Counselling for Teens and Adolescents in Dursley
My practice is designed for children, families, adults, and couples who are navigating emotional, relational, or developmental challenges
I work especially well with:
Children experiencing big feelings, anxiety, low mood, school‑based challenges, or developmental/SEND needs.
Parents and families who need guidance, advocacy, or clarity around SEND, EHCPs, or multi‑agency processes.
Adults carrying trauma, overwhelm, or relationship difficulties who want a grounded, compassionate space to explore their experiences.
Couples seeking to reconnect, communicate more effectively, or understand patterns that keep them stuck.
My practice is designed for children, families, adults, and couples who are navigating emotional, relational, or developmental challenges
I work especially well with:
Children experiencing big feelings, anxiety, low mood, school‑based challenges, or developmental/SEND needs.
Parents and families who need guidance, advocacy, or clarity around SEND, EHCPs, or multi‑agency processes.
Adults carrying trauma, overwhelm, or relationship difficulties who want a grounded, compassionate space to explore their experiences.
Couples seeking to reconnect, communicate more effectively, or understand patterns that keep them stuck.
Supporting Your Journey to Well-Being!
In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world, challenges can sometimes feel overwhelming. The pressures of managing daily demands, overcoming setbacks, and navigating uncertainties can lead to feelings of stress, worry, and anxiety. You may feel stuck, isolated, or unsure of your next steps, which can profoundly affect your sense of purpose and overall well-being. Talking Therapy offers a secure, confidential space to explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences, providing the support and tools you need to move forward.
Supporting Your Journey to Well-Being!
In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world, challenges can sometimes feel overwhelming. The pressures of managing daily demands, overcoming setbacks, and navigating uncertainties can lead to feelings of stress, worry, and anxiety. You may feel stuck, isolated, or unsure of your next steps, which can profoundly affect your sense of purpose and overall well-being. Talking Therapy offers a secure, confidential space to explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences, providing the support and tools you need to move forward.
Modern life is busy and can be challenging for many of us at some time in our lives. Anxiety, depression and other difficulties can get in the way of living the life that we want, and it can be hard to figure out what to do for the best. Working with an experienced therapist who'll listen in a non-judgemental way to help you understand your problems, what might have caused them or be keeping them going, and what you could do differently can make a huge difference.
Modern life is busy and can be challenging for many of us at some time in our lives. Anxiety, depression and other difficulties can get in the way of living the life that we want, and it can be hard to figure out what to do for the best. Working with an experienced therapist who'll listen in a non-judgemental way to help you understand your problems, what might have caused them or be keeping them going, and what you could do differently can make a huge difference.
I am a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, Counsellor, EMDR Therapist and an Equine Facilitated Psychotherapist. I work with both Young People and Adults. I have over 20 years experience and have worked in the voluntary and private sectors and in the NHS.
I am a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, Counsellor, EMDR Therapist and an Equine Facilitated Psychotherapist. I work with both Young People and Adults. I have over 20 years experience and have worked in the voluntary and private sectors and in the NHS.
Are you facing challenges in your life that feel overwhelming? Would you like to change how things are, or gain a better understanding of what is going on for you? Perhaps what you are experiencing is due to a relationship, something to do with your job or studies, a bereavement or other loss, or something less definable - perhaps just a sense that something is not right for you.
Maybe it is connected to neuro-diversity, low self esteem, depression or anxiety. Whatever your difficulty is, and no matter how big or small it seems to be, by looking for therapy, you are taking a positive step in your life.
Are you facing challenges in your life that feel overwhelming? Would you like to change how things are, or gain a better understanding of what is going on for you? Perhaps what you are experiencing is due to a relationship, something to do with your job or studies, a bereavement or other loss, or something less definable - perhaps just a sense that something is not right for you.
Maybe it is connected to neuro-diversity, low self esteem, depression or anxiety. Whatever your difficulty is, and no matter how big or small it seems to be, by looking for therapy, you are taking a positive step in your life.
Chartered Counselling Psychologist with over 15 years of experience working therapeutically with children, teenagers, and adults.
My career has included roles in CAMHS, charities, educational and residential settings, where I’ve supported a wide variety of clients. I have particular expertise in working with neurodivergent individuals, including autistic children and adults, and take a respectful, strengths-based approach that values neurodiversity.
