Suicidal Ideation Counselling in London
I have worked with adult survivors of sexual abuse and people struggling with ideas of suicide as well as supporting clients to overcome low self esteem, anxiety, and manage the pressures life brings to us all.
The first step towards asking for help can be the hardest. Get in touch and we can take it together. My name is Claudine Astles and I work with clients in the Victoria area of central London, SW1, and also online. I am committed to offering a safe, non-judgemental space in which we can use counselling and therapy to explore your concerns, fears, and anxieties, and work together to help you reconnect with joy. I work with individuals on an open-ended basis or for an agreed time period, with the aim of enabling you to enhance your life and to live it more fully.
I have worked with adult survivors of sexual abuse and people struggling with ideas of suicide as well as supporting clients to overcome low self esteem, anxiety, and manage the pressures life brings to us all.
The first step towards asking for help can be the hardest. Get in touch and we can take it together. My name is Claudine Astles and I work with clients in the Victoria area of central London, SW1, and also online. I am committed to offering a safe, non-judgemental space in which we can use counselling and therapy to explore your concerns, fears, and anxieties, and work together to help you reconnect with joy. I work with individuals on an open-ended basis or for an agreed time period, with the aim of enabling you to enhance your life and to live it more fully.
Life can be accompanied with stress and difficulties that can often leave you struggling to cope daily. Counselling provides support to people, allowing them to share these experiences in a comfortable, safe space in order to gain understanding and live a more fulfilled life.
Life can be accompanied with stress and difficulties that can often leave you struggling to cope daily. Counselling provides support to people, allowing them to share these experiences in a comfortable, safe space in order to gain understanding and live a more fulfilled life.
I offer a service to children, adolescents, and young adults to allow them to begin to understand and explore how their past experiences have impacted on their lives, to be able to regulate their emotions and behaviours in order to cope with life’s challenges. Often the problems experienced are related to or are the result of past traumas or even just finding it hard to cope with life generally with all its pressures and difficulties. I can also see families and parents who can sometimes struggle to understand the problems facing them as a family unit. I am offering a safe and non-judgemental space, where we can begin to understand
I offer a service to children, adolescents, and young adults to allow them to begin to understand and explore how their past experiences have impacted on their lives, to be able to regulate their emotions and behaviours in order to cope with life’s challenges. Often the problems experienced are related to or are the result of past traumas or even just finding it hard to cope with life generally with all its pressures and difficulties. I can also see families and parents who can sometimes struggle to understand the problems facing them as a family unit. I am offering a safe and non-judgemental space, where we can begin to understand
Alongside my private practice, I have extensive experience working within the charity sector, supporting adults facing a wide range of difficulties, including suicidal thoughts, anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, grief, identity struggles, relationship challenges and isolation.
Perhaps you've always been the one who appears to cope, yet inside you're anxious or questioning yourself. Many people come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, stuck and exhausted from trying to cope on their own. You may be struggling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, grief, trauma, loss, or the lasting impact of painful life experiences. Perhaps you've reached a point where you know something needs to change, but you're not yet sure how.
Alongside my private practice, I have extensive experience working within the charity sector, supporting adults facing a wide range of difficulties, including suicidal thoughts, anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, grief, identity struggles, relationship challenges and isolation.
Perhaps you've always been the one who appears to cope, yet inside you're anxious or questioning yourself. Many people come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, stuck and exhausted from trying to cope on their own. You may be struggling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, grief, trauma, loss, or the lasting impact of painful life experiences. Perhaps you've reached a point where you know something needs to change, but you're not yet sure how.
As a former co-ordinator of a respite sanctuary for the suicidal, Samaritan and peer support worker, I have years of experience supporting people in their trauma and pain.
I am here to support you if you are:
- Yearning for a feeling of belonging and connection.
- Experiencing anxiety, depression and/or suicidal thoughts.
- Struggling in your relationships with friends and family - whilst also wanting to explore your most important relationship, that with yourself.
