassion.
Hey, I’m Kay. I’m a therapist and supervisor, and I work online with people living with OCD. I know firsthand how relentless and isolating it can feel—and how important it is to find support that actually gets it. I offer a flexible and non clinical approach to sessions which can be relaxed and informal but also structured too. I’m a skills-based therapist, which means I’ll support you to build practical tools and confidence, so you can become your own OCD therapist in a way that works for you. We go at your pace, always with kindness, humour and a whole lot of compassion.
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Helen Inman
Counsellor, MBACP
Exeter EX1
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Steve Cutmore
Counsellor, MBACP
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Dr Jennifer Richards
Psychologist, PsychD, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
Exeter EX4
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I am a specialist clinical psychologist with expertise in trauma and eating disorders. I work with people who want to explore and make sense of their difficulties or who want to make changes in their life. I work with clients of all ages and can focus on a range of difficulties. Together we will build an understanding of your experiences and help you navigate moving forward with your life. I hold particular expertise in trauma, eating disorders, body image issues, low self esteem, clinical perfectionism, depression, anxiety, and interpersonal or relational issues.
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Alice Sumpter
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
Exeter EX4
Whether you are in a relationship and feel stuck, have struggled to maintain or form good relationships or perhaps you are grieving for the loss of a relationship , counselling with a compassionate non judgmental counsellor can really help. Anxiety and depression are often linked to relationship issues and a safe confidential space where you feel heard and understood as you process what has happened to you can bring clarity and hope.
Whether you are in a relationship and feel stuck, have struggled to maintain or form good relationships or perhaps you are grieving for the loss of a relationship , counselling with a compassionate non judgmental counsellor can really help. Anxiety and depression are often linked to relationship issues and a safe confidential space where you feel heard and understood as you process what has happened to you can bring clarity and hope.
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Basia Louise Worsley
Counsellor, DCounsPsych, MBACP
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Maxine Storey
Counsellor, MSc, MNCPS Acc.
Exeter EX4
Are you feeling feeling stuck, overwhelmed, ready for something to change? Anxiety, low mood, depression, stress and burnout can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself and unsure how to move forward. You do not have to face this alone. I offer counselling and psychotherapy in a calm, supportive and non-judgemental space where you can talk openly, begin to make sense of what you are experiencing, and feel heard. Together, we can explore the emotional triggers, relationship patterns and behaviours that are keeping you feeling stuck.
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Divorce Counsellors
How does therapy for people affected by a divorce work?
Individuals may feel a number of emotions following a divorce, such as shock, guilt, grief, anger, and fear. Therapists offer a non-judgmental space for individuals to talk about what they’ve experienced and process their emotions. Therapists will help clients develop coping strategies. They can also help a client rebuild their sense of self and self-worth and talk about what a happier future might look like.

What’s the most common type of therapy following a divorce?
There are several types of therapy that may be useful for divorce, including cognitive behavioural, acceptance and commitment, solution-focused brief, and mindfulness-based therapies. Many therapy types are talk-therapy based, which is typically the most popular option for individuals dealing with divorce. Cognitive behavioural therapy is a widely-used talk therapy, however, there’s no specific therapy type that’s designed to help people with divorce, and different types will work depending on the person.

When should an individual seek help due to a divorce?
When the feelings of a divorced individual, or an individual going through the process of divorce, begin to disrupt healthy daily functioning, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If a person finds that they are not performing at work due to problems with anxiety or motivation, if they’re no longer seeing friends due to feelings of shame, or if they’re not properly taking care of themselves as a result of depression, speaking to a professional could help.

How do you encourage someone to go to therapy due to a divorce?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the individual while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Sharing how the individual appears to be suffering, and what effects it has on them or on their children, should be done with compassion and empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.