Women's Issues Counselling in Peterlee

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Claire McPhail
Counsellor, MBACP
1 Endorsed
I'm Claire, a BACP registered psychotherapist working remotely and from my office in Co. Durham. I offer a trauma-informed space and my practice integrates the mind and body to support regulation, reconnection and recovery. I believe there are many ways to understand human psychology and wellbeing. I integrate talking therapy with somatic, creative and holistic approaches. I work collaboratively with clients, building an empathic therapeutic relationship where thoughts, feelings and behaviours can be explored so you can reconnect with yourself and feel safer in your life.
I'm Claire, a BACP registered psychotherapist working remotely and from my office in Co. Durham. I offer a trauma-informed space and my practice integrates the mind and body to support regulation, reconnection and recovery. I believe there are many ways to understand human psychology and wellbeing. I integrate talking therapy with somatic, creative and holistic approaches. I work collaboratively with clients, building an empathic therapeutic relationship where thoughts, feelings and behaviours can be explored so you can reconnect with yourself and feel safer in your life.
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Natalie Holmes
Counsellor, MBACP
3 Endorsed
Hi, I’m Natalie, the therapist at East Durham Counselling. I work with adults and young people in private practice. I’m trained in integrative counselling, which means I have lots of techniques to choose from when deciding what will help my clients the most; I draw from person-centred, psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioural therapies depending on the presenting issues and client's needs. I have experience of working with autism, ADHD, abuse, anxiety, bereavement, depression, domestic violence, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD, relationship issues, self-harm, stress, trauma and dissociation.
Hi, I’m Natalie, the therapist at East Durham Counselling. I work with adults and young people in private practice. I’m trained in integrative counselling, which means I have lots of techniques to choose from when deciding what will help my clients the most; I draw from person-centred, psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioural therapies depending on the presenting issues and client's needs. I have experience of working with autism, ADHD, abuse, anxiety, bereavement, depression, domestic violence, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD, relationship issues, self-harm, stress, trauma and dissociation.
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Hope and Thrive Therapy
Counsellor, BACP
As an integrated counsellor, I am dedicated to providing a profound level of care, compassion, empathy, and understanding within a non-judgmental environment. With my own lived experience regarding the issues i specialize in i understand that Life can often lead individuals to feel stuck or hopeless, leaving them in search of a way forward. Many find it difficult to confide in family members or friends, making professional support an essential resource. Recognizing that each individual's experience is unique, I tailor my counselling approach to meet the specific needs of my clients.
As an integrated counsellor, I am dedicated to providing a profound level of care, compassion, empathy, and understanding within a non-judgmental environment. With my own lived experience regarding the issues i specialize in i understand that Life can often lead individuals to feel stuck or hopeless, leaving them in search of a way forward. Many find it difficult to confide in family members or friends, making professional support an essential resource. Recognizing that each individual's experience is unique, I tailor my counselling approach to meet the specific needs of my clients.
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Tidal Therapy Services
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
Serves Area
Counselling provides an opportunity to work through what is happening within your life, in a safe, accepted therapeutic space, where you are free to explore who you are and focus upon what brings you to counselling. Counselling enables you to gain support, to be truly heard and listened to, by a skilled professional, someone who is patient, present and focused upon supporting you without any judgement, with whatever your needs may be.
Counselling provides an opportunity to work through what is happening within your life, in a safe, accepted therapeutic space, where you are free to explore who you are and focus upon what brings you to counselling. Counselling enables you to gain support, to be truly heard and listened to, by a skilled professional, someone who is patient, present and focused upon supporting you without any judgement, with whatever your needs may be.
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Katherine Parker
Verified Verified
Finding the right therapist can take time. To help you decide whether my approach feels right for you, I offer a free 25-minute consultation. During this conversation, we can talk through the issues you are facing, explore what support you are looking for, and consider how we may be able to work together. I aim to create a warm, trusting therapeutic relationship where you feel supported and understood. Together, we can explore any unhelpful feelings, thoughts, or behaviours you may be experiencing, helping you develop a clearer understanding of what may be holding you back.
Finding the right therapist can take time. To help you decide whether my approach feels right for you, I offer a free 25-minute consultation. During this conversation, we can talk through the issues you are facing, explore what support you are looking for, and consider how we may be able to work together. I aim to create a warm, trusting therapeutic relationship where you feel supported and understood. Together, we can explore any unhelpful feelings, thoughts, or behaviours you may be experiencing, helping you develop a clearer understanding of what may be holding you back.