- Struggling with feelings of shame and guilt.
As a former co-ordinator of a respite sanctuary for the suicidal, Samaritan and peer support worker, I have years of experience supporting people in their trauma and pain.
I am here to support you if you are:
- Yearning for a feeling of belonging and connection.
- Experiencing anxiety, depression and/or suicidal thoughts.
- Struggling in your relationships with friends and family - whilst also wanting to explore your most important relationship, that with yourself.
- Struggling with feelings of shame and guilt.
Are you looking to show up authentically in your life, understand yourself on a deeper level, or move from shame to acceptance? Even if you're unsure, that's okay. Starting therapy is a big step and can bring up feelings of anxiety and curiosity. Let's have a free 20-minute call to see if we're the right fit. I'm here to support you through the uncertainty. I aim to help you understand how you engage with yourself, others, and the world. When life feels overwhelming, it can be hard to confront big questions and emotions. Therapy can give you the space you need.
Are you looking to show up authentically in your life, understand yourself on a deeper level, or move from shame to acceptance? Even if you're unsure, that's okay. Starting therapy is a big step and can bring up feelings of anxiety and curiosity. Let's have a free 20-minute call to see if we're the right fit. I'm here to support you through the uncertainty. I aim to help you understand how you engage with yourself, others, and the world. When life feels overwhelming, it can be hard to confront big questions and emotions. Therapy can give you the space you need.
Do you ever feel anxious, numb, or like you’re carrying a weight you can’t quite name? Many of the people I work with describe feeling stuck, distant from themselves, or quietly believing they’re not good enough, a feeling that echoes through their relationships, work, and inner world. Sometimes they’re navigating grief, loss, or a painful ending, or carrying early experiences of neglect or disconnection that have left them feeling emotionally overwhelmed.
Do you ever feel anxious, numb, or like you’re carrying a weight you can’t quite name? Many of the people I work with describe feeling stuck, distant from themselves, or quietly believing they’re not good enough, a feeling that echoes through their relationships, work, and inner world. Sometimes they’re navigating grief, loss, or a painful ending, or carrying early experiences of neglect or disconnection that have left them feeling emotionally overwhelmed.
Anxiety, depression, loneliness, stress, relationship and family conflict.. I recognise the pressures of today’s world and the difficulties we often face reconciling our inner needs with the demands of a busy life and the people we share it with. I am an experienced and mature counsellor and psychotherapist, who retrained in this field after 20 years working in a corporate environment. My experience includes work within the NHS and the Samaritans, where I have seen how easily we can lose ourselves and struggle to cope, and how important it is to find a person or place where we can speak openly and be heard without judgement.
Anxiety, depression, loneliness, stress, relationship and family conflict.. I recognise the pressures of today’s world and the difficulties we often face reconciling our inner needs with the demands of a busy life and the people we share it with. I am an experienced and mature counsellor and psychotherapist, who retrained in this field after 20 years working in a corporate environment. My experience includes work within the NHS and the Samaritans, where I have seen how easily we can lose ourselves and struggle to cope, and how important it is to find a person or place where we can speak openly and be heard without judgement.
People seek therapy when they are dissatisfied or unhappy and feel that it is possible to make changes but this is very difficult alone. Psychotherapy is a particular type of conversation exploring thoughts, feelings and relationships. Psychotherapy offers the opportunity to think about what is troubling in a safe setting to understand and improve relationships, both with ourselves and others. My thinking and approach places relationships at the heart of experience. When patterns in relationships can be understood we can feel liberated to change.
People seek therapy when they are dissatisfied or unhappy and feel that it is possible to make changes but this is very difficult alone. Psychotherapy is a particular type of conversation exploring thoughts, feelings and relationships. Psychotherapy offers the opportunity to think about what is troubling in a safe setting to understand and improve relationships, both with ourselves and others. My thinking and approach places relationships at the heart of experience. When patterns in relationships can be understood we can feel liberated to change.