Chartered Counselling Psychologist with over 15 years of experience working therapeutically with children, teenagers, and adults.
My career has included roles in CAMHS, charities, educational and residential settings, where I’ve supported a wide variety of clients. I have particular expertise in working with neurodivergent individuals, including autistic children and adults, and take a respectful, strengths-based approach that values neurodiversity.
Dr Rachel Tyler
Psychologist, PsychD, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
I have over 10 years experience working across a range of NHS settings, supporting children, adolescents and adults with emotional difficulties.
My area of special interest is in working with individuals with long-term health conditions (adult and paediatric). The relationship between physical and mental health is something I feel strongly about and I strive to provide a service that recognises the emotional and psychological impact that managing a long-term health condition can have on daily life.
I have over 10 years experience working across a range of NHS settings, supporting children, adolescents and adults with emotional difficulties.
My area of special interest is in working with individuals with long-term health conditions (adult and paediatric). The relationship between physical and mental health is something I feel strongly about and I strive to provide a service that recognises the emotional and psychological impact that managing a long-term health condition can have on daily life.
I believe the most important thing is to build a good relationship between counsellor and client, a relationship where you can feel secure, accepted, and heard. Through this relationship, awareness of how we feel can be found and with that a healthier way of managing our behaviours can be achieved.
I believe the most important thing is to build a good relationship between counsellor and client, a relationship where you can feel secure, accepted, and heard. Through this relationship, awareness of how we feel can be found and with that a healthier way of managing our behaviours can be achieved.
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I work with a lot of clients who struggle with anxiety, I understand how difficult living with this can be. Life can feel overwhelming and finding the answers can feel just out of reach.
Anxiety can show up in various ways and begin following a stressful or traumatic life event or it can appear as if from nowhere. Tying to control, ignore or push down anxious feelings often results in increased feelings of panic or feeling 'out of control'
My approach is to work with you to understand how the anxiety has developed and how you can learn to quieten the ‘noise’.
I work with a lot of clients who struggle with anxiety, I understand how difficult living with this can be. Life can feel overwhelming and finding the answers can feel just out of reach.
Anxiety can show up in various ways and begin following a stressful or traumatic life event or it can appear as if from nowhere. Tying to control, ignore or push down anxious feelings often results in increased feelings of panic or feeling 'out of control'
My approach is to work with you to understand how the anxiety has developed and how you can learn to quieten the ‘noise’.
I am able to support adults and teenage/ adolescent clients from the age of 11 .
Deciding to see a counsellor is a very positive step to take when things don’t seem clear. It can be life-changing. I understand it may feel daunting, so I take the approach that I work at your pace, I will not give you advice or impose my ideas onto you. You are the expert on your life..I work with to you to help you see that & belief it in yourself.
I am able to support adults and teenage/ adolescent clients from the age of 11 .
Deciding to see a counsellor is a very positive step to take when things don’t seem clear. It can be life-changing. I understand it may feel daunting, so I take the approach that I work at your pace, I will not give you advice or impose my ideas onto you. You are the expert on your life..I work with to you to help you see that & belief it in yourself.
I work with individuals who appear high functioning on the outside but feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck internally. Many struggle with overthinking, relationship patterns, or the lasting impact of childhood or generational trauma. You may be used to managing everything and supporting others, yet still feel unsettled within yourself. My approach helps you understand these patterns, process past experiences, and feel more secure, balanced, and in control, creating meaningful and lasting change.
I work with individuals who appear high functioning on the outside but feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck internally. Many struggle with overthinking, relationship patterns, or the lasting impact of childhood or generational trauma. You may be used to managing everything and supporting others, yet still feel unsettled within yourself. My approach helps you understand these patterns, process past experiences, and feel more secure, balanced, and in control, creating meaningful and lasting change.
I work with a variety of age groups from teenagers to adults.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck in patterns that leave you exhausted. Anxiety, low mood, grief, workplace stress, or difficult relationships might be weighing heavily on you. Perhaps you’re caught in cycles of overthinking, people‑pleasing, or struggling with boundaries and self-worth. You might be facing change, feeling disconnected after loss, or noticing old emotional triggers resurfacing. Therapy offers space to slow down, understand your emotions, and reconnect with what you need.
I work with a variety of age groups from teenagers to adults.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck in patterns that leave you exhausted. Anxiety, low mood, grief, workplace stress, or difficult relationships might be weighing heavily on you. Perhaps you’re caught in cycles of overthinking, people‑pleasing, or struggling with boundaries and self-worth. You might be facing change, feeling disconnected after loss, or noticing old emotional triggers resurfacing. Therapy offers space to slow down, understand your emotions, and reconnect with what you need.
It can be a daunting experience deciding to take the step into counselling, I aim to make the counselling space as comfortable as possible. As a therapist I provide a safe and confidential space where clients can open up and together we can explore the difficult feelings and emotions that may arise. As an Integrative Psychotherapist I believe that not one type of therapy fits all, therefore bringing in techniques from different modalities of therapy, such as person-centred, CBT, Psychodynamic and Gestalt may provide clients with a greater therapeutic experience.
It can be a daunting experience deciding to take the step into counselling, I aim to make the counselling space as comfortable as possible. As a therapist I provide a safe and confidential space where clients can open up and together we can explore the difficult feelings and emotions that may arise. As an Integrative Psychotherapist I believe that not one type of therapy fits all, therefore bringing in techniques from different modalities of therapy, such as person-centred, CBT, Psychodynamic and Gestalt may provide clients with a greater therapeutic experience.
My clinical experience encompasses many years working in a mental health setting and private practice dealing with a broad range of symptoms including, but not limited to, chronic trauma, loss or abuse, stress, anxiety, depression, marital difficulties, child-parent conflicts, self-harm, bi-polar disorder, addiction and border-line states – to name just some of the presenting issues.
My clinical experience encompasses many years working in a mental health setting and private practice dealing with a broad range of symptoms including, but not limited to, chronic trauma, loss or abuse, stress, anxiety, depression, marital difficulties, child-parent conflicts, self-harm, bi-polar disorder, addiction and border-line states – to name just some of the presenting issues.
Often clients contact me when other therapy has not helped them in the way they had hoped. This is often due to the complexity of difficulties being layered perhaps in a history of trauma. Distress in the body and mind can be triggered by what appears to be something superficial. This can open up the past or come at a time when our emotional resilience is low so this event has a greater impact than it may have done. We can find ourselves not being able to function in our normal way. Many clients often identify as 'good copers' and those who 'just get on with it'. Perhaps we can't now - this is frightening and can derail us.
Often clients contact me when other therapy has not helped them in the way they had hoped. This is often due to the complexity of difficulties being layered perhaps in a history of trauma. Distress in the body and mind can be triggered by what appears to be something superficial. This can open up the past or come at a time when our emotional resilience is low so this event has a greater impact than it may have done. We can find ourselves not being able to function in our normal way. Many clients often identify as 'good copers' and those who 'just get on with it'. Perhaps we can't now - this is frightening and can derail us.
I’m a neurodivergent-affirming therapist offering a practical, personalised approach to therapy, combining counselling and psychology to support you in a way that actually fits you.
I work a lot with people dealing with anxiety, overthinking, low self-esteem, and feeling lost or directionless. Together, we work to understand what’s been keeping you stuck and find practical, realistic ways to help you feel calmer, clearer, and more in control of your life. My approach is collaborative and focused. That means we don’t just talk—we gently work towards meaningful change.
Feel free to drop me a message
I’m a neurodivergent-affirming therapist offering a practical, personalised approach to therapy, combining counselling and psychology to support you in a way that actually fits you.
I work a lot with people dealing with anxiety, overthinking, low self-esteem, and feeling lost or directionless. Together, we work to understand what’s been keeping you stuck and find practical, realistic ways to help you feel calmer, clearer, and more in control of your life. My approach is collaborative and focused. That means we don’t just talk—we gently work towards meaningful change.
Feel free to drop me a message
Hi, I'm Lauren a trauma therapist specalising in EMDR psychotherapy. EMDR is now the front line treatment for PTSD. It can be used to treat single traumas, For example a road traffic accident, multiple traumas, veterans and abuse survivors. EMDR is hugley succesful at treating a range of mental health issues (anxiety, low mood, poor sleep, self harm, self esteem, self sabotage behaviours and many more). For some starting therapy can be extremely daunting. Together we will develop a plan and pace that suits you.
