Life Coaching Counselling in Southampton

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Kathy Jones
Psychologist, MSc, HCPC - Ed. Psych.
In my 20 years working as a psychologist I have helped people from many walks of life including teachers, parents, academics, scientists, other psychologists and therapists.
I help people with resilience and wellbeing, as they move out of patterns of behaviour or situations that might feel stuck or unrewarding into lives that are compassionate, intentional and fulfilling. Using approaches from Acceptance and Commitment Coaching and Positive Psychology I help them set meaningful goals and take courageous action towards these.
In my 20 years working as a psychologist I have helped people from many walks of life including teachers, parents, academics, scientists, other psychologists and therapists.
I help people with resilience and wellbeing, as they move out of patterns of behaviour or situations that might feel stuck or unrewarding into lives that are compassionate, intentional and fulfilling. Using approaches from Acceptance and Commitment Coaching and Positive Psychology I help them set meaningful goals and take courageous action towards these.
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I became a counsellor as I have a strong desire to support and help people with challenges, I have found throughout my life that people have come to me for a listening ear.
I believe that we know ourselves best and as such we hold the answers to our struggles, we are the experts of our own worlds. What I can do is help you identify and resolve your difficulties by providing a safe space where we explore the challenges together, working through your experiences to help you live a fulfilled and content life.
I became a counsellor as I have a strong desire to support and help people with challenges, I have found throughout my life that people have come to me for a listening ear.
I believe that we know ourselves best and as such we hold the answers to our struggles, we are the experts of our own worlds. What I can do is help you identify and resolve your difficulties by providing a safe space where we explore the challenges together, working through your experiences to help you live a fulfilled and content life.
023 9433 0212 View 023 9433 0212
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Tara O'Donoghue- Homebased Talking therapy
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBABCP
Serves Area
Each case is treated individually with an emphasis placed on working together to reclaim life and achieve recovery.
I am a Senior Psychotherapist, specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) and Compassionate Focused Therapy (CFT). Specialities include assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders, such as OCD, BDD, body image, phobias and depressive episodes. I work with you to understand family systems and break cycles. Previous positions at the Maudsley Hospital include lead of the OCD/BDD anxiety unit, working alongside Prof D Veale. Team leader of the national outpatient unit and chairperson of the BABCP committee in the Isle of Man. I can also offer intensive treatment homevisits.
Each case is treated individually with an emphasis placed on working together to reclaim life and achieve recovery.
I am a Senior Psychotherapist, specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) and Compassionate Focused Therapy (CFT). Specialities include assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders, such as OCD, BDD, body image, phobias and depressive episodes. I work with you to understand family systems and break cycles. Previous positions at the Maudsley Hospital include lead of the OCD/BDD anxiety unit, working alongside Prof D Veale. Team leader of the national outpatient unit and chairperson of the BABCP committee in the Isle of Man. I can also offer intensive treatment homevisits.
07492 884493 View 07492 884493
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Diane Julie Taylor
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
1 Endorsed
Do you need time and space to work through what's causing your anxiety , stress, upset in your life?
I am Diane working in private practice in Southampton. I am an integrative therapist working with a range of theories and approaches to help you feel better and more in control. We the identifying todays presenting issues, explore past experiences, unravel your emotions and thoughts and then focus on solutions to move you to where you want to be.
Do you need time and space to work through what's causing your anxiety , stress, upset in your life?
I am Diane working in private practice in Southampton. I am an integrative therapist working with a range of theories and approaches to help you feel better and more in control. We the identifying todays presenting issues, explore past experiences, unravel your emotions and thoughts and then focus on solutions to move you to where you want to be.
023 8235 6014 View 023 8235 6014
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Questa Psychological Services
Psychologist, PsychD, AFBPSsS
We also offer lower cost supervised coaching support.
Questa is a small, specialist practice; we provide a range of psychological services for children and adults, both clinical and educational. In addition to therapy, we are experts in Autism and ADHD assessment/diagnosis. We offer therapy and support for a range of emotional problems for children, teenagers and adults and are specialists in anxiety, depression and trauma, providing therapy to emergency services personnel. Do call or email us today to discuss how we may be able to support you. We can usually help, but if we can't, then we’ll do our very best to offer advice and signposting.
We also offer lower cost supervised coaching support.
Questa is a small, specialist practice; we provide a range of psychological services for children and adults, both clinical and educational. In addition to therapy, we are experts in Autism and ADHD assessment/diagnosis. We offer therapy and support for a range of emotional problems for children, teenagers and adults and are specialists in anxiety, depression and trauma, providing therapy to emergency services personnel. Do call or email us today to discuss how we may be able to support you. We can usually help, but if we can't, then we’ll do our very best to offer advice and signposting.
