Bereavement Counselling in Leighton Buzzard

Sonia L George
Counsellor, MBACP
Online Only
I counsel adults (18+) and have experience in working with clients with a range of issues including anxiety, depression, loss and bereavement, stress and relationship issues amongst others.
I believe that counselling provides an opportunity for people facing difficult challenges in their lives to talk through their feelings and be empowered to find their own solutions in a safe and relaxed environment and at a pace,​ they are comfortable with. I listen to people empathetically in a non-judgemental manner to assist them to look at their problems.
I counsel adults (18+) and have experience in working with clients with a range of issues including anxiety, depression, loss and bereavement, stress and relationship issues amongst others.
I believe that counselling provides an opportunity for people facing difficult challenges in their lives to talk through their feelings and be empowered to find their own solutions in a safe and relaxed environment and at a pace,​ they are comfortable with. I listen to people empathetically in a non-judgemental manner to assist them to look at their problems.
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Sithembisile Thembie Mapingire
Psychotherapist, MA, MBACP
Depression, anxiety, uncertainty, fear, trauma, bereavement, and abuse can leave you feeling helpless and alone.
My warm, calm, and compassionate listening and therapeutic skills will help you gain greater self-awareness and freedom from emotional baggage, leading to emotional wellbeing, As an integrative counselor, I am committed to finding an approach that best suits you. I have 18 years of working and supporting children, young people, couples, and individuals.
Depression, anxiety, uncertainty, fear, trauma, bereavement, and abuse can leave you feeling helpless and alone.
My warm, calm, and compassionate listening and therapeutic skills will help you gain greater self-awareness and freedom from emotional baggage, leading to emotional wellbeing, As an integrative counselor, I am committed to finding an approach that best suits you. I have 18 years of working and supporting children, young people, couples, and individuals.
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Dawn Woosley
Counsellor, MBACP
Hi, Over the past 14 years,myself & my practice have helped individuals and couples with issues including: trauma, bereavement, generalized anxiety, depression, low self esteem, OCD, problem drinking and drug use, personality disorder, anger management, work-related stress, as well as many couples seeking help with relationship breakdowns, difficulties and changes.
support young adults, individuals and couples to help people make positive choices for change. we have experience in working with student issues, the impact of domestic and sexual violence, bereavement, anxiety, PTSD (including use of the Rewind technique), self-esteem, issues around pregnancy including infertility, termination, stillbirth and miscarriage.
Hi, Over the past 14 years,myself & my practice have helped individuals and couples with issues including: trauma, bereavement, generalized anxiety, depression, low self esteem, OCD, problem drinking and drug use, personality disorder, anger management, work-related stress, as well as many couples seeking help with relationship breakdowns, difficulties and changes.
support young adults, individuals and couples to help people make positive choices for change. we have experience in working with student issues, the impact of domestic and sexual violence, bereavement, anxiety, PTSD (including use of the Rewind technique), self-esteem, issues around pregnancy including infertility, termination, stillbirth and miscarriage.
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Clive Deeks
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
Often clients share that they are struggling with depression, trauma related to their relationship or perhaps loss.
There was a time when I sat where you may be sitting now, wondering whether counselling could help. When I first sought therapy, I was struggling with work pressures, relationships and uncertainty about the future. What I found was a safe space to be heard without judgement, and that experience eventually led me to become a counsellor. Today, I offer a warm, confidential space for clients to explore life's challenges. I am also a practising supervisor. While I work with adults of all ages, I particularly enjoy working with young people, whose resilience and potential give me hope for the future.
Often clients share that they are struggling with depression, trauma related to their relationship or perhaps loss.
There was a time when I sat where you may be sitting now, wondering whether counselling could help. When I first sought therapy, I was struggling with work pressures, relationships and uncertainty about the future. What I found was a safe space to be heard without judgement, and that experience eventually led me to become a counsellor. Today, I offer a warm, confidential space for clients to explore life's challenges. I am also a practising supervisor. While I work with adults of all ages, I particularly enjoy working with young people, whose resilience and potential give me hope for the future.