Hiya, I'm Berith and thank you for being here. My aim is to help you discover and embrace yourself, while navigating the challenges that led you to seek counselling. Life can be overwhelming, with lots of thoughts; both positive and negative which affect our emotions and actions. But know your feelings are valid, and deserve to be acknowledged and validated. Knowing this, everything will be done at your pace. I understand that seeking counselling can be intimidating, but I'm here to offer a safe and supportive space where our energies match and you feel at ease to go through this process. It’s a safe space!
Hiya, I'm Berith and thank you for being here. My aim is to help you discover and embrace yourself, while navigating the challenges that led you to seek counselling. Life can be overwhelming, with lots of thoughts; both positive and negative which affect our emotions and actions. But know your feelings are valid, and deserve to be acknowledged and validated. Knowing this, everything will be done at your pace. I understand that seeking counselling can be intimidating, but I'm here to offer a safe and supportive space where our energies match and you feel at ease to go through this process. It’s a safe space!
I specialise in depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, suicidal feelings and self-injury.
I offer a space that is inclusive, collaborative and trauma-informed. With my background in Gestalt therapy, I will be noticing how you're bringing yourself in, not just what you're sharing, as our dynamic can offer helpful insight into other relational patterns occurring in your life. Clients are also welcome to use visual and writing tools if helpful.
I specialise in depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, suicidal feelings and self-injury.
I offer a space that is inclusive, collaborative and trauma-informed. With my background in Gestalt therapy, I will be noticing how you're bringing yourself in, not just what you're sharing, as our dynamic can offer helpful insight into other relational patterns occurring in your life. Clients are also welcome to use visual and writing tools if helpful.
Change often begins in the space where you’re allowed to speak freely. I’m a psychodynamic psychotherapist offering one-to-one therapy for adults, both in person and online. Some people come to therapy wanting short-term, focused support around a specific issue, while others seek longer-term, open-ended work. We’ll shape the therapy around you and your needs, rather than forcing a fixed model.
My approach is relational and collaborative. We work together in a confidential, non-judgemental space to explore thoughts, feelings, relationships, and recurring patterns, at a pace that feels manageable and attuned to you.
Change often begins in the space where you’re allowed to speak freely. I’m a psychodynamic psychotherapist offering one-to-one therapy for adults, both in person and online. Some people come to therapy wanting short-term, focused support around a specific issue, while others seek longer-term, open-ended work. We’ll shape the therapy around you and your needs, rather than forcing a fixed model.
My approach is relational and collaborative. We work together in a confidential, non-judgemental space to explore thoughts, feelings, relationships, and recurring patterns, at a pace that feels manageable and attuned to you.
I work with people who want to explore more about themselves and their lives to answer ongoing questions, unpick familiar patterns, address symptoms or knots.
I work with people who want to explore more about themselves and their lives to answer ongoing questions, unpick familiar patterns, address symptoms or knots.
I can support people with anxiety, depressing, beareavement, end of life, having suicidal thoughts, selfharming, addiction,parenting,anti-social behaviours, developmental issues.
I am an Integrative Systemic Counsellor Therapist with over 6 years of experience supporting and addressing mental health and well being matters at hospitals, schools and communities through counselling, Therapy s and Coervices. I work with children, Young people, adults and families in various capacities providing and supporting their psychosocial and mental health needs. I provide individial and Group Coaching and therapy services to the Armed forces personals and their immediate families, migrants, and communities addressing their mental health and well being needs through coaching activites, counselling and therapy services.
I can support people with anxiety, depressing, beareavement, end of life, having suicidal thoughts, selfharming, addiction,parenting,anti-social behaviours, developmental issues.
I am an Integrative Systemic Counsellor Therapist with over 6 years of experience supporting and addressing mental health and well being matters at hospitals, schools and communities through counselling, Therapy s and Coervices. I work with children, Young people, adults and families in various capacities providing and supporting their psychosocial and mental health needs. I provide individial and Group Coaching and therapy services to the Armed forces personals and their immediate families, migrants, and communities addressing their mental health and well being needs through coaching activites, counselling and therapy services.
