Parenting Counselling in South Shields
Are you a parent feeling overwhelmed by your child’s big emotions, anxiety, low self-esteem, or challenging behaviour?
I work in a flexible, tailored way, drawing upon CBT, attachment-focused therapy, and NVR to support emotion regulation, build resilience, and strengthen family relationships. With expertise in child development and attachment, I help you and your child feel calmer, more connected, and confident in facing challenges.
Are you a parent feeling overwhelmed by your child’s big emotions, anxiety, low self-esteem, or challenging behaviour?
I work in a flexible, tailored way, drawing upon CBT, attachment-focused therapy, and NVR to support emotion regulation, build resilience, and strengthen family relationships. With expertise in child development and attachment, I help you and your child feel calmer, more connected, and confident in facing challenges.
Are you experiencing sexual difficulties which are impacting on your relationships but don't know how to find a solution? I would encourage you to come and talk it through with me. I offer an initial telephone call to discuss your issues and to see whether this is the right place for you. I work with a variety of issues related to sexuality with both individuals and couples. I welcome people from the LGBTQ+ community and also people who are neurodiverse. I have a warm and approachable style and provide a mutually respectful atmosphere in which we can explore issues and change collaboratively.
Are you experiencing sexual difficulties which are impacting on your relationships but don't know how to find a solution? I would encourage you to come and talk it through with me. I offer an initial telephone call to discuss your issues and to see whether this is the right place for you. I work with a variety of issues related to sexuality with both individuals and couples. I welcome people from the LGBTQ+ community and also people who are neurodiverse. I have a warm and approachable style and provide a mutually respectful atmosphere in which we can explore issues and change collaboratively.
Struggling to cope with negative emotions can feel very isolating and, by the nature of some problems, guilt and shame can make us feel stigmatised and prevent us reaching out for support even when its not our fault. People come to counselling for all kinds of reasons from childhood trauma to life events as adults such as divorce, bereavement and stress and what they all have in common is a desire to feel better and begin to enjoy life. Some people find they use alcohol or drugs in an attempt to cope with their feelings but inventively this creates more problems.
Struggling to cope with negative emotions can feel very isolating and, by the nature of some problems, guilt and shame can make us feel stigmatised and prevent us reaching out for support even when its not our fault. People come to counselling for all kinds of reasons from childhood trauma to life events as adults such as divorce, bereavement and stress and what they all have in common is a desire to feel better and begin to enjoy life. Some people find they use alcohol or drugs in an attempt to cope with their feelings but inventively this creates more problems.
Hello! I'm Sarah an accredited CBT therapist and EMDR therapist with a range of experience in most areas of mental health over a career that has spanned 20 years with the NHS. I offer treatment to adults across the UK in convenient online sessions and I also offer in person therapy in the north east. I work with anxiety presentations from low self esteem, social anxiety, OCD and health worries among others. I can also support helping people overcome low mood and depression, both by looking at how we can bring about behavioural change and challenging unhelpful thinking styles.
Hello! I'm Sarah an accredited CBT therapist and EMDR therapist with a range of experience in most areas of mental health over a career that has spanned 20 years with the NHS. I offer treatment to adults across the UK in convenient online sessions and I also offer in person therapy in the north east. I work with anxiety presentations from low self esteem, social anxiety, OCD and health worries among others. I can also support helping people overcome low mood and depression, both by looking at how we can bring about behavioural change and challenging unhelpful thinking styles.
We are an independent private therapy practice in the heart of South Shields, offering appointments at out base in Harton Village, sites at Durham and Washington and sometimes home visits.
We are an independent private therapy practice in the heart of South Shields, offering appointments at out base in Harton Village, sites at Durham and Washington and sometimes home visits.
Do you experience depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, addiction, or other difficulties with your mental health? Are you in a repetitive cycle of addictive behaviour or relationship conflicts? Are you repeating habits and patterns in relationships and struggling to find a way out? Do you struggle with feelings of shame and criticism and have low self esteem? Are you struggling to escape your past and living it in your present? Would you like to have a life of your own design and increased well-being? Would you like to increase your self awareness to improve your well-being and relationships?