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Karen Johnson
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
Do you wake up anxious, stressed and dread the beginning of each new day? Are you feeling overwhelmed from taking care of everyone else’s needs and feel guilty if you take time for yourself? Do you often feel that everyone else’s problems are greater than yours and don’t speak out about your own difficulties but will happily listen and support friends when they need help? Perhaps you feel that your work / life balance is out of control but just don't know where to start? Working together I will help you create healthier habits, feel better about yourself and learn techniques to feel more in control to begin enjoying life again.
Do you wake up anxious, stressed and dread the beginning of each new day? Are you feeling overwhelmed from taking care of everyone else’s needs and feel guilty if you take time for yourself? Do you often feel that everyone else’s problems are greater than yours and don’t speak out about your own difficulties but will happily listen and support friends when they need help? Perhaps you feel that your work / life balance is out of control but just don't know where to start? Working together I will help you create healthier habits, feel better about yourself and learn techniques to feel more in control to begin enjoying life again.
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Rachel Fellah
Psychotherapist, PTUK
2 Endorsed
I am a PTUK certified Play & Creative Arts Therapist and certified AutPlay practitioner, based on the Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire border. I work across areas including Leighton Buzzard, Aylesbury and Milton Keynes. In individual play therapy, I create a safe space where the child feels able to explore themselves and bring about change and understanding. Through sessions together, I help the child to feel seen, heard, understood, accepted and celebrated. I have additional training in AutPlay, a neurodiversity affirming therapeutic approach which seeks to highlight the child's strengths as they work towards therapeutic goals.
I am a PTUK certified Play & Creative Arts Therapist and certified AutPlay practitioner, based on the Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire border. I work across areas including Leighton Buzzard, Aylesbury and Milton Keynes. In individual play therapy, I create a safe space where the child feels able to explore themselves and bring about change and understanding. Through sessions together, I help the child to feel seen, heard, understood, accepted and celebrated. I have additional training in AutPlay, a neurodiversity affirming therapeutic approach which seeks to highlight the child's strengths as they work towards therapeutic goals.
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Tamara | TN Wellness
Psychotherapist, MHGI
Welcome to TN Wellness! I'm Tamara, and I offer a holistic, solution-oriented sessions helping individuals quickly regain control of their lives, showing improvements from the first session. My approach encourages clients to harness their own volition and empowers clients by helping them to set goals, understand their symptoms, challenges, and the steps needed to enhance resilience against future setbacks, while also providing effective coping strategies. Sessions also emphasise clients' strengths and resources, fostering self-generated change.
Welcome to TN Wellness! I'm Tamara, and I offer a holistic, solution-oriented sessions helping individuals quickly regain control of their lives, showing improvements from the first session. My approach encourages clients to harness their own volition and empowers clients by helping them to set goals, understand their symptoms, challenges, and the steps needed to enhance resilience against future setbacks, while also providing effective coping strategies. Sessions also emphasise clients' strengths and resources, fostering self-generated change.
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Lucy Anne McGroarty
Psychotherapist, DCounsPsych, MBACP Accred
Perhaps you feel stuck, unable to focus or are struggling to overcome a challenge in your life. Perhaps goals feel easy to decide on but hard to stick to. Perhaps the same old thoughts keep running through your mind and you feel the cycle of negativity is ever lasting. Counselling can be the first step to overcome difficulties and address barriers getting in the way of moving forwards. Counselling can offer the space needed to reflect on what’s preventing positive change in your life. Counselling can help you find the tools you always possessed but needed some help finding to help you live a more fulfilling life.
Perhaps you feel stuck, unable to focus or are struggling to overcome a challenge in your life. Perhaps goals feel easy to decide on but hard to stick to. Perhaps the same old thoughts keep running through your mind and you feel the cycle of negativity is ever lasting. Counselling can be the first step to overcome difficulties and address barriers getting in the way of moving forwards. Counselling can offer the space needed to reflect on what’s preventing positive change in your life. Counselling can help you find the tools you always possessed but needed some help finding to help you live a more fulfilling life.
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Lauren Hale
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
2 Endorsed
I support anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, abuse, exam stress, and questions around sexuality and gender, with a special interest in pregnancy, motherhood, miscarriage, and menopause.
