Addiction Counselling in Wantage
I work with a range of mental health problems and I have a specialism in treating eating disorders and addictive behaviours, including substance misuse.
I am an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist, and a British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist. I have over 25 years experience of working in mental health settings. In my practice, I provide a safe, confidential and collaborative space for clients to explore their difficulties and find solutions to their problems.
I work with a range of mental health problems and I have a specialism in treating eating disorders and addictive behaviours, including substance misuse.
I am an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist, and a British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist. I have over 25 years experience of working in mental health settings. In my practice, I provide a safe, confidential and collaborative space for clients to explore their difficulties and find solutions to their problems.
Hi, I’m Isobel - a warm, direct and down-to-earth therapist offering a space where you can feel truly heard.
I work with both individuals and couples, supporting people through a wide range of challenges — including anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, trauma, and self-defeating patterns.
I'm also experienced working with neurodivergent clients, including those with ADHD, autism, or traits. Whether you’re exploring a recent diagnosis, struggling with masking, burnout, or executive functioning, therapy can help you make sense of your experience and develop more self-compassion and clarity.
Hi, I’m Isobel - a warm, direct and down-to-earth therapist offering a space where you can feel truly heard.
I work with both individuals and couples, supporting people through a wide range of challenges — including anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, trauma, and self-defeating patterns.
I'm also experienced working with neurodivergent clients, including those with ADHD, autism, or traits. Whether you’re exploring a recent diagnosis, struggling with masking, burnout, or executive functioning, therapy can help you make sense of your experience and develop more self-compassion and clarity.
I am a thoughtful, passionate and committed therapist with experience of working with both adults and young people. My work with families within the local community, in educational settings and for an affordable counselling charity have given me exposure to a variety of different issues. I understand that life can sometimes seem overwhelming and having the ability to listen in a non judgmental and accepting way is paramount.
I am a thoughtful, passionate and committed therapist with experience of working with both adults and young people. My work with families within the local community, in educational settings and for an affordable counselling charity have given me exposure to a variety of different issues. I understand that life can sometimes seem overwhelming and having the ability to listen in a non judgmental and accepting way is paramount.
Hello and welcome. How can I help support you? It can be difficult to express our feelings or make sense of what is happening to us. Enabling ourselves to be truly heard is important so that we might explore our difficulties. You may feel that a change is needed. Perhaps you struggle with unhelpful patterns or have difficulty setting boundaries for yourself. Do you replay events, wishing that you had done things differently? Perhaps a past trauma is haunting you. Navigating our challenges can make us feel out of control, lost and frustrated. By working together we can heal, build strength and resilience and feel more fulfilled.
Hello and welcome. How can I help support you? It can be difficult to express our feelings or make sense of what is happening to us. Enabling ourselves to be truly heard is important so that we might explore our difficulties. You may feel that a change is needed. Perhaps you struggle with unhelpful patterns or have difficulty setting boundaries for yourself. Do you replay events, wishing that you had done things differently? Perhaps a past trauma is haunting you. Navigating our challenges can make us feel out of control, lost and frustrated. By working together we can heal, build strength and resilience and feel more fulfilled.
Conflicts often follow a familiar, repetitive pattern even though the content may change. In relationship therapy, we can identify the strategies that you're using in conflict, the needs you hope those strategies will meet, the ways in which those strategies might be counterproductive, and how you can do things differently.
I offer Internal Family Systems informed therapy for partners and other pairs including siblings, friends, and family members. I welcome people in non-normative relationships such as queerplatonic relationships.
Conflicts often follow a familiar, repetitive pattern even though the content may change. In relationship therapy, we can identify the strategies that you're using in conflict, the needs you hope those strategies will meet, the ways in which those strategies might be counterproductive, and how you can do things differently.
I offer Internal Family Systems informed therapy for partners and other pairs including siblings, friends, and family members. I welcome people in non-normative relationships such as queerplatonic relationships.
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Life can be difficult at times. We can feel depressed, anxious, stressed, worried or unable to cope. This can impact on all aspects of our lives; personal and professional. Sometimes all a client needs is someone to really listen to them and to accept what they are saying in a non-judgemental way. Therapy comes in all different shapes and sizes and I believe the mode of therapy should fit the client, we are all individuals after all. I put you, the client at the centre of the work and believe that together we can work collaboratively to help you mange your life more happily and successfully.