Alongside my private practice, I have worked in a variety of professional settings - including several years in suicide prevention charities, helping clients out of suicidal crisis.
I am an experienced and competent BACP registered Psychodynamic Psychotherapist who has spent years helping clients resolve emotional difficulties hindering them in their lives.
Having worked with people from all walks of life, my therapeutic approach focusses on making the therapy accessible and relevant to all my clients.
People come to therapy for a number of reasons but I often see clients struggling with relationship difficulties, unresolved traumas, intense anxieties or a crippling sense of self. If this feels like you, I can support you in addressing this.
Alongside my private practice, I have worked in a variety of professional settings - including several years in suicide prevention charities, helping clients out of suicidal crisis.
I am an experienced and competent BACP registered Psychodynamic Psychotherapist who has spent years helping clients resolve emotional difficulties hindering them in their lives.
Having worked with people from all walks of life, my therapeutic approach focusses on making the therapy accessible and relevant to all my clients.
People come to therapy for a number of reasons but I often see clients struggling with relationship difficulties, unresolved traumas, intense anxieties or a crippling sense of self. If this feels like you, I can support you in addressing this.
In a therapeutic relationship we need to feel safe, where there is trust and unconditional acceptance, to allow us to explore difficult and challenging experiences. I am able to offer you a safe environment which is non-judgemental and a confidential space, this will allow you to explore your experiences to gain better insight. Life can often make us feel that we are unable cope, therefore we can become isolated, alone or set apart from society. I am here to share your exploration, supporting you to access better self-awareness; allowing you to implement good patterns of behaviours, leading to a healthier you.
In a therapeutic relationship we need to feel safe, where there is trust and unconditional acceptance, to allow us to explore difficult and challenging experiences. I am able to offer you a safe environment which is non-judgemental and a confidential space, this will allow you to explore your experiences to gain better insight. Life can often make us feel that we are unable cope, therefore we can become isolated, alone or set apart from society. I am here to share your exploration, supporting you to access better self-awareness; allowing you to implement good patterns of behaviours, leading to a healthier you.
I offer the lower concessionary rates for low income, past and present military personnel, emergency responders and those experiencing suicidal ideation.
My experience as an emergency responder, in life-threatening situations, shapes the way I work as a therapist: providing a grounding presence, with expertise and candour, and able to stay with you through what is difficult without retreating from it.
I have over twenty years’ experience working with people whose lives have been impacted by stress, anxiety, abuse, war, addiction, homelessness, abandonment, pressure to provide, phobias, social media and fame, and depression. I also work with people who struggle with behaviours they’re not proud of, want to understand themselves better so they can be kinder to themselves and others.
I offer the lower concessionary rates for low income, past and present military personnel, emergency responders and those experiencing suicidal ideation.
My experience as an emergency responder, in life-threatening situations, shapes the way I work as a therapist: providing a grounding presence, with expertise and candour, and able to stay with you through what is difficult without retreating from it.
I have over twenty years’ experience working with people whose lives have been impacted by stress, anxiety, abuse, war, addiction, homelessness, abandonment, pressure to provide, phobias, social media and fame, and depression. I also work with people who struggle with behaviours they’re not proud of, want to understand themselves better so they can be kinder to themselves and others.
I specialise in existential struggles, suicide, self-harm and ideation behaviours, whilst also supporting with everyday issues.
I work in a non-directive way, which means that my client is at the centre of the therapy and is free to explore their felt thoughts, feelings and emotions, with me supporting by creating a safe & non-judgmental space.
I currently have a limited space available for couples therapy. Enquire for more details.
I specialise in existential struggles, suicide, self-harm and ideation behaviours, whilst also supporting with everyday issues.
I work in a non-directive way, which means that my client is at the centre of the therapy and is free to explore their felt thoughts, feelings and emotions, with me supporting by creating a safe & non-judgmental space.