I offer a warm, compassionate and non-judgmental space where you can feel truly heard, understood and valued. Reaching out for therapy can feel daunting, and my aim is to help you feel safe enough to explore whatever has brought you here, at a pace that feels right for you. As a fully qualified integrative therapeutic counsellor, I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches to tailor our work to your individual needs. This means your therapy is not a “one-size-fits-all” process, but a collaborative journey shaped around you — your experiences, your goals, and your way of making sense of the world.
I support anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, abuse, exam stress, and questions around sexuality and gender, with a special interest in pregnancy, motherhood, miscarriage, and menopause.
I offer a warm, compassionate and non-judgmental space where you can feel truly heard, understood and valued. Reaching out for therapy can feel daunting, and my aim is to help you feel safe enough to explore whatever has brought you here, at a pace that feels right for you. As a fully qualified integrative therapeutic counsellor, I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches to tailor our work to your individual needs. This means your therapy is not a “one-size-fits-all” process, but a collaborative journey shaped around you — your experiences, your goals, and your way of making sense of the world.
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Will Griffiths
Counsellor, MBACP
Therapy can be hard. I get it; I've been there, but it doesn't have to be. I work collaboratively, so you don’t have to know what to do, or what to say. We’ll work through whatever you’re facing, at your pace. I’ve been on both sides of the counselling room, so I know how tough it can be just getting started, but I believe by working collaboratively, you can get what you need from therapy. You don’t have to have all the answers, you just have to turn up, and be willing to talk things through. I want to get to know you, and understand your story, to figure out how I can help you work through whatever you’re dealing with.
Therapy can be hard. I get it; I've been there, but it doesn't have to be. I work collaboratively, so you don’t have to know what to do, or what to say. We’ll work through whatever you’re facing, at your pace. I’ve been on both sides of the counselling room, so I know how tough it can be just getting started, but I believe by working collaboratively, you can get what you need from therapy. You don’t have to have all the answers, you just have to turn up, and be willing to talk things through. I want to get to know you, and understand your story, to figure out how I can help you work through whatever you’re dealing with.
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Dr Hanna Yousefzadeh
Psychologist, PsychD, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
7 Endorsed
Online Only
Starting therapy can feel overwhelming — especially when you're trying to find someone you really connect with. So let me make that first step a little easier by telling you a bit about who I am and how I work: I’m a Clinical Psychologist with over a decade of experience supporting individuals, children, and families across a wide range of mental health settings. My approach is grounded in compassion, curiosity, and collaboration. I work with people navigating challenges such as anxiety (including social anxiety, OCD, and phobias), low self-esteem, depression, anger, school refusal, and relationship or attachment difficulties.
Starting therapy can feel overwhelming — especially when you're trying to find someone you really connect with. So let me make that first step a little easier by telling you a bit about who I am and how I work: I’m a Clinical Psychologist with over a decade of experience supporting individuals, children, and families across a wide range of mental health settings. My approach is grounded in compassion, curiosity, and collaboration. I work with people navigating challenges such as anxiety (including social anxiety, OCD, and phobias), low self-esteem, depression, anger, school refusal, and relationship or attachment difficulties.
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Therapy with Natalie Peters
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
2 Endorsed
I support clients with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, bereavement, trauma, the impact of abuse, and life transitions.
My approach is trauma-informed and grounded in an understanding of how early relationships and life experiences shape the way we think, feel and relate to others. Including parts-based approaches, IFS, and structural dissociation, with particular relation to the impact of trauma, how patterns of experience, survival and coping can be passed down generations.
I support clients with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, bereavement, trauma, the impact of abuse, and life transitions.
My approach is trauma-informed and grounded in an understanding of how early relationships and life experiences shape the way we think, feel and relate to others. Including parts-based approaches, IFS, and structural dissociation, with particular relation to the impact of trauma, how patterns of experience, survival and coping can be passed down generations.
