Female Counsellors in Shefford
Whether you're and adult or young person experiencing a difficult time in your life. Struggling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem. Coping with difficult emotions through self-harming. A couple or a family experiencing relational difficulties and estrangement. Transitioning through peri-menopause and menopause and feel out of control or invisible? Suffering Trauma from previous or recent sexual assault. Suffered a bereavement or complex grief and struggling to grieve and want to be able to manage that loss. Are you neurodivergent and want to be able to thrive in your relationship and understand your pre/post/self diagnosis.
Whether you're and adult or young person experiencing a difficult time in your life. Struggling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem. Coping with difficult emotions through self-harming. A couple or a family experiencing relational difficulties and estrangement. Transitioning through peri-menopause and menopause and feel out of control or invisible? Suffering Trauma from previous or recent sexual assault. Suffered a bereavement or complex grief and struggling to grieve and want to be able to manage that loss. Are you neurodivergent and want to be able to thrive in your relationship and understand your pre/post/self diagnosis.
I specialise in anxiety, depression, relationship issues, cultural issues, work-related stress, and living with illness. We all face times when we feel confused, stuck or unsure about what to do. During these difficult or uncertain times talking to someone who listens, yet has distance from the issue, can really help. Asking for support is not a sign of weakness. It takes courage to focus on ourselves so that we can find solutions, make changes, and move forwards. I offer compassionate, non-judgmental, confidential yet proactive therapy in a safe and supportive space. I work in the evenings and weekends.
I specialise in anxiety, depression, relationship issues, cultural issues, work-related stress, and living with illness. We all face times when we feel confused, stuck or unsure about what to do. During these difficult or uncertain times talking to someone who listens, yet has distance from the issue, can really help. Asking for support is not a sign of weakness. It takes courage to focus on ourselves so that we can find solutions, make changes, and move forwards. I offer compassionate, non-judgmental, confidential yet proactive therapy in a safe and supportive space. I work in the evenings and weekends.
With over a decade of experience in the mental health I am a compassionate and dedicated counsellor specializing in narcissistic abuse, trauma, anxiety, and depression. I provide a safe and supportive environment where clients can explore their experiences, understand their emotions, and develop effective coping strategies. We all face times when life feels overwhelming times when we feel confused, stuck, or unsure about what to do next. In these moments, having someone to talk to who can listen without judgment, yet offer a fresh perspective, can make all the difference.
With over a decade of experience in the mental health I am a compassionate and dedicated counsellor specializing in narcissistic abuse, trauma, anxiety, and depression. I provide a safe and supportive environment where clients can explore their experiences, understand their emotions, and develop effective coping strategies. We all face times when life feels overwhelming times when we feel confused, stuck, or unsure about what to do next. In these moments, having someone to talk to who can listen without judgment, yet offer a fresh perspective, can make all the difference.
Are you feeling unseen, exhausted or burnt out? With 20+ years in the NHS, I offer a safe, neuro-affirming space where you don’t have to "mask" or justify your reality. I work with chronic illness, providing grounded support where you are truly believed.
Drawing on my paramedic background and lived experience, I provide a dedicated person-centered environment. Together we create a space where meaningful change and growth are possible.
Are you feeling unseen, exhausted or burnt out? With 20+ years in the NHS, I offer a safe, neuro-affirming space where you don’t have to "mask" or justify your reality. I work with chronic illness, providing grounded support where you are truly believed.
Drawing on my paramedic background and lived experience, I provide a dedicated person-centered environment. Together we create a space where meaningful change and growth are possible.
As a South Asian therapist, I am mindful of how culture, family and identity can shape people’s experiences, while welcoming clients from all backgrounds. My ideal client feels stuck in patterns they can't change despite trying to understand themselves. They may struggle with anxiety, overthinking, low confidence or relationship difficulties. Often they are thoughtful and self-aware but feel overwhelmed by emotions or held back by a strong inner critic. They want a space to feel understood while learning practical ways to manage difficult thoughts and feelings so they can feel calmer, more confident and build healthier relationships
As a South Asian therapist, I am mindful of how culture, family and identity can shape people’s experiences, while welcoming clients from all backgrounds. My ideal client feels stuck in patterns they can't change despite trying to understand themselves. They may struggle with anxiety, overthinking, low confidence or relationship difficulties. Often they are thoughtful and self-aware but feel overwhelmed by emotions or held back by a strong inner critic. They want a space to feel understood while learning practical ways to manage difficult thoughts and feelings so they can feel calmer, more confident and build healthier relationships
I’m a trauma informed therapist and breathwork practitioner, and bring somatic practices into my work with clients. My aim is to help you develop the connection between mind and body and through this explore patterns that may or may not be helping you to live a happy and fulfilling life. I co-founded Msense Therapy with my (fabulous) counselling friend Rukia. Between us, we bring a variety of experience, having supported bereavement, anxiety, low self-esteem, trauma and burnout. Experienced in working with neurodiversity, we both take pride in offering a safe space and flexible approach to meet your needs.
