Autism Counselling in Fareham
One area that I specialise in is autism and other neurodivergent profiles.
As a gestalt relational counsellor I work with you in the here and now by focusing upon the what and the how of your experience. I do not neglect your past or your future, but instead ask you to consider the impact that your past or future has for you within the present. I am interested in how you perceive your environment and your individual context.
One area that I specialise in is autism and other neurodivergent profiles.
As a gestalt relational counsellor I work with you in the here and now by focusing upon the what and the how of your experience. I do not neglect your past or your future, but instead ask you to consider the impact that your past or future has for you within the present. I am interested in how you perceive your environment and your individual context.
I am also an Autism Ambassador, with vast experience in counselling people with Autism and ADHD.
Hello, thank you for looking at my profile. My name is Nichola, and I am a qualified Gestalt Counsellor; I also have training to utilise the CBT and Humanistic approaches alongside my main modality. Currently, I am offering telephone and online sessions. This will be reviewed regularly. I have familiarity in working with a wide variety of people from different backgrounds, from the ages of 12+. I place individuality at the forefront of my sessions and value autonomy. With this, I also provide a safe, confidential environment that encompasses exploration.
I am also an Autism Ambassador, with vast experience in counselling people with Autism and ADHD.
Hello, thank you for looking at my profile. My name is Nichola, and I am a qualified Gestalt Counsellor; I also have training to utilise the CBT and Humanistic approaches alongside my main modality. Currently, I am offering telephone and online sessions. This will be reviewed regularly. I have familiarity in working with a wide variety of people from different backgrounds, from the ages of 12+. I place individuality at the forefront of my sessions and value autonomy. With this, I also provide a safe, confidential environment that encompasses exploration.
Welcome. I am an accredited counsellor with 19 years experience of the many issues that clients bring to counselling. My approach is warm and professional and I aim to provide a safe and open environment and a non-judgemental and respectful approach.
Welcome. I am an accredited counsellor with 19 years experience of the many issues that clients bring to counselling. My approach is warm and professional and I aim to provide a safe and open environment and a non-judgemental and respectful approach.
Hi, I'm Sam and welcome to my profile.
Life can, at times, feel challenging and overwhelming for many reasons. You may be feeling stuck in a rut or dealing with relationship issues, anxiety, or low self-esteem. Or perhaps you are battling childhood trauma, grief, or depression, whatever your reason for looking at counselling I can work with you to support you through it.
I will provide a safe and confidential space, online or face-to-face, where you can talk and explore your thoughts and feelings free from judgement. Creating such a space is important, it allows trust to develop and our therapeutic relationship to grow.
Hi, I'm Sam and welcome to my profile.
Life can, at times, feel challenging and overwhelming for many reasons. You may be feeling stuck in a rut or dealing with relationship issues, anxiety, or low self-esteem. Or perhaps you are battling childhood trauma, grief, or depression, whatever your reason for looking at counselling I can work with you to support you through it.
I will provide a safe and confidential space, online or face-to-face, where you can talk and explore your thoughts and feelings free from judgement. Creating such a space is important, it allows trust to develop and our therapeutic relationship to grow.
I specialise in work with children aged 4–11 with continuation into secondary school where appropriate. Childhood is full of change. Although many children cope well most of the time, sometimes life can feel bigger than they can manage. Whether they are struggling with friendships or school; adjusting to family changes; coping with bereavement; feeling more anxious – extra support can make a big difference. I offer a safe creative space where children can explore their thoughts and feelings. Combining play, creativity and talk therapy I help children to understand emotions, build confidence and develop healthy coping strategies.
I specialise in work with children aged 4–11 with continuation into secondary school where appropriate. Childhood is full of change. Although many children cope well most of the time, sometimes life can feel bigger than they can manage. Whether they are struggling with friendships or school; adjusting to family changes; coping with bereavement; feeling more anxious – extra support can make a big difference. I offer a safe creative space where children can explore their thoughts and feelings. Combining play, creativity and talk therapy I help children to understand emotions, build confidence and develop healthy coping strategies.
Hello, I am a highly qualified and registered counsellor with over 10 years experience. My specialism is working with overwhelm and anxiety. I can help you manage your stress levels, understand the origins of anxiety and teach you techniques to feel more in control.
If you’re part of a couple and need help with a lack of intimacy, betrayal or poor communication or something else, I have the skills and tools to help your relationship get back on track.
Feel free to send me a message or give me a call, we can arrange an informal chat to discuss how I can support you.
Warmest Wishes, Catherine
Hello, I am a highly qualified and registered counsellor with over 10 years experience. My specialism is working with overwhelm and anxiety. I can help you manage your stress levels, understand the origins of anxiety and teach you techniques to feel more in control.