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Stacy Holland
Psychotherapist, MBACP
I have a heart for those who haven't felt heard or understood and I will treat what you share with the utmost care. I can offer you compassion where maybe you feel you haven't received it before, or maybe you feel like you don't deserve it because that internal voice tells you you are not good enough. I can help you discover the roots of that voice, weakening its influence over you and allowing you to build a new voice that is encouraging and supportive. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard, what you think and how you feel really is important to me.
I have a heart for those who haven't felt heard or understood and I will treat what you share with the utmost care. I can offer you compassion where maybe you feel you haven't received it before, or maybe you feel like you don't deserve it because that internal voice tells you you are not good enough. I can help you discover the roots of that voice, weakening its influence over you and allowing you to build a new voice that is encouraging and supportive. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard, what you think and how you feel really is important to me.
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Rachael Cressey
Counsellor, MBACP
2 Endorsed
I typically work with anxiety, bereavement, complex grief, depression, narcissistic abuse, relationship challenges, identity challenges and emerging neurodivergent challenges.
Perhaps you feel overwhelmed by your emotions, misunderstood by others, or exhausted from constantly holding things together internally. You may struggle with anxiety, relationship difficulties, rejection sensitivity, masking, burnout, or a sense that you don’t fully belong. Perhaps words feel difficult sometimes, or you find yourself deeply feeling things that others seem able to brush aside. Therapy offers a space where you can begin to understand yourself more deeply, feel genuinely seen, and gently unfurl into greater self-acceptance and freedom.
I typically work with anxiety, bereavement, complex grief, depression, narcissistic abuse, relationship challenges, identity challenges and emerging neurodivergent challenges.
Perhaps you feel overwhelmed by your emotions, misunderstood by others, or exhausted from constantly holding things together internally. You may struggle with anxiety, relationship difficulties, rejection sensitivity, masking, burnout, or a sense that you don’t fully belong. Perhaps words feel difficult sometimes, or you find yourself deeply feeling things that others seem able to brush aside. Therapy offers a space where you can begin to understand yourself more deeply, feel genuinely seen, and gently unfurl into greater self-acceptance and freedom.
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Circle Therapy
Counsellor, DCounsPsych, MNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
We can support with anxiety, low mood, loss and bereavement, school and study stress, family issues, relationships and more.
We are a longstanding and trusted local practice who have been supporting clients over the past 12 years in Tring. Our team specialise in trauma and Neurodiversity. We are a recommended practice by professionals in our work with children and young people. We also deliver counselling in schools and we teach Diploma level accredited training in child therapy.
We can support with anxiety, low mood, loss and bereavement, school and study stress, family issues, relationships and more.
We are a longstanding and trusted local practice who have been supporting clients over the past 12 years in Tring. Our team specialise in trauma and Neurodiversity. We are a recommended practice by professionals in our work with children and young people. We also deliver counselling in schools and we teach Diploma level accredited training in child therapy.
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Olivia Doughty
Psychologist, PhD, CPsychol
Serves Area
I believe that, due to the unrelenting pressures of the world we live in and the way our brains have evolved, everyone can find life difficult sometimes. It is easy for our minds to appear to work against us; getting stuck in loops of painful thoughts and feelings. This can result in depression, anxiety and difficulties with relationships. People who have experienced significant distress, trauma or hurt in life can also, not surprisingly, experience significant difficulties where memories come to haunt us and send us back to previous pain. I hope to help people life the life they want to live, with some sense of agency over pain.
I believe that, due to the unrelenting pressures of the world we live in and the way our brains have evolved, everyone can find life difficult sometimes. It is easy for our minds to appear to work against us; getting stuck in loops of painful thoughts and feelings. This can result in depression, anxiety and difficulties with relationships. People who have experienced significant distress, trauma or hurt in life can also, not surprisingly, experience significant difficulties where memories come to haunt us and send us back to previous pain. I hope to help people life the life they want to live, with some sense of agency over pain.
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Tracy Harvey
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
I offer bereavement counselling to help people navigate their pain and find their own way to make sense of their loss.
The therapeutic relationship is unique, different to the ones we have with friends and family. It is a space where you can explore difficult and important feelings safely, with someone who is trained to help you make sense of these issues. My approach is integrative, which means I will work alongside you in the way that suits you and your needs.