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Kate O'Leary
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
You’re holding it all together, but only just. Maybe you’ve had a panic attack in the toilet at work. Maybe you’ve asked ChatGPT to help untangle your brain. You feel everything so deeply. The tiniest thing tips you over. Everyone’s got an opinion about what you should do, but you don’t even know who you are anymore. Maybe you've been carrying things alone for a while and masking how hard it’s been just to get through the day. You might feel like you're "too much" and still feel "not good enough". You're not broken. You’ve been thinking about therapy. Now you’re here, wondering if anyone will really get it.
You’re holding it all together, but only just. Maybe you’ve had a panic attack in the toilet at work. Maybe you’ve asked ChatGPT to help untangle your brain. You feel everything so deeply. The tiniest thing tips you over. Everyone’s got an opinion about what you should do, but you don’t even know who you are anymore. Maybe you've been carrying things alone for a while and masking how hard it’s been just to get through the day. You might feel like you're "too much" and still feel "not good enough". You're not broken. You’ve been thinking about therapy. Now you’re here, wondering if anyone will really get it.
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Stacy Counselling
Counsellor, MBACP
Hello, I am a trauma-informed, integrative counsellor. I meet clients weekly, face-to-face in a safe, comfortable therapy space in Darlington, Co Durham, UK, and online via Zoom or by telephone if you prefer. I have a flexible work structure regarding regularity of sessions. I have supported many clients throughout the years with a variety of mental health issues at Mind, the Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre and Durham University before entering private practice. The relationship with your counsellor is key to positive change on your healing journey. Schedule a free phone session to discuss how we could work together.
Hello, I am a trauma-informed, integrative counsellor. I meet clients weekly, face-to-face in a safe, comfortable therapy space in Darlington, Co Durham, UK, and online via Zoom or by telephone if you prefer. I have a flexible work structure regarding regularity of sessions. I have supported many clients throughout the years with a variety of mental health issues at Mind, the Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre and Durham University before entering private practice. The relationship with your counsellor is key to positive change on your healing journey. Schedule a free phone session to discuss how we could work together.
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Megan Primrose
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
1 Endorsed
I understand it can feel hard to be vulnerable and share your story. I’ll work gently at your pace, checking in to make sure it feels right for you. I’m a registered member MBACP (Accred) psychotherapeutic counsellor for children and young people, with years of experience supporting women too. I often work with those who feel low, worn out, anxious or unseen—who carry quiet feelings of not being good enough, or not truly mattering. Many I support are neurodivergent or tend to care for others while neglecting their own needs, often feeling burnt out, hopeless or uncertain about the future.
I understand it can feel hard to be vulnerable and share your story. I’ll work gently at your pace, checking in to make sure it feels right for you. I’m a registered member MBACP (Accred) psychotherapeutic counsellor for children and young people, with years of experience supporting women too. I often work with those who feel low, worn out, anxious or unseen—who carry quiet feelings of not being good enough, or not truly mattering. Many I support are neurodivergent or tend to care for others while neglecting their own needs, often feeling burnt out, hopeless or uncertain about the future.
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Paula Haigh
Counsellor, UKCP Trainee
4 Endorsed
Hello and welcome. Are you feeling out of sorts, lost, or not yourself? You may be struggling with anxiety, grief, or other emotional difficulties. Maybe you're coming to terms with a recent separation, a health condition, or another traumatic life event. Life can be challenging at times and we can find it hard to see a way forward. Pressures placed on us can be unrelenting and take their toll. These can often manifest in unrealistic expectations of oneself, leading to high stress levels and burnout. Whatever you bring I will hear you.
Hello and welcome. Are you feeling out of sorts, lost, or not yourself? You may be struggling with anxiety, grief, or other emotional difficulties. Maybe you're coming to terms with a recent separation, a health condition, or another traumatic life event. Life can be challenging at times and we can find it hard to see a way forward. Pressures placed on us can be unrelenting and take their toll. These can often manifest in unrealistic expectations of oneself, leading to high stress levels and burnout. Whatever you bring I will hear you.
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Melanie Hall
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
Online Only
Are you struggling to cope, feeling lost or stuck? Do you find that experiences from your past are impacting on you - that old beliefs and behaviours are holding you back? If you want to make changes in your life and need compassionate support as you move from surviving to thriving, I can help. I offer both short and longer term therapy online. I am Accredited with the BACP and EMDR UK and Europe (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing). I specialise in helping clients recover from trauma and addictions. If you are struggling to overcome blocks and reach your goals, we can use EMDR-informed coaching to help you push through.
Are you struggling to cope, feeling lost or stuck? Do you find that experiences from your past are impacting on you - that old beliefs and behaviours are holding you back? If you want to make changes in your life and need compassionate support as you move from surviving to thriving, I can help. I offer both short and longer term therapy online. I am Accredited with the BACP and EMDR UK and Europe (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing). I specialise in helping clients recover from trauma and addictions. If you are struggling to overcome blocks and reach your goals, we can use EMDR-informed coaching to help you push through.