If you’re part of a couple and need help with a lack of intimacy, betrayal or poor communication or something else, I have the skills and tools to help your relationship get back on track.
Feel free to send me a message or give me a call, we can arrange an informal chat to discuss how I can support you.
Warmest Wishes, Catherine
I’m Carly Howitt, a fully qualified therapist with over 10 years experience working as a psychological therapist in the NHS.
I am a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist accredited with the BABCP and an Interpersonal Therapist accredited with IPTUK. I have also received extensive training in Compassion Focussed Therapy and often find a huge benefit to applying this approach in my work with clients.
At CH Psychotherapies, I use a person-centred approach to therapy, ensuring that each individual feels heard and valued. I will ensure therapy is tailored to meet your unique needs, promoting healing and personal growth.
I’m Carly Howitt, a fully qualified therapist with over 10 years experience working as a psychological therapist in the NHS.
I am a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist accredited with the BABCP and an Interpersonal Therapist accredited with IPTUK. I have also received extensive training in Compassion Focussed Therapy and often find a huge benefit to applying this approach in my work with clients.
At CH Psychotherapies, I use a person-centred approach to therapy, ensuring that each individual feels heard and valued. I will ensure therapy is tailored to meet your unique needs, promoting healing and personal growth.
Hello, I am Jamie, an Integrative Therapist working in the Heart of Hampshire, but also online. I run Calmer Counselling. I have over 25 years of experience in counselling, coaching, mentoring, and supporting emotional well-being in a diverse number of environments and organisations. I am passionate about helping people find peace and clarity in their lives. If you are facing challenges, feeling stuck, or simply want to understand yourself better, I am here to listen and support you. At Calmer Counselling, I offer a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings.
Hello, I am Jamie, an Integrative Therapist working in the Heart of Hampshire, but also online. I run Calmer Counselling. I have over 25 years of experience in counselling, coaching, mentoring, and supporting emotional well-being in a diverse number of environments and organisations. I am passionate about helping people find peace and clarity in their lives. If you are facing challenges, feeling stuck, or simply want to understand yourself better, I am here to listen and support you. At Calmer Counselling, I offer a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings.
I also specialise in working with neurodivergent children & young people (ADHD & ASD).
I am a BABCP accredited Child & Young Person therapist. I have many years experience of working in a Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). I specialise in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). CBT is an evidence-based therapy to help manage symptoms of low mood, anxiety & stress. You will learn practical tools to help you to “live your best life”
I also specialise in working with neurodivergent children & young people (ADHD & ASD).
I am a BABCP accredited Child & Young Person therapist. I have many years experience of working in a Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). I specialise in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). CBT is an evidence-based therapy to help manage symptoms of low mood, anxiety & stress. You will learn practical tools to help you to “live your best life”
We all have times when we need someone to talk to. You might be feeling low, lost and lonely. I can offer you a safe place empathetic place to help you explore all the options. I look at the here and now weaving in the past and future. I will listen and help you to trust your opinion so you can understand your feelings so you can clarify a way forward.
We all have times when we need someone to talk to. You might be feeling low, lost and lonely. I can offer you a safe place empathetic place to help you explore all the options. I look at the here and now weaving in the past and future. I will listen and help you to trust your opinion so you can understand your feelings so you can clarify a way forward.
If life feels heavier than you expected, you’re not alone. Many people come to me carrying stress, anxiety, low mood, exhaustion, or a sense of feeling lost or stuck. It’s easy to slip into survival mode and forget what it feels like to rest, or to feel like yourself.
You might be in a caring role that asks more of you than anyone realises. Advocating, navigating systems, managing appointments, and trying to stay strong for everyone can leave you drained and isolated. It’s a lot to hold on your own.
There may also be the impact of a late neurodiversity diagnosis for you or your partner, which can bring clarity but also confusion.
If life feels heavier than you expected, you’re not alone. Many people come to me carrying stress, anxiety, low mood, exhaustion, or a sense of feeling lost or stuck. It’s easy to slip into survival mode and forget what it feels like to rest, or to feel like yourself.
You might be in a caring role that asks more of you than anyone realises. Advocating, navigating systems, managing appointments, and trying to stay strong for everyone can leave you drained and isolated. It’s a lot to hold on your own.
There may also be the impact of a late neurodiversity diagnosis for you or your partner, which can bring clarity but also confusion.
I work from a compassionate, trauma-informed approach, integrating CBT, grounding techniques, emotional regulation tools, and reflective counselling. Sessions are collaborative, confidential, and paced around your needs. Together, we explore thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and patterns while developing practical strategies to support calmer responses, self-awareness, and emotional resilience.
I work from a compassionate, trauma-informed approach, integrating CBT, grounding techniques, emotional regulation tools, and reflective counselling. Sessions are collaborative, confidential, and paced around your needs. Together, we explore thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and patterns while developing practical strategies to support calmer responses, self-awareness, and emotional resilience.