I offer bereavement counselling to help people navigate their pain and find their own way to make sense of their loss.
The therapeutic relationship is unique, different to the ones we have with friends and family. It is a space where you can explore difficult and important feelings safely, with someone who is trained to help you make sense of these issues. My approach is integrative, which means I will work alongside you in the way that suits you and your needs.
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Ian Glenister
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
I have helped people overcome issues such as self harm, bereavement, separation anxiety and existential ("meaning of life") anxiety.
Perhaps you are feeling lost, in a 'strange place' or no longer feel yourself to be the person you once were. You'd like to understand why this is and talk about your difficult feelings with someone who is non-judgmental and who can help you better understand them.
I have helped people overcome issues such as self harm, bereavement, separation anxiety and existential ("meaning of life") anxiety.
Perhaps you are feeling lost, in a 'strange place' or no longer feel yourself to be the person you once were. You'd like to understand why this is and talk about your difficult feelings with someone who is non-judgmental and who can help you better understand them.
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Sam Lewis Therapy
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
You might feel like you’ve spent years trying to cope — pushing through, masking, or holding everything together — but inside you feel overwhelmed, anxious, or exhausted. I work with people who have experienced trauma, including sexual or domestic abuse, and those who feel misunderstood or out of place, particularly neurodivergent clients (ADHD/autism). Many of the people I support have spent a long time feeling like they don’t quite fit, or struggling to make sense of their experiences.
You might feel like you’ve spent years trying to cope — pushing through, masking, or holding everything together — but inside you feel overwhelmed, anxious, or exhausted. I work with people who have experienced trauma, including sexual or domestic abuse, and those who feel misunderstood or out of place, particularly neurodivergent clients (ADHD/autism). Many of the people I support have spent a long time feeling like they don’t quite fit, or struggling to make sense of their experiences.
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Kath Attwood couples & Individual counsellor
Psychotherapist, MBACP
Serves Area
I work with couples and individuals exploring , anxiety , loss, trauma, betrayal , addiction, and so much more .
I offer a safe, calm and warming setting for you to explore your world and experiences life has shown you . For you to gain your own insights and clarity on your own life moving forward if you choose. For you to feel valued, and heard and often empowered to make choices if needed, and grow as the important individual that you are .
I work with couples and individuals exploring , anxiety , loss, trauma, betrayal , addiction, and so much more .
I offer a safe, calm and warming setting for you to explore your world and experiences life has shown you . For you to gain your own insights and clarity on your own life moving forward if you choose. For you to feel valued, and heard and often empowered to make choices if needed, and grow as the important individual that you are .
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Bereavement Counsellors
How long does therapy take for grief?
There is no exact timeline for grief counseling. Some people may start to feel better after just a few sessions, while others may take months or longer to feel relief. Some specific approaches, including some types of CBT, may involve a set number of sessions, or therapy may be open-ended until the patient determines they are ready to wrap up. Just as there is no right or wrong way to grieve, there is no right or wrong way to seek therapy for grief.

When should you seek therapy for grief?
Many people mistakenly believe that their grief needs to be debilitating or all-encompassing to warrant therapy. This is not the case. While people who experience severe, prolonged grief—particularly those who are considering self-harm or engaging in unhealthy substance use—are especially likely to benefit from therapy, so too are people whose grief is less intense but still interfering with well-being or daily functioning. In practice, almost anyone struggling to process a loss could benefit from grief counseling.

Can grief be managed without therapy?
Oftentimes, yes. Grief is a near-universal part of being human, and many find that their grief, while profound, does not stop them from participating in day-to-day life and steadily eases over time without outside help. For others, however, the harsh pain of early grief persists for months or years or leaves them unable to function. This group is especially likely to benefit from seeing a therapist, who can guide them through their grief and help them reconnect with the world.

What happens if grief is left untreated?
Because grief does not in itself necessitate therapy, untreated grief will often resolve on its own. However, for some people—particularly those who would qualify for a diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder—untreated grief can be a source of seemingly endless pain or lead them to withdraw from the world. In such cases, treatment can be indispensable, as it can help an individual adapt to the loss and start living again.