I’m a trauma informed therapist and breathwork practitioner, and bring somatic practices into my work with clients. My aim is to help you develop the connection between mind and body and through this explore patterns that may or may not be helping you to live a happy and fulfilling life. I co-founded Msense Therapy with my (fabulous) counselling friend Rukia. Between us, we bring a variety of experience, having supported bereavement, anxiety, low self-esteem, trauma and burnout. Experienced in working with neurodiversity, we both take pride in offering a safe space and flexible approach to meet your needs.
I am a registered Clinical Psychologist with NHS and private therapy experience. I usually use compassion focused therapy, narrative therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy (a form of CBT) to support people, but I will tailor my approach to you and your circumstances, always keeping your goals at the centre of our work together.
Finding the right person to support you when you are struggling can feel overwhelming. I do more than listen. I will support you.
I am a registered Clinical Psychologist with NHS and private therapy experience. I usually use compassion focused therapy, narrative therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy (a form of CBT) to support people, but I will tailor my approach to you and your circumstances, always keeping your goals at the centre of our work together.
Finding the right person to support you when you are struggling can feel overwhelming. I do more than listen. I will support you.
Finding life a little full on right now - often feeling like there's 'a lot going on' - more stressful and overwhelming than you are comfortable with? Stress and anxiety are probably starting to run high and you might be feeling down or simply "stuck". Perhaps your confidence and self esteem have taken a hit and you are struggling to see a way forward. If this resonates you do not need to experience this alone. I can help. Working with a person-centred approach, I can offer non judgmental support, empathy and understanding - helping you find your answers to moving forward with confidence and positivity.
Finding life a little full on right now - often feeling like there's 'a lot going on' - more stressful and overwhelming than you are comfortable with? Stress and anxiety are probably starting to run high and you might be feeling down or simply "stuck". Perhaps your confidence and self esteem have taken a hit and you are struggling to see a way forward. If this resonates you do not need to experience this alone. I can help. Working with a person-centred approach, I can offer non judgmental support, empathy and understanding - helping you find your answers to moving forward with confidence and positivity.
Are you feeling sad, lost, or overwhelmed? You might be facing relationship issues, a traumatic experience, or simply feel low without knowing why. It’s not always easy to carry these feelings alone. You may be looking for a space where you can talk openly and honestly, without judgment. My own experience of being in therapy showed me the power of feeling truly heard and accepted. That experience deeply informs how I work—with empathy, authenticity, and a commitment to creating a safe, respectful space.
Are you feeling sad, lost, or overwhelmed? You might be facing relationship issues, a traumatic experience, or simply feel low without knowing why. It’s not always easy to carry these feelings alone. You may be looking for a space where you can talk openly and honestly, without judgment. My own experience of being in therapy showed me the power of feeling truly heard and accepted. That experience deeply informs how I work—with empathy, authenticity, and a commitment to creating a safe, respectful space.
I am a qualified and experienced Counsellor and Psychotherapist working in the Tunstall, Sunderland area. I offer one to one counselling and psychotherapy. My training was Integrative/ Transpersonal which means I learnt all the different Psychotherapy Theories and approaches in my 5 years of training. The great advantages of this training is you can tailor my work to suit each individual person best. I also work with couples & families as well as running one-to-one psychological Retreats offering.
I am a qualified and experienced Counsellor and Psychotherapist working in the Tunstall, Sunderland area. I offer one to one counselling and psychotherapy. My training was Integrative/ Transpersonal which means I learnt all the different Psychotherapy Theories and approaches in my 5 years of training. The great advantages of this training is you can tailor my work to suit each individual person best. I also work with couples & families as well as running one-to-one psychological Retreats offering.
Do you keep falling into the same patterns that leave you hurt, unheard, or exhausted? Perhaps you feel stuck people-pleasing, putting everyone else first, or living with anxiety or depression that never seems to ease. Work stress, family conflict, or burnout may leave you drained and doubting yourself. Navigating the challenges and strengths of ADHD or Autism—whether your own or a loved one’s—which can add extra layers of pressure. Deep down, you long for clarity, confidence, and stronger connections. You want to feel calmer, more in control, and free to build a life that feels authentic, balanced, and truly fulfilled.