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My Family Psychologist
Psychologist, MSc, HCPC - Forensic Psych.
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
My work is to empower you to understand and manage your own and your family's psychological wellbeing. From initial confusion and hopelessness the end game is enlightenment and clarity. I rely on data, clear aims, objectives, and objective measurement.
My work is to empower you to understand and manage your own and your family's psychological wellbeing. From initial confusion and hopelessness the end game is enlightenment and clarity. I rely on data, clear aims, objectives, and objective measurement.
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Karen McCann
Psychotherapist, MSc, BACP
Waitlist for new clients
NOTE: I will be taking maternity leave from mid-March to July. I'm Karen McCann, a qualified integrative counsellor and psychotherapist. In-person sessions are in the TS19 area, online is available countrywide. Safety, respect and confidentiality are core values I hold. The goal is to help you grow from your struggles, understand yourself, your past and your relationships better and move forward to where you want to be in your life. Through a safe partnership, we can understand and help you process the internal and external pain, anxiety, addiction or relationship issues.
NOTE: I will be taking maternity leave from mid-March to July. I'm Karen McCann, a qualified integrative counsellor and psychotherapist. In-person sessions are in the TS19 area, online is available countrywide. Safety, respect and confidentiality are core values I hold. The goal is to help you grow from your struggles, understand yourself, your past and your relationships better and move forward to where you want to be in your life. Through a safe partnership, we can understand and help you process the internal and external pain, anxiety, addiction or relationship issues.
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Jeannette Roddy
Counsellor, PhD, MBACP Accred
Abuse can have a significant affect on mental health. Whether the abuse happened as a child or as an adult, abusive experiences can lead to low mood, high anxiety, flashbacks to incidents, difficulty trusting others as well as low self-confidence and self-esteem, even when the abuse is historic. These are all normal reactions to difficult and painful experiences. I have worked with people who have experienced abuse for the last 15 years. The work has been transformational for some clients and very helpful for others, whether the abuse is within the family, workplace or within a relationship.
Abuse can have a significant affect on mental health. Whether the abuse happened as a child or as an adult, abusive experiences can lead to low mood, high anxiety, flashbacks to incidents, difficulty trusting others as well as low self-confidence and self-esteem, even when the abuse is historic. These are all normal reactions to difficult and painful experiences. I have worked with people who have experienced abuse for the last 15 years. The work has been transformational for some clients and very helpful for others, whether the abuse is within the family, workplace or within a relationship.
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Florentine ten Houte de Lange
Psychotherapist, MBABCP
1 Endorsed
Life can be overwhelming at times, and sometimes talking therapy can help you get 'unstuck'. Let us collaboratively work together and create manageable steps towards the goals you want to achieve.
Life can be overwhelming at times, and sometimes talking therapy can help you get 'unstuck'. Let us collaboratively work together and create manageable steps towards the goals you want to achieve.
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Helen Farrell Counselling
Counsellor, MBACP
Thank you for visiting my profile. I'm a qualified Person-Centred Counsellor supporting Children & Adults. I offer a warm empathic approach to counselling. I am here to listen in a very non-judgemental way and to support you to find your inner strengths to make changes or understand why you may feel a certain way right now. When supporting children I offer them play therapy, story telling, creative work and talk to help them express their feelings. I work to the BACP ethics and guidelines and offer you a safe, confidential space. The space and time is yours to explore and reflect on your past or what's going on right now for you.
Thank you for visiting my profile. I'm a qualified Person-Centred Counsellor supporting Children & Adults. I offer a warm empathic approach to counselling. I am here to listen in a very non-judgemental way and to support you to find your inner strengths to make changes or understand why you may feel a certain way right now. When supporting children I offer them play therapy, story telling, creative work and talk to help them express their feelings. I work to the BACP ethics and guidelines and offer you a safe, confidential space. The space and time is yours to explore and reflect on your past or what's going on right now for you.
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Leigh Brannon
Counsellor, MA, MBACP Accred
Durham DH7
When our relationships are troubled it can lead to feelings of uneasiness, anxiety or depression. Whether it's difficulties with or changes in relationships, or struggling with endings or new beginnings, it can help to talk to an impartial person to find some clarity. Sometimes change is driven by others, or maybe you need something to change but don't know the best way to go about it. Perhaps you’re finding that you’re stuck in a destructive communication pattern and feel like you’re going round in circles. Maybe you don’t really know what you want, but would like to find out. I can help.