Therapy is a space where your story can unfold, be witnessed, and gently understood. At times, we all need someone to talk to. In a confidential and supportive space, therapy offers a chance to explore your experiences, make sense of what feels difficult, and reconnect with yourself. I offer a compassionate, collaborative space where you can be heard, understood, and supported in finding your way forward.
Therapy is a space where your story can unfold, be witnessed, and gently understood. At times, we all need someone to talk to. In a confidential and supportive space, therapy offers a chance to explore your experiences, make sense of what feels difficult, and reconnect with yourself. I offer a compassionate, collaborative space where you can be heard, understood, and supported in finding your way forward.
I tailor treatment plans to suit you and integrate alternative approaches such as compassion focused therapy or adaptions for ADHD/ autism.
Feeling stuck? Your mind wont switch off? Feeling like you should be doing more or better? Caught in repetitive cycles? Therapy can offer new perspectives. I’m an experienced Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, working with individuals 16+ and couples in my private practice, the NHS and with military personnel. I am experienced in assessment and treatment of stress/burn out, social, health or generalised anxiety, phobias, OCD, panic, trauma, low self-esteem, depression and more. As well as supporting couples to understand interaction patterns, improve communication and explore problematic topics or navigating infidelity.
I tailor treatment plans to suit you and integrate alternative approaches such as compassion focused therapy or adaptions for ADHD/ autism.
Feeling stuck? Your mind wont switch off? Feeling like you should be doing more or better? Caught in repetitive cycles? Therapy can offer new perspectives. I’m an experienced Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, working with individuals 16+ and couples in my private practice, the NHS and with military personnel. I am experienced in assessment and treatment of stress/burn out, social, health or generalised anxiety, phobias, OCD, panic, trauma, low self-esteem, depression and more. As well as supporting couples to understand interaction patterns, improve communication and explore problematic topics or navigating infidelity.
I focus mostly on identity and intersectional experiences. My main areas of interest and knowledge are queer identities, gender identity (including cis, trans+, enby, and intersex), poly relationships, families with mixed ethnic and/or religious backgrounds, disability/illness (including hidden) and difficult parenting/parented relationships (including single parenting, and queer parenting). I am open to working with any kind of client, regardless of lifestyle, history, and past mistakes. Please see my website for more information and my inclusion statement. I work online only and my session fees range from £30 to £60 per session.
I focus mostly on identity and intersectional experiences. My main areas of interest and knowledge are queer identities, gender identity (including cis, trans+, enby, and intersex), poly relationships, families with mixed ethnic and/or religious backgrounds, disability/illness (including hidden) and difficult parenting/parented relationships (including single parenting, and queer parenting). I am open to working with any kind of client, regardless of lifestyle, history, and past mistakes. Please see my website for more information and my inclusion statement. I work online only and my session fees range from £30 to £60 per session.
If you are at a crossroads or struggling with your mental health and know that you need to make a change. I can help. Some of the key areas I work in are:- Depression Loss & Bereavement Stress & Anxiety Relationship issues Trauma/PTSD Emotional Eating/Eating Disorders & Weight Loss, Abuse, Addictions, Work/life balance, Senior Executive Coaching. I combine psychodynamic counselling, clinical hypnotherapy, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Senior Executive Coaching & Mentoring, Mindfulness and Relaxation techniques to help clients who are experiencing emotional distress and want to make positive change in their life
If you are at a crossroads or struggling with your mental health and know that you need to make a change. I can help. Some of the key areas I work in are:- Depression Loss & Bereavement Stress & Anxiety Relationship issues Trauma/PTSD Emotional Eating/Eating Disorders & Weight Loss, Abuse, Addictions, Work/life balance, Senior Executive Coaching. I combine psychodynamic counselling, clinical hypnotherapy, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Senior Executive Coaching & Mentoring, Mindfulness and Relaxation techniques to help clients who are experiencing emotional distress and want to make positive change in their life
Your past is something you desperately want to forget. You have done your utmost to push it all out of your mind and just get on with your life. But no matter how hard you try, those awful thoughts and feelings follow you wherever you go, catching you out when you least expect it. You feel trapped, powerless to change any of this. You feel out of control, unable to manage the stress in your body. And every time those images pop into your mind, you feel ashamed and guilty. There is this voice inside you telling you you should have done something more, something else. Then it would have all been different.
Your past is something you desperately want to forget. You have done your utmost to push it all out of your mind and just get on with your life. But no matter how hard you try, those awful thoughts and feelings follow you wherever you go, catching you out when you least expect it. You feel trapped, powerless to change any of this. You feel out of control, unable to manage the stress in your body. And every time those images pop into your mind, you feel ashamed and guilty. There is this voice inside you telling you you should have done something more, something else. Then it would have all been different.