I currently have a limited space available for couples therapy. Enquire for more details.
I support clients with anxiety, trauma, abuse, self-harm, suicidal ideation, neurodivergence, self-esteem, sexuality and gender concerns, relationships, and emotional wellbeing.
Clients often come to me feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood, or emotionally exhausted after coping alone for a long time. They may be struggling with anxiety, low self-esteem, trauma, or relationship difficulties, or navigating life as a neurodivergent person. Some may be exploring identity or LGBTQ+ experiences. However, they are all looking for a safe, non-judgemental space where they feel truly heard, seen, and valued. Their hopes are to heal, build confidence, improve mental wellbeing, and develop a kinder, more compassionate relationship with themselves, and in turn live their lives happier and to their full potential again.
I support clients with anxiety, trauma, abuse, self-harm, suicidal ideation, neurodivergence, self-esteem, sexuality and gender concerns, relationships, and emotional wellbeing.
Clients often come to me feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood, or emotionally exhausted after coping alone for a long time. They may be struggling with anxiety, low self-esteem, trauma, or relationship difficulties, or navigating life as a neurodivergent person. Some may be exploring identity or LGBTQ+ experiences. However, they are all looking for a safe, non-judgemental space where they feel truly heard, seen, and valued. Their hopes are to heal, build confidence, improve mental wellbeing, and develop a kinder, more compassionate relationship with themselves, and in turn live their lives happier and to their full potential again.
I'm available to support you in your process of self actualisation by providing a safe space to explore, acknowledge and begin to process the challenges that are creating tension between your self concept (how you see, feel and experience things now) and ideal self (where you want to be).
The direction of each session will be defined by you without pressure or expectation. I have experience of working with clients who have encountered significant trauma, grief and/or have been medically diagnosed with a range of mental health challenges. Maybe this is you, or maybe you’re just feeling a bit stuck in your current situation.
I'm available to support you in your process of self actualisation by providing a safe space to explore, acknowledge and begin to process the challenges that are creating tension between your self concept (how you see, feel and experience things now) and ideal self (where you want to be).
The direction of each session will be defined by you without pressure or expectation. I have experience of working with clients who have encountered significant trauma, grief and/or have been medically diagnosed with a range of mental health challenges. Maybe this is you, or maybe you’re just feeling a bit stuck in your current situation.
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Suicidal Ideation Counsellors
How does therapy for suicidal ideation work?
Stress, depression, anxiety, or upsetting circumstances can give rise to suicidal thinking. Therapy can address the events at the core of an individual’s suffering. Understanding why a person may be suicidal can help the therapist and the patient discover alternative methods of coping. A person with suicidal ideation may be mired in catastrophic thinking, and treatment like cognitive behavioural therapy is a good choice for breaking such patterns. In addition, treatment such as acceptance and commitment therapy can help a person manage their distress through better emotion regulation.
Which therapies are best for suicidal ideation?
Specific approaches used by professionals include cognitive behavioural, dialectical behaviour, psychodynamic, acceptance and commitment therapies, among others. Cognitive behavioural and dialectical behaviour therapies are two widely used therapies that can help individuals with painful thoughts and past traumas. These therapies help an individual tolerate distress, regulate emotions, and not act on dangerous urges.
Are there specific medications to be combined with therapy?
The use of medication for suicidal thoughts must be aligned with the underlying cause; conditions such as depression, anxiety, and psychosis may be at the root of suicidal ideation. A psychiatrist may prescribe medications for symptoms, which may include antipsychotics such as aripiprazole or antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
How often and how long are therapy sessions for suicidal ideation?
As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual. Patients may see improvement within 15 to 20 sessions, at an average of 50 minutes per session, while others may opt for 20 to 30 sessions over, perhaps, a six-month period. Still other patients, especially those with co-occurring conditions like major depression and anxiety, may need to continue sessions for up to 12 to 18 months. In some cases, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm.