Cognitive Behavioural (CBT) Counselling in Hampton

Welcome, I’m Therese a qualified psychological therapist and coach. If you're finding life challenging and tough and can't see how to become unstuck to live your life with purpose and hope, let me help you. I work in partnership with you and use a range of evidenced-based tools, techniques and processes to support you to achieving your therapeutic goals to overcome any fears and avoidance whilst building your resilience and assertiveness skills. The techniques you will learn will stay with you for life, to use whenever you need them so you can become your own therapist. I offer 3 tiers of service: gold, silver, bronze, £40-£100.

I work with many issues including social anxiety, generalised anxiety disorder, managing anxiety, low moods, depression, coping skills, feeling overwhelmed, isolation, loneliness, suicidal thoughts, abuse and trauma. I provide a confidential and reflective space where you can process any thoughts, feelings and emotions you may be struggling with. I practice a combined approach of counselling and psychotherapy and can draw upon various methods to inform my practice. This includes CBT which I have studied integrating into my practice at masters level 7.

I am a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist ( CBT ) and Supervisor with over 10 years of experience working in Psychology. Alongside my practice, I work as a CBT Tutor at the London CBT training centre, and with SABP Education department. I work collaboratively with my clients using evidence-based methods to help them understand how unhelpful ways of thinking and behaving may be contributing and maintaining their difficulties.

My name is Cathy, I’m a clinical psychologist who has worked therapeutically with adults in NHS settings for over 15 years. We all experience challenges at points in our lives and I have been privileged to witness the positive impact that evidenced based psychological approaches can have at these times. My work focuses on supporting you to gain a better understanding of yourself, and most importantly, to use this understanding to build a more fulfilling life. I take a welcoming and friendly approach during sessions to ensure you feel comfortable and taken care of.

I can offer you a flexible, comfortable and reassuring experience. I always ensure I work collaboratively with you, and will never force you to dive into your past unless you are comfortable doing so. I also understand you may have been thinking of having counselling for a while before making the first step and that it can be very daunting talking to a stranger. I want to reassure you that making the first step is the hardest part. Once you get past that, my clients have told me they find me approachable, warm and easy to talk to.

We all can get swirled and swished around in an intense and anxious life struggles, forever burdening ourselves in the depth of our restless mind. I hold a safe, non-judgemental space for you to explore your believes about yourself about events you experienced in life. I am passionate about guiding people towards loving acceptance and self-compassion. Quantum healing happens when your fragmented aspect of you, which were stuck in space and time, breaks free from emotional attachment to the experience and come to wholeness by gaining back freedom, inner power and creative life flow. You become free sovereign being of light.

I specialise in working with couples and individuals on better communication, restoring desire and intimacy, surviving affairs, and sexual problems First sessions (1 hour) are free, without any obligation to continue, so you can check out you're comfortable working with me. I can usually see you within 48 hours (and sometimes the same day). I work evenings, weekends, and daytimes. I offer in person and video sessions.

I work with couples and individuals. Specialising in relationships, anger, self-esteem issues, addictions and emotional difficulties, I help you have a better relationship with others as well as yourself. I work with you to explore and understand your struggles, repeating patterns and find ways to change them or adapt them to make them helpful. Couples tend to argue in a cyclic nature without ever resolving their arguments. I work with couples to understand this cycle and how to exit it. Individuals can also get stuck in repeating patterns. Examining them, understanding them and working through them brings change.

I understand that seeking therapy can be both comforting and daunting, but it can also be liberating and I commend individuals who reach out for help. Our pain can often be a message that there is something amiss in our lives, and I believe it is important that we listen to that message. Whether you are dealing with a difficult time in your life and need help managing the emotions and thoughts, I aim to assist individuals to better understand the relationship between their feelings and thoughts and explore ways to change maladaptive patterns.

It may be that you have something specific you want to talk about, you may want to calm the negative thoughts that are going around your head or you may be looking to find help for someone you care about. Perhaps when you just want someone who will listen to you, a space to off-load where there is no worry about saying the wrong thing, the fear of being judged or where feeling like you are being an imposition. I am here to help you when you are ready to take the next step.

All of us, at some point in our lives, may experience challenges that could lead to anxiety and depression or ‘stuckness’. These feelings usually stem from not knowing how to communicate needs and emotions or process deeply stressful thoughts and experiences in a way that can bring relief. This is the time to reach out for therapy where you can learn (and unlearn) those behavioural patterns that stop you from becoming the best possible version of yourself. You can develop coping strategies that help you to become a happier and more fulfilled individual now and in the future.

Whether you are an adolescent, adult, sports person or busy executive there are some common themes that resonate with my clients: Finding it hard to make decisions - fear of getting it wrong and constantly worrying/Being less tolerant, irritable over things that wouldn't normally bother you/Needing to do everything perfectly and setting high unrealistic expectations resulting in procrastination/Never feeling you have done enough/A very critical internal voice - Exhausting! Most of my clients want to quieten that negative voice and find ways to achieve and live life without the gnawing anxiety and self-doubt

Many years experience working with people with alcohol and drug problems and also with others with the more general problems associated with therapy: depression, anxiety, relational problems, work problems, poor self image, stress, existential problems of identity and meaninglessness etc. Have worked extensively as a counsellor at the Priory Roehampton, Sharp London Day Care Project, the Capio Psychiatric Hospital, The Recovery Centre Knightsbridge, and Promis Counselling Centre in Kent. I've also had a private practice for many years.

I am an integrative Psychotherapist and Counsellor and offer a safe, confidential, non-judgemental space for you to discuss how you are feeling, enabling you to identify and work through those things that are troubling you in your life. The sessions and direction of therapy will be led by you. This can be short-term solution focused work, or more open ended where you can explore your life experiences to see how your past is affecting your present. We can also work on dysfunctional and distorted thought patterns, allowing you to discover new ways of being. Together we can identify the tools you need to flourish.

Growing up can be hard and modern life presents many challenges for young people. Perhaps you are a parent, having noticed your child seems sad, withdrawn or not themselves. They may seem worried or anxious. You may be a young person yourself, struggling to manage the unrelenting pressure of society, education, social media, friends and family. Perhaps you are the parent of a much younger child, wanting to learn new ways of managing their behaviour or worries. Whatever your reasons for being here, thank you for visiting my profile. Please get in touch to discuss your concerns and how I can help you to find a new way forward.

I trained as a psychotherapist later in life following a previous career working with vulnerable individuals. Coupled with my now extensive psychotherapeutic training, I am a knowledgeable, conscientious and empathetic individual whom is well respected within the field.