I am a qualified Humanistic Gestalt counsellor; I am based in Eastleigh, where I see clients at my home. I believe you can only go as far as your counsellor has been. This lived experience means I don't just imagine what you have been through; I have worked through similar situations, which enriches the work we can do together. I see myself as a collective counsellor with further training in different types of counselling, including CBT, Solution-Focused, Person-Centered, TA and addiction counselling. I create a strong therapeutic relationship and use my knowledge to tailor the sessions to meet your needs.
I am a qualified Humanistic Gestalt counsellor; I am based in Eastleigh, where I see clients at my home. I believe you can only go as far as your counsellor has been. This lived experience means I don't just imagine what you have been through; I have worked through similar situations, which enriches the work we can do together. I see myself as a collective counsellor with further training in different types of counselling, including CBT, Solution-Focused, Person-Centered, TA and addiction counselling. I create a strong therapeutic relationship and use my knowledge to tailor the sessions to meet your needs.
Counselling can be really helpful when you just need someone to talk to and it can offer so much more. When you are feeling like something is just not right or life seems so challenging, talking to a Counsellor can make the difference. Many people just want to feel better and get a sense of relief from the turmoil of life. It may be that a life event has really impacted on you, such as a bereavement, trauma or loss of a job. You may feel like the world just does not understand you or perhaps you are struggling to come to terms with your sexuality. There are many many different reasons why people choose counselling. We're all unique.
Counselling can be really helpful when you just need someone to talk to and it can offer so much more. When you are feeling like something is just not right or life seems so challenging, talking to a Counsellor can make the difference. Many people just want to feel better and get a sense of relief from the turmoil of life. It may be that a life event has really impacted on you, such as a bereavement, trauma or loss of a job. You may feel like the world just does not understand you or perhaps you are struggling to come to terms with your sexuality. There are many many different reasons why people choose counselling. We're all unique.
Experienced & trained in ADHD/ Autism.
I have 20 years experience as a Counsellor & across other support roles, including work with Young People, Troubled families, Loss and Relationships. I have faced my own challenges as a young person and as a parent. I am genuine & non-judgemental, with care for those I support. I bring my real self to sessions and also when appropriate a dash of humour!
Experienced & trained in ADHD/ Autism.
I have 20 years experience as a Counsellor & across other support roles, including work with Young People, Troubled families, Loss and Relationships. I have faced my own challenges as a young person and as a parent. I am genuine & non-judgemental, with care for those I support. I bring my real self to sessions and also when appropriate a dash of humour!
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Autism Counsellors
What is the most effective treatment for autism?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has come to be considered the standard treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder, and research has confirmed its effectiveness for many children. Therapists trained in ABA techniques work with children (and their parents) on developing social skills, communication and learning abilities, and everyday habits of hygiene and grooming. The clinician will tailor their program to the child’s particular need but the overarching goal will be to help them advance as far as possible toward independence based on their level of symptoms and decrease the need for additional special services. Families should seek a mental health professional specifically trained in ABA, and holding special certification in the technique, who has extensive experience not only with the approach but in using it with children with the same level of symptoms as the child who needs care.
How does ABA work?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) sessions, which typically focus on positive reinforcement, can be intensive, lasting two or more hours several times a week, and continuing for two years or more. Therapists can also be expected to ask parents to take an active role in reinforcing lessons. Research has found that the technique can lead to major improvements that decrease the need for additional special services.
How does treatment for autism work?
Therapy sessions based on Applied Behavior Analysis will likely be frequent, intensive, and highly structured. After a thorough assessment, a therapist will help a child understand and develop skills in a range of areas, including communication, motor skills, social skills, self-care, play, and academic skills, as well as routines of daily living like hygiene. Typically, the therapist will help a child break down the components of a behavior—often referred to as the antecedent (what prompts an action), the behavior, and the consequence(what immediately follows)—and then reward the child at every step, while also asking parents to reinforce the lessons, and the rewards, throughout the day. This core therapy may be supplemented by occupational or speech therapy, and antidepressants, antipsychotics, and anticonvulsants may be prescribed to address specific severe symptoms.
How long does therapy for autism take?
Some people with autism spectrum disorder may be engaged in some level of therapy for many years, but research shows that treatment will be most effective if it is begun early and delivered intensively. When therapy begins by age 3, children tend to be better able to grasp and adopt the skills needed to manage everyday life, including attending school and establishing social relationships. This type of early-intervention treatment regimen is highly structured, typically involving 20 to 40 hours of one-on-one therapy per week, along with additional hours of engagement managed by parents, for a period of two years or more, although the duration of treatment is dependent on the child’s level of symptoms and pace of progress.