Do you keep falling into the same patterns that leave you hurt, unheard, or exhausted? Perhaps you feel stuck people-pleasing, putting everyone else first, or living with anxiety or depression that never seems to ease. Work stress, family conflict, or burnout may leave you drained and doubting yourself. Navigating the challenges and strengths of ADHD or Autism—whether your own or a loved one’s—which can add extra layers of pressure. Deep down, you long for clarity, confidence, and stronger connections. You want to feel calmer, more in control, and free to build a life that feels authentic, balanced, and truly fulfilled.
I support children, young people, and adults experiencing anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, emotional difficulties, life changes, or feeling overwhelmed. I offer a safe, supportive, and non-judgemental space where clients feel heard and accepted.
Using a warm, person-centred approach, I support clients to explore thoughts and feelings, build self-awareness, and develop healthier coping strategies. With children and young people, I use creative, age-appropriate methods to support emotional expression.
I support children, young people, and adults experiencing anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, emotional difficulties, life changes, or feeling overwhelmed. I offer a safe, supportive, and non-judgemental space where clients feel heard and accepted.
Using a warm, person-centred approach, I support clients to explore thoughts and feelings, build self-awareness, and develop healthier coping strategies. With children and young people, I use creative, age-appropriate methods to support emotional expression.
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Welcome to Counselling Alliance. We are a professional team of counsellors and clinical supervisors with a wide range of experience in various different areas of mental health. We offer a welcoming environment to each of our clients and pride ourselves on our ethics, abilities, honesty and integrity. We offer support to clients struggling with areas, such as anxiety, stress, depression, relationship problems, low self-esteem, unhelpful patterns of behaviour, questioning your sense of self, bereavement, ADHD, ASD, LD & LGBTQIA.. If you don’t see your particular subject listed, don’t worry just get in touch!!
Welcome to Counselling Alliance. We are a professional team of counsellors and clinical supervisors with a wide range of experience in various different areas of mental health. We offer a welcoming environment to each of our clients and pride ourselves on our ethics, abilities, honesty and integrity. We offer support to clients struggling with areas, such as anxiety, stress, depression, relationship problems, low self-esteem, unhelpful patterns of behaviour, questioning your sense of self, bereavement, ADHD, ASD, LD & LGBTQIA.. If you don’t see your particular subject listed, don’t worry just get in touch!!
Something inside feels held back? Long to live more fully, yet find yourself staying at the edges? Perhaps you worry that you take up too much space, or that you are difficult to understand. If any of this feels familiar, I want you to know that you are welcome here. If words feel tangled, we can turn to images, poetry, music, sound, story, or shared quiet. When your inner critic grows loud, we can create space for your softer voice to speak. Therapy is a place designed for you, a kind of gentle laboratory set up for you to safely explore different ways of living and being yourself.
Something inside feels held back? Long to live more fully, yet find yourself staying at the edges? Perhaps you worry that you take up too much space, or that you are difficult to understand. If any of this feels familiar, I want you to know that you are welcome here. If words feel tangled, we can turn to images, poetry, music, sound, story, or shared quiet. When your inner critic grows loud, we can create space for your softer voice to speak. Therapy is a place designed for you, a kind of gentle laboratory set up for you to safely explore different ways of living and being yourself.
Amaia Whiteway @ Green Couch Therapy
Psychotherapist, MBABCP
Newport Pagnell MK16
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Are you finding it difficult to juggle the demands of life, family, or work? Maybe you’ve lost your zest for life and constantly worry about not being good enough. Whether these feelings are new or have been with you for decades, you deserve support. I am an experienced CBT Psychotherapist (BABCP) and EMDR Practitioner (EMDRUK) who provides a relaxed, human, and real approach to improving your mental wellbeing. My clients appreciate my warm, empathetic, and non-judgemental manner, which helps build a trusting therapeutic relationship and is key to effective therapy.
Are you finding it difficult to juggle the demands of life, family, or work? Maybe you’ve lost your zest for life and constantly worry about not being good enough. Whether these feelings are new or have been with you for decades, you deserve support. I am an experienced CBT Psychotherapist (BABCP) and EMDR Practitioner (EMDRUK) who provides a relaxed, human, and real approach to improving your mental wellbeing. My clients appreciate my warm, empathetic, and non-judgemental manner, which helps build a trusting therapeutic relationship and is key to effective therapy.
Hello, my name is Nicola and I'm an Integrative counsellor. This means that I can integrate a range of counselling approaches tailored to your needs, to help you find a way through your difficulties so that you find your own solutions. This includes the following types of counselling: Person Centred, Cognitive Behavioural therapy (CBT), Transactional Analysis (TA)/Communication. I am an accredited member of NCPS and a member of BACP, in addition I am also a qualified Community Co-ordinator in a large N. London college. I have worked in this sector for almost 30 years and offer training in mental health including Mindfulness.