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Nichola louise Knight
Counsellor, MBACP
My name is Nichola, I am a qualified Humanistic Gestalt Counsellor/ Life Coach.
I offer a free initial 25 minute session. We shall go through an initial Assessment enabling us to to get to know each other a little better. I work in many ways, this being a mixture of Humanistic, Gestalt, CBT and Person Centred. Working this way gives you a wider varied approach. You will always know and feel I am working within your best interest.
My name is Nichola, I am a qualified Humanistic Gestalt Counsellor/ Life Coach.
I offer a free initial 25 minute session. We shall go through an initial Assessment enabling us to to get to know each other a little better. I work in many ways, this being a mixture of Humanistic, Gestalt, CBT and Person Centred. Working this way gives you a wider varied approach. You will always know and feel I am working within your best interest.
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Kirsty Crawley - van Lieshout
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
1 Endorsed
I am an interactive counsellor, who is curious to find out what is going on for you, what makes you tick and which direction you want to steer your life towards.
Need to talk to someone as you feel stuck? I might be able to help you.
I am an interactive counsellor, who is curious to find out what is going on for you, what makes you tick and which direction you want to steer your life towards.
Need to talk to someone as you feel stuck? I might be able to help you.
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Samuel Christopher Godwin Clarke
Counsellor, MBACP
1 Endorsed
If you have arrived at this page it is most likely that there is something in your life that does not feel right.
I come from the Humanistic school of counselling, based on Transactional Analysis and believe that you have the answers to your problems within you. You are the expert on you even if sometimes you do not know it. My role is to provide you with a safe and secure, non-judgemental space where you can be heard and to facilitate your finding your answer within.
If you have arrived at this page it is most likely that there is something in your life that does not feel right.
I come from the Humanistic school of counselling, based on Transactional Analysis and believe that you have the answers to your problems within you. You are the expert on you even if sometimes you do not know it. My role is to provide you with a safe and secure, non-judgemental space where you can be heard and to facilitate your finding your answer within.
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Southampton Counselling
Counsellor, MA, MBACP
Helen is a highly experienced & professional counsellor, psychotherapist and casework supervisor working with people from all walks of life to achieve their full potential.
Helen will work with you as an individual to find wholeness & freedom to be the unique person you are...working through whatever is distressing you in a meaningful way. Helen has a particular interest in working with those affected by any trauma or suffering/affected by cancer or other illness, but works with all clients at their place of need.
Helen is a highly experienced & professional counsellor, psychotherapist and casework supervisor working with people from all walks of life to achieve their full potential.
Helen will work with you as an individual to find wholeness & freedom to be the unique person you are...working through whatever is distressing you in a meaningful way. Helen has a particular interest in working with those affected by any trauma or suffering/affected by cancer or other illness, but works with all clients at their place of need.
023 9200 2373 View 023 9200 2373
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Nathalie Knevett
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
I have worked with people from 16 to 90 with a range of issues that life brings.
I am an Integrative Counsellor and TRE Provider (Trauma and Tension Releasing Exercise) based in Southampton Hampshire. Being Integrative means that I am able to use tools from many different types of therapy to support each individual I work with. TRE is a body based tool that enables me to help people in an alternative way than traditional talk therapy.
I have worked with people from 16 to 90 with a range of issues that life brings.
I am an Integrative Counsellor and TRE Provider (Trauma and Tension Releasing Exercise) based in Southampton Hampshire. Being Integrative means that I am able to use tools from many different types of therapy to support each individual I work with. TRE is a body based tool that enables me to help people in an alternative way than traditional talk therapy.
01489 358571 View 01489 358571
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Megan Baker-Stevens
Counsellor, MBACP
1 Endorsed
Are you an adult struggling with life right now?
I use humanistic and evidence based approaches to develop coping strategies and new patterns of thinking and behaviours. I am experienced in working in schools, the NHS and privately. I don't believe that one approach fits all, and am able to think creatively and outside the box.
Are you an adult struggling with life right now?
I use humanistic and evidence based approaches to develop coping strategies and new patterns of thinking and behaviours. I am experienced in working in schools, the NHS and privately. I don't believe that one approach fits all, and am able to think creatively and outside the box.
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Teresa Marion Griffin
Counsellor, MSc, MBACP Accred
Acknowledging we are not ‘coping’ with life and may need some help, can often seem a more difficult hurdle for individuals to overcome.