Life can be difficult at times. We can feel depressed, anxious, stressed, worried or unable to cope. This can impact on all aspects of our lives; personal and professional. Sometimes all a client needs is someone to really listen to them and to accept what they are saying in a non-judgemental way. Therapy comes in all different shapes and sizes and I believe the mode of therapy should fit the client, we are all individuals after all. I put you, the client at the centre of the work and believe that together we can work collaboratively to help you mange your life more happily and successfully.
Contact me if you are looking for a safe person with whom you can explore matters that are important to you; this may include relationships, emotions, thoughts that concern you, or blocks you feel. The focus of our work would be you and your life. You may have goals you wish to achieve or feel hopeless and stuck. Whatever your concerns, our work may entail looking at the past or taking a more solution-focused approach. My approach assumes that the quality of our meeting is more important than any technique or theory I use and that different issues have meanings particular to the individual. Open communication is the key.
Contact me if you are looking for a safe person with whom you can explore matters that are important to you; this may include relationships, emotions, thoughts that concern you, or blocks you feel. The focus of our work would be you and your life. You may have goals you wish to achieve or feel hopeless and stuck. Whatever your concerns, our work may entail looking at the past or taking a more solution-focused approach. My approach assumes that the quality of our meeting is more important than any technique or theory I use and that different issues have meanings particular to the individual. Open communication is the key.
My work in-person or online, includes neuro-diversity, autism (A.S.D) ADHD, pornography, addiction, music therapy, film, survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, trauma, fetal loss, grief and bereavement.
Counselling and supervision with a free initial half-hour assessment in-person or online session, in a dedicated private room.
Counselling gives you the opportunity to understand your current challenges and explore ways to overcome them in a confidential space where the agenda and pace is driven by you.
This may include solution focused integrative or pluralistic counselling that suit you.
I work with adults and children, with longer sessions available for relationship, couples and family work.
My work in-person or online, includes neuro-diversity, autism (A.S.D) ADHD, pornography, addiction, music therapy, film, survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, trauma, fetal loss, grief and bereavement.
Counselling and supervision with a free initial half-hour assessment in-person or online session, in a dedicated private room.
Counselling gives you the opportunity to understand your current challenges and explore ways to overcome them in a confidential space where the agenda and pace is driven by you.
This may include solution focused integrative or pluralistic counselling that suit you.
I work with adults and children, with longer sessions available for relationship, couples and family work.
I work with clients who may be struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationships or trauma.
Are you feeling depressed, anxious, stressed or struggling with everyday life? Perhaps you are experiencing feelings you can't quite identify? Are you looking for help with various life challenging issues/situations? Have you got to the point where you can't go on alone and need someone else to help you? Whatever you are facing, you no longer have to do this alone, I am here to provide you with relevant support and address your needs. As an integrative counsellor I am using a compilation of therapeutic methods tailored to the individual's needs and goals providing an environment for enablement and empowerment of their achievement.
I work with clients who may be struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationships or trauma.
Are you feeling depressed, anxious, stressed or struggling with everyday life? Perhaps you are experiencing feelings you can't quite identify? Are you looking for help with various life challenging issues/situations? Have you got to the point where you can't go on alone and need someone else to help you? Whatever you are facing, you no longer have to do this alone, I am here to provide you with relevant support and address your needs. As an integrative counsellor I am using a compilation of therapeutic methods tailored to the individual's needs and goals providing an environment for enablement and empowerment of their achievement.
My specialities are addiction and Stoma surgery support.
I have experience working in the NHS, charities and private treatment centres. I currently work part time for Priory Group. I work online & face to face. I am a registered member of the BACP and NCPS and am guided by their framework. As an Intergrative Therapist, I use different models, personalizing programmes to suit my clients. Plus mindfulness and EFT.
My specialities are addiction and Stoma surgery support.
I have experience working in the NHS, charities and private treatment centres. I currently work part time for Priory Group. I work online & face to face. I am a registered member of the BACP and NCPS and am guided by their framework. As an Intergrative Therapist, I use different models, personalizing programmes to suit my clients. Plus mindfulness and EFT.
Many of the people I work with have spent years coping quietly while privately struggling with anxiety, depression, overwhelm, relationship difficulties, addiction, or harsh self-criticism.
I offer relational, Humanistic and TA-informed counselling for adults and young people experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, addiction, emotional overwhelm and neurodivergence. Together, we can explore patterns, emotions and experiences that may be keeping you stuck and work towards meaningful change.
Many of the people I work with have spent years coping quietly while privately struggling with anxiety, depression, overwhelm, relationship difficulties, addiction, or harsh self-criticism.
I offer relational, Humanistic and TA-informed counselling for adults and young people experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, addiction, emotional overwhelm and neurodivergence. Together, we can explore patterns, emotions and experiences that may be keeping you stuck and work towards meaningful change.