Hello, my name is Nicola and I'm an Integrative counsellor. This means that I can integrate a range of counselling approaches tailored to your needs, to help you find a way through your difficulties so that you find your own solutions. This includes the following types of counselling: Person Centred, Cognitive Behavioural therapy (CBT), Transactional Analysis (TA)/Communication. I am an accredited member of NCPS and a member of BACP, in addition I am also a qualified Community Co-ordinator in a large N. London college. I have worked in this sector for almost 30 years and offer training in mental health including Mindfulness.
Depression, anxiety and grief can really take it out of you - leave you feeling like a shadow of your former self, drain your energy and your self-confidence, and make you feel like you can never feel happy again. I want to use my counselling skills and experience to help you to build yourself back up until you feel like there's nothing you can't manage, no matter what life throws at you.
Depression, anxiety and grief can really take it out of you - leave you feeling like a shadow of your former self, drain your energy and your self-confidence, and make you feel like you can never feel happy again. I want to use my counselling skills and experience to help you to build yourself back up until you feel like there's nothing you can't manage, no matter what life throws at you.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck in patterns that keep repeating - especially in your relationships? You may be struggling with overthinking, low confidence, or feeling not good enough. If so, you are not alone and things can change.
I’m Caroline, an integrative psychotherapist based in Aylesbury. I offer a warm, supportive and non-judgemental space where you can talk openly and feel understood.
I work with individuals and couples experiencing:
- Anxiety, Stress & overthinking
- Relationship difficulties & communication issues
- low self-esteem & confidence
- Trauma & past experiences
- Life transitions
Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck in patterns that keep repeating - especially in your relationships? You may be struggling with overthinking, low confidence, or feeling not good enough. If so, you are not alone and things can change.
I’m Caroline, an integrative psychotherapist based in Aylesbury. I offer a warm, supportive and non-judgemental space where you can talk openly and feel understood.
I work with individuals and couples experiencing:
- Anxiety, Stress & overthinking
- Relationship difficulties & communication issues
- low self-esteem & confidence
- Trauma & past experiences
- Life transitions
Do you feel like pain from your past is holding you back? distorting or determining your present? Do you feel like you have a lot of emotions but your not really sure why? or how to manage them? Are you struggling to maintain relationships? pursue your goals? do you feel stuck? disconnected? depressed? lost? Whatever it is you have going on- I want to support you. Sometimes facing the truth of your experience can feel scary, i want to create a space where you feel safe and less alone in that.
Do you feel like pain from your past is holding you back? distorting or determining your present? Do you feel like you have a lot of emotions but your not really sure why? or how to manage them? Are you struggling to maintain relationships? pursue your goals? do you feel stuck? disconnected? depressed? lost? Whatever it is you have going on- I want to support you. Sometimes facing the truth of your experience can feel scary, i want to create a space where you feel safe and less alone in that.
Hello my name is Nicola, thank you for taking the time to read my profile. In our busy lives it is often difficult to allocate time solely for ourselves, to gift to ourselves the opportunity to explore what may be hurting or limiting us. In essence what may be stopping us from living full and enjoyable lives. Choosing to enter therapy, to allow yourself the time to be listened to and heard without judgement is to choose a powerful and rewarding gift. Working together in a way that is comfortable for you, I offer a safe, compassionate and non judgmental space, that allows you to give yourself the permission to explore your feelings.
Hello my name is Nicola, thank you for taking the time to read my profile. In our busy lives it is often difficult to allocate time solely for ourselves, to gift to ourselves the opportunity to explore what may be hurting or limiting us. In essence what may be stopping us from living full and enjoyable lives. Choosing to enter therapy, to allow yourself the time to be listened to and heard without judgement is to choose a powerful and rewarding gift. Working together in a way that is comfortable for you, I offer a safe, compassionate and non judgmental space, that allows you to give yourself the permission to explore your feelings.
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FAQ - Therapist Gender
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or because they feel more comfortable with a therapist of their own gender due to shared life experiences or perspectives. Considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender may matter or improve their therapeutic experience. The most important consideration is that a client is able to build a trusting relationship with their therapist.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist. For women, this could be because they believe that they will be able to better connect with a woman, and that a female therapist will be able to relate to their specific challenges and personal issues. It may be particularly beneficial for women to see a female therapist, for example, for gender-specific issues, such as sexism in the workplace, relationship issues, and gender roles. The most important factor in therapy is the client-therapist connection, and a therapist's gender as well as many other factors may play an important role in this.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK—even encouraged!—to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.