Congratulations you have achieved the most difficult step by recognising that you need some help. With over 20 years experience of counselling I can offer a safe, non-judgemental environment which will enable you to work through your issues. During my many years of counselling I have worked in both the private & voluntary sector, therefore my experience & exposure of presenting issues from clients has been very varied, including bereavement, stress, anxiety, relationships, varying levels of trauma & abuse.
Acknowledging we are not ‘coping’ with life and may need some help, can often seem a more difficult hurdle for individuals to overcome.
Congratulations you have achieved the most difficult step by recognising that you need some help. With over 20 years experience of counselling I can offer a safe, non-judgemental environment which will enable you to work through your issues. During my many years of counselling I have worked in both the private & voluntary sector, therefore my experience & exposure of presenting issues from clients has been very varied, including bereavement, stress, anxiety, relationships, varying levels of trauma & abuse.
01489 357231 View 01489 357231
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Wendy Jane Lee
Counsellor
Let's work together to create positive changes in your life.
Hi there and welcome. I specialise in helping individuals overcome their eating difficulties, which is a broad term used to describe Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating.  I provide in-person and online treatment to improve your relationship with food, eating and body appearance and to successfully move forward from unhelpful coping behaviours around them. I am qualified and accredited in Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E) which is approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to support many presentations of eating disorders.
Let's work together to create positive changes in your life.
Hi there and welcome. I specialise in helping individuals overcome their eating difficulties, which is a broad term used to describe Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating.  I provide in-person and online treatment to improve your relationship with food, eating and body appearance and to successfully move forward from unhelpful coping behaviours around them. I am qualified and accredited in Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E) which is approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to support many presentations of eating disorders.
01329 756700 View 01329 756700
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Dr Bill Lee
Counsellor, PhD, MBACP
I can help with relationships, personality issues, cultural adjustment, identity, anxiety, bereavement, stress, gender, sexuality, self-esteem, life transitions and existential crisis.
I have lived in the north and the south and am now based in Hampshire and London. I graduated from Oxford with a degree in Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology. After short spells in catering, sales, and financial sectors, I did my doctorate in Psychology and lectured in the subject for 27 years. I have worked with men's development and male psychology.
I can help with relationships, personality issues, cultural adjustment, identity, anxiety, bereavement, stress, gender, sexuality, self-esteem, life transitions and existential crisis.
I have lived in the north and the south and am now based in Hampshire and London. I graduated from Oxford with a degree in Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology. After short spells in catering, sales, and financial sectors, I did my doctorate in Psychology and lectured in the subject for 27 years. I have worked with men's development and male psychology.
0131 357 6226 View 0131 357 6226
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Graham Shavick
Psychotherapist, MA, MUKCP
I also offer couples and family counselling, and coaching.
In our work together, I aim to help you feel at ease so you can talk freely. I will invite you to express feelings, thoughts, memories, dreams, and we will work together to understand better what's on your mind. I work alongside you supporting you in gaining greater self-awareness, insight and challenging you where appropriate, enabling you to move forward.
I also offer couples and family counselling, and coaching.
In our work together, I aim to help you feel at ease so you can talk freely. I will invite you to express feelings, thoughts, memories, dreams, and we will work together to understand better what's on your mind. I work alongside you supporting you in gaining greater self-awareness, insight and challenging you where appropriate, enabling you to move forward.
01489 660530 View 01489 660530
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Carole Claire Clifford
Counsellor, MBACP Snr. Accred
I work with you in which ever way can help and resolve what is happening in your life or whatever issues you are struggling with.
I welcome working with anyone who is troubled by specific issues, family, work, loss, addiction relationship & sexual issues. There are times in most of our lives when we need some help to make sense of happening to us, to find directions to deal with a specific issues. Often stress, anxiety, loss of confidence, loss of any kind. Talking our issues through with an experienced therapist, confidentially, can help us to resolve the issues, deal with emotions/situations and help us see more clearly, understand feelings & find solutions
I work with you in which ever way can help and resolve what is happening in your life or whatever issues you are struggling with.
I welcome working with anyone who is troubled by specific issues, family, work, loss, addiction relationship & sexual issues. There are times in most of our lives when we need some help to make sense of happening to us, to find directions to deal with a specific issues. Often stress, anxiety, loss of confidence, loss of any kind. Talking our issues through with an experienced therapist, confidentially, can help us to resolve the issues, deal with emotions/situations and help us see more clearly, understand feelings & find solutions
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Dr Hubert Fanka
Psychotherapist, MBABCP
I sincerely believe in the practical benefits of a life spent helping others with empathy and compassion.