Hi, I'm Lauren a trauma therapist specalising in EMDR psychotherapy. EMDR is now the front line treatment for PTSD. It can be used to treat single traumas, For example a road traffic accident, multiple traumas, veterans and abuse survivors. EMDR is hugley succesful at treating a range of mental health issues (anxiety, low mood, poor sleep, self harm, self esteem, self sabotage behaviours and many more). For some starting therapy can be extremely daunting. Together we will develop a plan and pace that suits you.
Hello, my name is Nicola. I have a strong passion for working with individuals of all ages, including both adults and children/young people. My ultimate goal is to assist others in overcoming personal challenges by providing a therapeutic environment that allows people to freely express their thoughts and emotions, while feeling comfortable and protected. With experience in various settings such as NHS, voluntary sector, higher education, and as a self-employed counsellor, I bring a wealth of knowledge and resourcefulness to my profession. Additionally, I am proficient in conducting sessions face to face or through online platforms.
Hello, my name is Nicola. I have a strong passion for working with individuals of all ages, including both adults and children/young people. My ultimate goal is to assist others in overcoming personal challenges by providing a therapeutic environment that allows people to freely express their thoughts and emotions, while feeling comfortable and protected. With experience in various settings such as NHS, voluntary sector, higher education, and as a self-employed counsellor, I bring a wealth of knowledge and resourcefulness to my profession. Additionally, I am proficient in conducting sessions face to face or through online platforms.
We are a national service supporting parents of children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental and neurological needs, including tics and Tourette Syndrome, Functional Neurological Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. We work with families who are often feeling uncertain about what is happening for their child, how to manage symptoms, or what support is needed following diagnosis or injury. Our approach focuses on developing a clear, individualised understanding of each child’s strengths and difficulties, and how these present across home, school, and everyday life.
We are a national service supporting parents of children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental and neurological needs, including tics and Tourette Syndrome, Functional Neurological Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. We work with families who are often feeling uncertain about what is happening for their child, how to manage symptoms, or what support is needed following diagnosis or injury. Our approach focuses on developing a clear, individualised understanding of each child’s strengths and difficulties, and how these present across home, school, and everyday life.
I offer Person Centred counselling, a non-directive approach, which believes, given the right conditions, a person can reach their full potential and become their true self. I aim to offer a safe, non-judgemental, supportive, and understanding space for you to talk about past or present feelings, emotions, and events. From our work together, I hope to facilitate your personal growth and self-development thus enabling you to make peace or find resolution of current or past difficulties.
I offer Person Centred counselling, a non-directive approach, which believes, given the right conditions, a person can reach their full potential and become their true self. I aim to offer a safe, non-judgemental, supportive, and understanding space for you to talk about past or present feelings, emotions, and events. From our work together, I hope to facilitate your personal growth and self-development thus enabling you to make peace or find resolution of current or past difficulties.
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See More Teens Counsellors FAQ - Teenage and Adolescent Therapists
What does therapy for teenagers look like?
When a therapist works with a teenager, the pair will talk about what the teen is struggling with and explore solutions, which may involve interpersonal skills, coping strategies, medication, or lifestyle changes related to sleep, diet, and exercise. Different therapists employ different modalities, but most involve a combination of conversation and skill building.
How long does therapy for teenagers generally take to work?
There’s variability in teenagers’ experiences and challenges; some may begin to improve from therapy within a few weeks while others may take several months or longer. Teens can discuss their progress with their therapist periodically to assess how they’re improving and any changes to the treatment plan that could potentially accelerate that progress.
How do you encourage a teenager to go to therapy?
It’s helpful to express your concern and love while framing therapy as an opportunity to explore a tool that could help improve their life; just like they practice baseball or dance, now they can practice their emotional skills. Give your teen control over the process where you can—maybe by weighing in on choice of therapist and signaling that therapy involves confidentiality, so a parent need not know all that is discussed in sessions.
How do you prepare teens for therapy?
You can prepare your teenager for therapy by describing what the process will look like and setting expectations for timeline, if requested. You can explain that the first session may begin with an assessment phase, that they can describe their experiences but that the therapist will ask questions too, and that it may take time to feel comfortable opening up. Ask how they’re feeling about the process and answer any questions calmly and supportively.