Counselling in Lexden

Why work with me? First of all I have been on my own healing journey for many years, developing self awareness and understanding, but in my true humanness I’m still learning. I have dedicated my adult life to understanding trauma and neurodivergence, as both an individual and as a ND therapist. I am a BACP registered Integrative Counsellor. We can collaborate to create a counselling framework that works for you. If your ready to put in the work, I am ready to be here to support you.

Hi. I am dedicated to helping people develop a better understanding of their true selves and consequently the way they approach relationships and life events. When life brings uncomfortable and sometimes unbearable emotions, it can be easier to run or hide from them. This may work in the short-term, but is often not a sustainable approach for a happy and healthy life. By working together, we can make sense of your thoughts and feelings, leading to better emotional and mental wellbeing. All ranges of emotions are welcome and can be explored in a safe, supportive, non-judgemental manner, helping you gain insight into your inner world.

Do you feel overwhelmed, on edge and struggle to relax? Are you drained and burnt out? Do you ruminate about the past or worry about the future? Is your confidence low? Do you have high standards for yourself- often not feeling good enough? Do you have a harsh self-critic? Has something bad happened that you are struggling to deal with? Do these difficulties show up in your personal and/or your work life? I am a Clinical Psychologist and I understand that life can be hard and that we can be affected by stressors that pile up overtime causing our glass to eventually overflow and by events that rock us to our core.

I am a qualified, integrative counsellor and registered member of the BACP, and I work from my consulting room based in Hadleigh, Suffolk. My training enables me to work using a number of approaches so that I can tailor your sessions to meet your individual needs. We are all different, have different backgrounds, lives and experiences that have shaped us into who we are and how we see the world, so it’s really important that your counselling sessions are shaped around your individual needs and tailored to be most beneficial to you.

Life can be very stressful, especially at this time of uncertainty. Not being able to plan ahead can be very difficult and maintaining a a sense of perspective can be a struggle. You might be experiencing changes at work, strains on relationships or general life stressors. Your issues may be longstanding and may have been triggered by recent events. Therapy helps you to explore these issues and to find a path forward.

Welcome. I offer the safe haven that you are looking for. High empathy and attunement to your needs. As you are an individual, you are unique. Care will be taken as I form an understanding of your particular concerns. To me, to be a counsellor is so rewarding. To facilitate and experience the positive changes in the clients who I have been privileged to work with. I have worked in a variety of counselling organisations that cover many issues including ones that specialise in: LGBTQ+, Addiction, Young people (18-25) and also a Children's centre, working with new parents.

I am Zoe, a person-centered counselor. I have over 15 years of experience in Mental Health. Previous training in Psychology in London completed training in person-centered counseling BA Hons. My therapeutic approach is client-centered and tailored to the individual, exploring emotions and behaviours in order to offer coping strategies and a deeper understanding of oneself. I offer a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental environment where there is space to work together. Working with individuals struggling with a range of different issues.

If you are here, you are looking for a way to understand your feelings. Our emotions can be challenging, but they provide essential information about who we are in our world. Conflicts, confusion and anxiety often indicate internal struggles with our congruence, that we are out of harmony with what we want and what we are doing. Understanding these driving forces can relieve this anxiety; a deeper understanding of yourself can restore that balance. I am here to listen to the challenges that you face. As a hypnotherapist and counsellor, I use a mixture of tools to help you work through and understand how you feel.

I am a MBACP Registered Humanistic Integrative Counsellor & Counselling Supervisor with over 10 years of experience in working with individuals, and groups of all ages, sexual orientations and cultural backgrounds. I am based in the Colchester CO1. Dependent on your presenting issues/needs I will draw on cognitive, psychodynamic, attachment, and relational theories and concepts, to provide either short-term-focused counselling/therapy or longer-term in-depth psychotherapy.

I will aim to meet you with genuine warmth and acceptance in a confidential and safe space. I will work with you in partnership and in ways that are meaningful toward the directions and goals that you have for therapy. During our time together, I will regularly ask you to feedback to me how you are experiencing counselling, so that I can adjust and tailor the work to ensure I am meeting your expectations and goals.

Hello, I'm Samantha, I offer a safe space for you to explore your emotions, life experiences, behaviours, and ways of thinking. I am an Integrative Therapist, which means I am trained in more than one school of therapy. Working integratively means we can work collaboratively to tailor the therapy to best suit your needs.

I offer counselling and psychotherapy for children, young people, parents and adults. Young people can often have worries that they find hard to talk to their parents about. Talking to someone outside the family can often make all the difference. I offer space for parents to talk about their worries and work on their parenting strategies. Sometimes a few sessions are all that is needed to make a big change in the family. Sometimes I work with a parent and child together if there are particular relationship issues. I also work with adults for individual problems.

How's life going for you? Life can be hard to navigate on your own, sometimes you need that special time, just for you, where you can focus on your hopes for the future, share honestly about disappointments/worries/hurt without shame or judgment. We often carry pain from our past, that is unspoken and unhealed. Have you faced a lifetime of not feeling good enough, and would love to experience a better view of yourself? Facing a relationship breakdown? Maybe you're grieving a deep loss, whether a person or loss of a desire/future hope? This can be a great place to help find yourself again.

Have you reached a point where you sense you just can’t carry on feeling this way? Maybe it’s a recent breakup, or a build up of feelings that’s just all become too much to cope with on your own. Perhaps you are carrying a silent pain that you wish the people around you could see. Maybe you are tired of not feeling understood by those closest to you. I wonder if you have lost your trust in others, and reaching out for help often feels impossible. I specialize in working with people to make sense of their past and how it is affecting the present. You are really not alone, and I would like to help, your feelings do matter.