Do you experience depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, addiction, or other difficulties with your mental health? Are you in a repetitive cycle of addictive behaviour or relationship conflicts? Are you repeating habits and patterns in relationships and struggling to find a way out? Do you struggle with feelings of shame and criticism and have low self esteem? Are you struggling to escape your past and living it in your present? Would you like to have a life of your own design and increased well-being? Would you like to increase your self awareness to improve your well-being and relationships?
The way we live our lives, how we think, feel and behave can have a huge impact upon us. If we feel stuck, negative about life that’s all we notice, see and attract into our lives.
Therapy at Kalmer Counselling can change your life! By creating a space to explore you, your needs, your life, dreams and desires you can change your mindset and develop feelings of happiness and positivity. This can help to change everything about your life because if you change you, everything around you has to change too. If you want a more fulfilling life it starts with you. ‘Like attracts like’.
The way we live our lives, how we think, feel and behave can have a huge impact upon us. If we feel stuck, negative about life that’s all we notice, see and attract into our lives.
Therapy at Kalmer Counselling can change your life! By creating a space to explore you, your needs, your life, dreams and desires you can change your mindset and develop feelings of happiness and positivity. This can help to change everything about your life because if you change you, everything around you has to change too. If you want a more fulfilling life it starts with you. ‘Like attracts like’.
Hello, I’m Bev. Sometimes life can feel overwhelming and when our thoughts are disorganised it can be challenging to see a clear way forward and to make positive and healthy choices. Although it is helpful talking to others, many people feel more comfortable and more able to be fully open, talking to a trained professional. I am an Integrative Person-centered Counsellor and EMDR Practitioner. I have experience in supporting and helping clients overcome mental health issues including; bereavement, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and trauma.
Hello, I’m Bev. Sometimes life can feel overwhelming and when our thoughts are disorganised it can be challenging to see a clear way forward and to make positive and healthy choices. Although it is helpful talking to others, many people feel more comfortable and more able to be fully open, talking to a trained professional. I am an Integrative Person-centered Counsellor and EMDR Practitioner. I have experience in supporting and helping clients overcome mental health issues including; bereavement, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and trauma.
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I support parents and carers of children and young people who have experienced trauma, including adoptive parents, foster carers and special guardians.
I offer a warm, compassionate and non-judgemental space where you can explore what is going on for you. From parental stress to anxiety, guilt, shame, compassion fatigue, relationships and challenging behaviour. Drawing on a range of therapeutic strategies, and working together, we can make sense of what is happening and find a way forward.
I support parents and carers of children and young people who have experienced trauma, including adoptive parents, foster carers and special guardians.
I offer a warm, compassionate and non-judgemental space where you can explore what is going on for you. From parental stress to anxiety, guilt, shame, compassion fatigue, relationships and challenging behaviour. Drawing on a range of therapeutic strategies, and working together, we can make sense of what is happening and find a way forward.
Are you caught in the same arguments with your partner? Always playing peacemaker? Or struggling to move past betrayal or loss? Or, maybe you feel disconnected from someone you love—or even from yourself? Perhaps you’re reading this because you’re exhausted and need things to change. Are you looking for a safe space where you can be heard and have your experience validated? Somewhere that will help you to break free from painful patterns, rebuild trust, communicate in ways that actually work and produce lasting change.
Are you caught in the same arguments with your partner? Always playing peacemaker? Or struggling to move past betrayal or loss? Or, maybe you feel disconnected from someone you love—or even from yourself? Perhaps you’re reading this because you’re exhausted and need things to change. Are you looking for a safe space where you can be heard and have your experience validated? Somewhere that will help you to break free from painful patterns, rebuild trust, communicate in ways that actually work and produce lasting change.
Loving your kids but losing yourself? I provide specialised online therapy for every step of motherhood, from pregnancy and postpartum to the intense toddler and preschool years. Motherhood changes you on every level- biologically, psychologically, and emotionally, yet nobody prepares you for that shift.If you are struggling and cannot quite understand why, matrescence might be the missing piece.
Matrescence is the profound psychological, neurological and identity transformation of becoming a mother. Understanding it changed everything for my clients and I believe it can change everything for you.