When our relationships are troubled it can lead to feelings of uneasiness, anxiety or depression. Whether it's difficulties with or changes in relationships, or struggling with endings or new beginnings, it can help to talk to an impartial person to find some clarity. Sometimes change is driven by others, or maybe you need something to change but don't know the best way to go about it. Perhaps you’re finding that you’re stuck in a destructive communication pattern and feel like you’re going round in circles. Maybe you don’t really know what you want, but would like to find out. I can help.
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Beverley Sprot
Counsellor, MBACP
Hi I am Bev - am I the right counsellor for you? Counselling should be with someone you feel safe and comfortable with, can truly be yourself with and express your feelings to without fear of judgment. I can help with anxiety, anger, trauma, work and exam stress, fear, parenting, relationships, health anxiety, depression, isolation, low self-esteem and self-worth. I am an integrative therapist using a core of person-centred therapy alongside techniques such as CBT, Gestalt and Solution Focused Therapy to tailor the counselling to each unique individuals needs. I offer discount for online sessions and initial free 30 min call.
Hi I am Bev - am I the right counsellor for you? Counselling should be with someone you feel safe and comfortable with, can truly be yourself with and express your feelings to without fear of judgment. I can help with anxiety, anger, trauma, work and exam stress, fear, parenting, relationships, health anxiety, depression, isolation, low self-esteem and self-worth. I am an integrative therapist using a core of person-centred therapy alongside techniques such as CBT, Gestalt and Solution Focused Therapy to tailor the counselling to each unique individuals needs. I offer discount for online sessions and initial free 30 min call.
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Amanda Fox
Psychotherapist, MUKCP
1 Endorsed
Durham DH1
Hiya, I'm Amanda a therapist dedicated to empowering adults on their path to recovery from trauma. If you've landed here, you may have frequent anxiety, depression, complex emotions, or challenges in your relationships. Traumatic events and abusive relationships at any age can effect your identity and leave you feeling stuck in the past. If life feels like it keeps repeating the same cycles, it may be time for change.
Hiya, I'm Amanda a therapist dedicated to empowering adults on their path to recovery from trauma. If you've landed here, you may have frequent anxiety, depression, complex emotions, or challenges in your relationships. Traumatic events and abusive relationships at any age can effect your identity and leave you feeling stuck in the past. If life feels like it keeps repeating the same cycles, it may be time for change.
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Counselling Direct
Counsellor, MBACP
1 Endorsed
Hi, my name is Vicky and welcome to Counselling Direct. Are you struggling with life's challenges such as anxiety, ADHD/ADD, ASD, bereavement, depression or low self-esteem, then counselling can help. I offer a warm and friendly professional service and provide a safe and confidential space where you can feel free to explore your thoughts, feelings and issues. I work with people with a range of difficulties, helping them to gain personal awareness, a clearer perspective on their life and make positive changes.
Hi, my name is Vicky and welcome to Counselling Direct. Are you struggling with life's challenges such as anxiety, ADHD/ADD, ASD, bereavement, depression or low self-esteem, then counselling can help. I offer a warm and friendly professional service and provide a safe and confidential space where you can feel free to explore your thoughts, feelings and issues. I work with people with a range of difficulties, helping them to gain personal awareness, a clearer perspective on their life and make positive changes.
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Daniela Zigova
Psychotherapist, MSc
Online Only
I work with variety of clients. Majority adults and young adults/late teens. I work with various cultural backgrounds, faiths and identities. I specialise in culturally responsive therapies and person centred approach.
I work with variety of clients. Majority adults and young adults/late teens. I work with various cultural backgrounds, faiths and identities. I specialise in culturally responsive therapies and person centred approach.
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Women's Issues Counsellors
How do you encourage a woman to go to therapy?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the person while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Offering specific examples of how an individual may be suffering, and what effects it has on them, should be done with compassion and with empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.

How can women prepare for therapy?
Women can prepare for therapy by being willing to talk about their past experiences and their private thoughts. Before a session, an individual may want to reflect on how they’ve felt since the last session and what’s happened in their lives. Between sessions, it can be useful to write down notes about their reaction to a given event or how they felt at a particular time.

How long does therapy for women’s issues often last?
As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual and the challenges they face. Therapy types like Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Prolonged exposure therapy (PET), and Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. In some cases, such as for women with eating disorders, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realised.

How can women overcome stigma around specific challenges in order to seek therapy?
Women dealing with domestic abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, and any other number of troubles may feel a stigma around seeking help. It’s important to remember that these issues are not uncommon and there is no shame in getting help for them. Therapy is confidential, and women can talk about their experiences without fear of judgment. Seeking therapy can be a courageous and liberating act, and an important step toward healing and recovery.