Counselling in Teignmouth

I am a relaxed, friendly and fully qualified integrative counsellor, working from my private practice in Paignton, Devon. I understand the importance of a comfortable, safe space for clients to share and I can draw on my extensive integrative training to tailor the sessions to meet your needs. Whilst the present moment is key to change, I understand how the past can impact the present, as can concerns about the future. It can be hard to learn, but it is often harder to unlearn.

My work deals universally with the reduction of suffering, your suffering. Specifically this may include Depression, Anxiety, Low Mood, Loss of purpose, Grief, Relationship issues, managing change and family problems. Often we can be lost in our thinking and we can swing, like a pendulum, between worries of the past and anxieties of the future, never really pausing to be present now. This is normal, we all have these times. However sometimes, some of us get stuck in these places and need some guidance to bring us into balance and offer us support,at difficult times in our lives.

Maybe there is a specific event you are aware of, or thoughts & feelings are overwhelming for no known reason. Perhaps you've not been feeling yourself or maybe something has always been missing. Together, we can explore the feelings, thoughts & relational patterns that have been causing you distress. I can support you to gain a deeper understanding of the effects of past experiences & how these may impact your struggles in the present. I hope to encourage self-acceptance as a good enough person, quietening the inner critic & bringing compassion to the relationship you have with yourself & transforming your relationship with others.

It can be really difficult to know how to change things when you feel like a failure. When you feel stuck due to indecision or don’t know how to feel happier your relationships, you can feel lost and alone. Counselling helps you understand what you need and helps you believe you matter enough to try and find it. Do often feel ‘not good enough’, or that something needs to change but not know how? Do you struggle with indecision, second-guessing yourself, worrying if you made the right decision? By showing yourself some compassion and understanding, counselling helps you stop feeling guilty and unsure and feel in control of your life.

I offer psychoanalysis in central Exeter for people who are looking for a space to speak. Contemporary life poses particular challenges to us all; over the course of our lives we are subject to upheaval, loss and chaos. We might feel lost in anxiety and depression; powerless rage hardens us and makes us cynical, dissociation and denial diminish our connections with the world and our own aliveness. Entering into psychoanalysis marks an intention to change your life. Whatever your history, whatever wounds you carry, starting an analysis is an act of radical hope that life could be different.

Have you ever felt you have been really listened to? It can be really difficult to take the first step and ask for help but once you take that step, a journey of growth and new potential can begin. I will listen to you without judgement and with empathy and together we will create a space where you can speak openly and honestly about how you feel and unburden yourself of all those things going round in your head.