Loving your kids but losing yourself? I provide specialised online therapy for every step of motherhood, from pregnancy and postpartum to the intense toddler and preschool years. Motherhood changes you on every level- biologically, psychologically, and emotionally, yet nobody prepares you for that shift.If you are struggling and cannot quite understand why, matrescence might be the missing piece.
Matrescence is the profound psychological, neurological and identity transformation of becoming a mother. Understanding it changed everything for my clients and I believe it can change everything for you.
Life can be wonderfully messy, and sometimes we all need a little guidance, or just someone to help untangle the knots.
My approach is warm, empathic, and down-to-earth. I aim to create a space where you feel genuinely heard, supported, and occasionally even able to laugh at life’s absurdities.
I work collaboratively with my clients, exploring thoughts, emotions, and behaviours to help you gain clarity, build resilience, and make meaningful changes.
Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, or simply feeling stuck, my goal is to help you feel more empowered and at ease in your own life.
Life can be wonderfully messy, and sometimes we all need a little guidance, or just someone to help untangle the knots.
My approach is warm, empathic, and down-to-earth. I aim to create a space where you feel genuinely heard, supported, and occasionally even able to laugh at life’s absurdities.
I work collaboratively with my clients, exploring thoughts, emotions, and behaviours to help you gain clarity, build resilience, and make meaningful changes.
Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, or simply feeling stuck, my goal is to help you feel more empowered and at ease in your own life.
This may include career changes or self-employment, relationship and family changes, becoming a parent (matrescence), receiving a diagnosis (including neurodiversity), balancing work-family responsibilities, or coping with loss.
My core model is Transactional Analysis (TA), which offers practical ways to understand patterns in how we think, feel and relate to others. I also work integratively, drawing on other approaches & tools.
Above all, I offer a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space to explore what matters to you and how we can bring more ease into your life.
This may include career changes or self-employment, relationship and family changes, becoming a parent (matrescence), receiving a diagnosis (including neurodiversity), balancing work-family responsibilities, or coping with loss.
My core model is Transactional Analysis (TA), which offers practical ways to understand patterns in how we think, feel and relate to others. I also work integratively, drawing on other approaches & tools.
Above all, I offer a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space to explore what matters to you and how we can bring more ease into your life.
A lot of the people I work with are managing day to day while carrying much more internally than other people realise. You might be overthinking, doubting yourself, feeling low or anxious, finding it hard to say no, or simply knowing that something in your life isn’t working. Together, we’ll understand what’s happening, what keeps pulling you back into the same thoughts, feelings or patterns, and what you’d like to be different. The aim is not just to understand yourself better, but to help you feel calmer, trust yourself more and have more freedom in the choices you make.
A lot of the people I work with are managing day to day while carrying much more internally than other people realise. You might be overthinking, doubting yourself, feeling low or anxious, finding it hard to say no, or simply knowing that something in your life isn’t working. Together, we’ll understand what’s happening, what keeps pulling you back into the same thoughts, feelings or patterns, and what you’d like to be different. The aim is not just to understand yourself better, but to help you feel calmer, trust yourself more and have more freedom in the choices you make.
Immediate Availability, UK wide. Welcome and thank you for visiting the information about my online private practice. I, alongside a team of consultant clinical psychologists, have many years experience in a range of areas including adult mental health, Autism, ADHD Assessments and treatment, anxiety, depression, trauma. We also work with couples and families & children. All of our colleagues are hand picked for specialist training and friendliness. We are here to help you with whatever arises in your life, big or small, long term or short term. Welcome! We offer 15 minute free consultations that you can book on the website.
Immediate Availability, UK wide. Welcome and thank you for visiting the information about my online private practice. I, alongside a team of consultant clinical psychologists, have many years experience in a range of areas including adult mental health, Autism, ADHD Assessments and treatment, anxiety, depression, trauma. We also work with couples and families & children. All of our colleagues are hand picked for specialist training and friendliness. We are here to help you with whatever arises in your life, big or small, long term or short term. Welcome! We offer 15 minute free consultations that you can book on the website.
I work with issues of identity, menopause, separation, co- parenting, coercive control, issues of sex/sexuality, trauma and others.
I work in depth and in a psychodynamic way which means I help clients understand their history and make links between past experiences including transgenerational issues, and difficulties faced in the present. I support clients in strengthening their physis, letting go of what does not serve so they live fully. I work relationally.