Sensation of being stuck, depressed, worried, struggling to cope with your feelings, mood changes, trauma memories, hearing distressing voices, suicidal thoughts and urges, adjustment difficulties, addiction, being different and interpersonal difficulties, and willing to move forward and find new ways of coping effectively, “YES i can help". In our sessions, we will use an integrative approach, a mixture Cognitive, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, (DBT CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, (EMDR), Compassionate Focused Therapy, (CFT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, (ACT) depending on your individual needs.
I sincerely believe in the practical benefits of a life spent helping others with empathy and compassion.
Sensation of being stuck, depressed, worried, struggling to cope with your feelings, mood changes, trauma memories, hearing distressing voices, suicidal thoughts and urges, adjustment difficulties, addiction, being different and interpersonal difficulties, and willing to move forward and find new ways of coping effectively, “YES i can help". In our sessions, we will use an integrative approach, a mixture Cognitive, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, (DBT CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, (EMDR), Compassionate Focused Therapy, (CFT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, (ACT) depending on your individual needs.
023 9431 1717 View 023 9431 1717
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Samantha Elizabeth Barnes
Counsellor, MBACP
Welcome to my profile, this is your time to move forward and I can offer you therapy which is professional and effective when life presents with difficulties and challenges.
My counselling service is confidential, professional and set in a supportive, private environment which is respectful of individual pace and needs. I offer valuable counselling support or psychotherapy when life presents with difficulties and challenges and there doesn't seem to be a way forward; therapy can help you to move forward in your life.
Welcome to my profile, this is your time to move forward and I can offer you therapy which is professional and effective when life presents with difficulties and challenges.
My counselling service is confidential, professional and set in a supportive, private environment which is respectful of individual pace and needs. I offer valuable counselling support or psychotherapy when life presents with difficulties and challenges and there doesn't seem to be a way forward; therapy can help you to move forward in your life.
01962 589451 View 01962 589451
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Lisa Burdett
Counsellor, PNCPS Acc.
2 Endorsed
I will support you, to make sense of this, change your life and have a more positive outlook for your future.
Frustration is not normal. It's a sign that something is not right in your life. It is by allowing yourself to explore this that these powerful emotions unlock and make sense. I will share my insights, tools and techniques to help you gain a better understanding of yourself and the things that are troubling you. Let these emotions lose their power.
I will support you, to make sense of this, change your life and have a more positive outlook for your future.
Frustration is not normal. It's a sign that something is not right in your life. It is by allowing yourself to explore this that these powerful emotions unlock and make sense. I will share my insights, tools and techniques to help you gain a better understanding of yourself and the things that are troubling you. Let these emotions lose their power.
01794 337490 View 01794 337490
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Victoria Schwulst
Counsellor, MA, MBACP
Online Only
Life can feel overwhelming when you’re carrying so much on your own.
I offer online sessions via Google Meet, providing a space where you can show up exactly as you are—messy thoughts, big emotions, and all. No matter where you are, my goal is to help you feel heard, understood, and supported.
Life can feel overwhelming when you’re carrying so much on your own.
I offer online sessions via Google Meet, providing a space where you can show up exactly as you are—messy thoughts, big emotions, and all. No matter where you are, my goal is to help you feel heard, understood, and supported.
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Life Coaching Counsellors

What can I expect from life coaching?

Clients and coaches will typically start by identifying the problem area(s) that the client hopes to address—then, the coach will help the client brainstorm potential solutions and explore concrete techniques to help the client attain their goals. Coaching is typically short-term and focused on finding solutions in the here and now, rather than exploring a client’s past. In addition to strategies aimed at the client’s specific concerns, coaches may encourage general stress management techniques such as meditation.

Can a life coach help treat anxiety?

Because the majority of life coaches are not licensed clinicians, they are not qualified to diagnose or treat anxiety. Anyone struggling with anxiety or another mental health condition should seek help from a licensed mental health practitioner. However, some coaching clients who struggle with subclinical anxiety report that working with their coach on other problems—such as career dissatisfaction or unhealthy habits—has a positive effect on their anxiety.

Can life coaching be done online?

Yes. While life coaching often happens in person, many coaches conduct sessions over the phone or via online platforms such as Zoom or Skype. Because life coaches are not subject to local licensing regulations in the same way that therapists are, they are able to see clients who live in other locations.

How long does life coaching last?

Life coaching tends to be a shorter-term process than therapy, though it does not always unfold over a specific period of time and is instead based on the coach’s or the client’s preferences. Coaching often takes place over three to 12 months but may be shorter or longer if necessary.