Counselling in Hook

I am passionate in helping you to live a harmonious and fulfilling life in the modern world. This means helping you to cope with difficult challenges in your life, whether these are due to circumstances or specific mental health problems. I respect each person as an individual and plan treatment accordingly using evidence based interventions. Primarily, I want you to feel safe and comfortable when talking about sensitive and personal matters. In addition, privacy, openness, honesty and respect are important therapy values to me. Outside of therapy, I enjoy gardening, and country walks to enjoy nature and the changing seasons.

I can help with emotional distress, depression, stress, and anxiety (including OCD and PTSD), as well as the challenges living with a long-term physical health condition can pose.

Hello and welcome... i am an integrative counsellor working with person centred, CBT, and creative approaches to meet your individual needs and personality. I want your counselling experience to be as positive and life enhancing as possible. I work at your pace, empowering you to make your own goals. i look forward to meeting you.

I have over 15 years of experience of counselling and psychotherapy working with people with a wide variety of issues, such as relationship issues, anxiety, stress, loss and depression. My aim is to help you achieve what you need to feel happier in your life feeling listened to and understood. Repeating old patterns and ways may lead us to feel unhappy with ourselves and our lives. I will help you work through things that may be keeping you stuck and find new ways to move forward, helping you to be more the way you want to be.

I came to counselling late in life and bring years of life experiences as a result. I believe I have a natural empathy and understanding of my clients. Nothing shocks me and I never judge. I want my clients to reach their full potential in life, so whatever it is that is holding you back, let me help you unravel the tangle, in a safe, supportive environment. I offer private counselling based from my home office near Basingstoke in North Hampshire. I hold an Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling and Hypnotherapy and am an Accredited Member of the National Counselling Society (NCS). I offer counselling and Hypnotherapy.

The thought of seeking counselling or psychotherapy can feel like a daunting prospect. However sometimes we can face struggles in life that seem too difficult to cope with alone. It takes courage in taking the first steps to seek help and support. My personal philosophy is that we are all complex unique individuals with our own needs, but sometimes these needs get distorted as we try to fit in and be accepted by others, or we simply become lost in the "busy-ness" of our lives.

Feeling stuck can be so disempowering, and taking the courage to begin the process of counselling can feel like a giant leap, yet it takes just a small step to reach out and make contact. If you feel you need a safe place to explore your issues and associated feelings in a non-judgmental environment then counselling is for you. We, as human beings, tend to look for and repeat patterns of being, and create coping mechanisms that at one time, may have been useful but have now become potentially destructive to our general wellbeing, as well as the significant relationships in our lives, careers and hopes for the future.

The Giles Practice Is Committed To Helping You. We are a forward-thinking, progressive practice with genuine testimonials from satisfied clients. We have 5 star Google reviews with clients from all over the world. We have been instructed on recent catastrophic incidents such as the Grenfell Tower fire and the London Bridge/Borough Market terrorist attack. Each client is treated like an individual and every issue presented is important to us. We want our clients to be 100% happy, safe and secure when they use our service.

In my experience, people make the decision to come to counselling for many reasons, and I understand that it can feel very daunting to embark on a journey of this kind. I have a number of years experience of working with individuals with a range of issues including anxiety, depression, stress, anger, loss and bereavement, addictive behaviours, as well as family/work/relationship issues. I believe that just being able to talk about your thoughts and feelings can often bring great relief, and this experience can be life changing.

Are you ready to feel better? Trying to find answers? Have you had enough of feeling rubbish? Ready for some change in your life? I can help you to feel better. Let's meet at my therapy room in Basingstoke in the next day or two. If you're outside Basingstoke I offer online sessions across the UK.

So, can talking to someone help? Absolutely ! Regardless of the reason you might keep it in, talking has powerful psychological benefits that might not be obvious. Life can throw up many challenges and I am able to offer a safe, supportive, confidential environment for adults, Couples and young people to talk through and try and make sense of what they are finding difficult. Sometimes, we can struggle to find the words to share our internal world or communicate our feelings. Using creative tools together can be useful to help identify and process what is happening.

Are you feeling troubled, distressed or even confused by relationship difficulties, life transitions, crises, helplessness, grief, isolation, anxiety, depression or loss of direction? Talking to a professional counsellor in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment can enable you to understand yourself better, make your situation more manageable and lead to lasting behavioural change. As a BACP accredited counsellor with 18 years experience of counselling adults with various difficulties, I understand how important it is to find the right counsellor to help you. For this reason I offer a free one hour initial session.

I am a qualified therapist with many years of experience in different mental health roles. As a therapist, my aim is to support you in understanding what might be the cause of the issues you are experiencing. Together, we can understand your challenges and quickly improve your wellbeing using a range of therapeutic interventions. I am committed to creating a safe, steady presence within a supportive environment.

I am a qualified, accredited psychotherapist offering open-ended psychotherapy and brief (6-12 sessions) counselling to individuals, couples/other relationships. I offer a free initial consultation to allow my clients to communicate their expectations of therapy and ask me any questions they may have. Please get in touch if you struggle with depression, trauma, grief, abuse, anxiety, significant life changes or relationship problems. I’m here to support you on your journey towards healing and self-discovery. I offer some concessionary rates depending on your circumstances. I am happy to provide weekly or fortnightly sessions.

I am an Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with the BABCP with 10 years experience of using CBT to treat various psychological disorders. Do you struggle with intrusive thoughts of horrific nature that makes you feel like a bad person? Or do you engage in excessive checks or intense fear of contamination hence the need to engage in certain rituals to feel safe and to keep others safe? If you struggle with any of the above as well as constantly re-living past trauma events and struggle with depression leading to isolation, then get in touch!

When we find ourselves in a place where our thoughts, feelings or behaviours are impacting upon our daily lives, counselling and psychotherapy sessions offer an opportunity to understand why this is happening, make positive changes for the better, and move forward to where we want to be.

I am a licensed Psychologist registered with the BPS and HCPC. I worked in a clinical setting for over 22 years with a variety of client groups including community, outpatient and inpatients hospital. I have worked extensively with clients with mental disorders and neuro-developmental conditions even when these are strongly affected by childhood trauma. I offer talking therapy and also a unique approach to health and wellness including EMDR, neurofeedback an body biofeedback technology to help the body and the brain to better self-regulate and heal naturally without medication or with less reliance on medication.

All of us at some point will have times where we feel overwhelmed with the inevitable uncertainties of life which if pushed aside can so easily lead to disconnection, loss of purpose, enjoyment of life or fear for the future. Sometimes, we tell ourselves that our troubling thoughts or upsetting feelings are not important enough to bother others, they will eventually disappear, or that people cope with worse. Or perhaps, the opposite of this, that the impact of life experiences has resulted in distressing thoughts and feelings that are too great a burden for others to bear.