I work with issues of identity, menopause, separation, co- parenting, coercive control, issues of sex/sexuality, trauma and others.
I work in depth and in a psychodynamic way which means I help clients understand their history and make links between past experiences including transgenerational issues, and difficulties faced in the present. I support clients in strengthening their physis, letting go of what does not serve so they live fully. I work relationally.
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. I also have experience working with individuals who are neurodivergent, supporting the unique challenges this can bring to identity, emotional regulation, self-worth, relationships and everyday life. My practice is rooted in GSRD-aware principles, ensuring that diverse gender identities, sexualities, and relationship structures are respected, offering an affirming, supportive space that fosters a sense of belonging.
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. I also have experience working with individuals who are neurodivergent, supporting the unique challenges this can bring to identity, emotional regulation, self-worth, relationships and everyday life. My practice is rooted in GSRD-aware principles, ensuring that diverse gender identities, sexualities, and relationship structures are respected, offering an affirming, supportive space that fosters a sense of belonging.
Often children’s emotions overwhelm them and they need a space & time to express them safely. Child Psychotherapy helps a child or young person explore & make sense of their reactions to a situation, event or internal struggle. This can be associated to worries about a range of difficulties including: family breakdown, transition, loss & bereavement, peer & sibling relationships, anxiety & depression.
Often children’s emotions overwhelm them and they need a space & time to express them safely. Child Psychotherapy helps a child or young person explore & make sense of their reactions to a situation, event or internal struggle. This can be associated to worries about a range of difficulties including: family breakdown, transition, loss & bereavement, peer & sibling relationships, anxiety & depression.
I work from the understanding that human experience includes distress, conflict, and harm, and that avoiding these realities is neither helpful nor therapeutic. In the therapy room, I offer a non-judgemental, reflective space where clients can explore their experiences honestly and at their own pace. My role is not to impose interpretations or provide simplistic reassurance, but to listen carefully, ask meaningful questions, and support clients in developing insight, emotional awareness, and psychological resilience.I see therapy as a collaborative process grounded in respect, autonomy, and ethical practice.
I work from the understanding that human experience includes distress, conflict, and harm, and that avoiding these realities is neither helpful nor therapeutic. In the therapy room, I offer a non-judgemental, reflective space where clients can explore their experiences honestly and at their own pace. My role is not to impose interpretations or provide simplistic reassurance, but to listen carefully, ask meaningful questions, and support clients in developing insight, emotional awareness, and psychological resilience.I see therapy as a collaborative process grounded in respect, autonomy, and ethical practice.
I am a professional online counsellor. Offering no waiting lists and no session limits. £40 per session. (£30 unemployed)
I offer intergrative therapy, tailored to suit each individual.
Free 15min consultation
I am a professional online counsellor. Offering no waiting lists and no session limits. £40 per session. (£30 unemployed)
I offer intergrative therapy, tailored to suit each individual.
Free 15min consultation
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Parenting Counsellors
What does therapy for parenting look like?
Therapists may work with parents individually, together, or include the whole family to find solutions for the problems a parent faces. Many parent-based therapies work on a parent’s relationship with their children, problem-solving within the family, and analysis of family dynamics. Therapy conducted remotely by video may be helpful in allowing a therapist to observe how families interact in their own homes.
When should a parent seek therapy?
When behavioral problems begin to disrupt the healthy functioning of a family, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If parents find that children are acting out in school, have started using drugs or alcohol, have developed eating disorders, or other similar red flags, a therapist may be able to help.
How long does therapy take for parenting problems?
Depending on the severity of a family’s challenges and the type of treatment utilized, therapy for parenting can last from weeks to months. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a pragmatic therapy type that can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. Structural family therapy, which inspects family dynamics, often takes several months. Parent-child interaction therapy is typically shorter-term, lasting between 10 and 20 sessions. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
Can therapy help parents dealing with burnout or stress?
Parenting is difficult. Parents may dismiss or conceal feelings of exhaustion, overwhelm, or escape ideation—imagining withdrawing from their parental obligations altogether. but left unattended, these feelings can have negative effects on the whole family. A therapist can help parents work on the skills they might need to better cope with the burdens of parenting and help them be the best parents they can be.