Depression, all anxieties, OCD, trauma, substance-misuse, trichotillomania/BFRBs, trust issues, personality issues, fear, and anything else you bring to therapy.
You are the expert on yourself an only you can decide what might work for you. We will form a plan together, perhaps over the course of two to three sessions, of how we can proceed, and what we collaboratively believe is going on for you. You will find my practice is based on a humanistic, integrative, pluralistic blending of possibilities from several frameworks, including CBT, Gestalt, Compassion Focused Therapy, ideas from psychodynamic practice, with a person-centred, humanistic core.
Depression, all anxieties, OCD, trauma, substance-misuse, trichotillomania/BFRBs, trust issues, personality issues, fear, and anything else you bring to therapy.
You are the expert on yourself an only you can decide what might work for you. We will form a plan together, perhaps over the course of two to three sessions, of how we can proceed, and what we collaboratively believe is going on for you. You will find my practice is based on a humanistic, integrative, pluralistic blending of possibilities from several frameworks, including CBT, Gestalt, Compassion Focused Therapy, ideas from psychodynamic practice, with a person-centred, humanistic core.
I have supported adults living with grief and loss, worked with those struggling with addiction and those navigating major life changes.
I re-trained later in life, having been a teacher for 25 years, supporting teenagers and their families through life’s ups and downs. I have a special interest in working with neurodivergent clients who may be struggling at school, with friends or in the workplace. I have supported clients (and their parents) with school-based anxiety.
I have supported adults living with grief and loss, worked with those struggling with addiction and those navigating major life changes.
I re-trained later in life, having been a teacher for 25 years, supporting teenagers and their families through life’s ups and downs. I have a special interest in working with neurodivergent clients who may be struggling at school, with friends or in the workplace. I have supported clients (and their parents) with school-based anxiety.
My specialist areas are working with Addiction recovery and Relationships .
There are times when we need to reach out for help. When stuck and going around in circles we need something to change. My personal and professional experience in Residential Treatment and Relationship Counselling has allowed me to work with a variety of people and their concerns . Here I witness that change is possible and patterns of behaviour can change
My specialist areas are working with Addiction recovery and Relationships .
There are times when we need to reach out for help. When stuck and going around in circles we need something to change. My personal and professional experience in Residential Treatment and Relationship Counselling has allowed me to work with a variety of people and their concerns . Here I witness that change is possible and patterns of behaviour can change
When you are feeling overwhelmed by difficult past or present experiences, thoughts and feelings talking to someone who will listen can help. Are you feeling alone in this? you don't have to. I offer a confidential, empathic and non-judgemental space in which together we can explore what is causing your distress and a way forward at your pace. Whilst fostering clarity and self-awareness, I bring a warm, calm and compassionate approach to my work in which my client feels supported and empowered. I have a passionate belief in the human capacity for change and growth and in the power of therapy to nurture this for my clients.
When you are feeling overwhelmed by difficult past or present experiences, thoughts and feelings talking to someone who will listen can help. Are you feeling alone in this? you don't have to. I offer a confidential, empathic and non-judgemental space in which together we can explore what is causing your distress and a way forward at your pace. Whilst fostering clarity and self-awareness, I bring a warm, calm and compassionate approach to my work in which my client feels supported and empowered. I have a passionate belief in the human capacity for change and growth and in the power of therapy to nurture this for my clients.
I support young adults and adults feeling stuck or overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, addiction, or past trauma.
Understanding the ‘Why’ – Exploring deeper patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to uncover what drives your struggles.
Managing the ‘Now’ – Practical tools to regulate emotions, manage stress, and cope with overwhelm.
A Safe Space – I offer a consistent anchor where you can stop “holding it together” and allow yourself to simply exist.
I support young adults and adults feeling stuck or overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, addiction, or past trauma.
Understanding the ‘Why’ – Exploring deeper patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to uncover what drives your struggles.
Managing the ‘Now’ – Practical tools to regulate emotions, manage stress, and cope with overwhelm.
A Safe Space – I offer a consistent anchor where you can stop “holding it together” and allow yourself to simply exist.
In a world where we are more connected than ever before, do you often find yourself feeling lonely? Do you ever feel restless, knowing something doesn’t quite feel right, but you’re not sure what the problem is? Maybe you know that an issue is affecting your life, but you don’t know where to begin in resolving it. If any of this sounds familiar, then together we'll look to identify the feelings, beliefs and memories that are specific to you, and find ways you can respond to these leaving you feeling calm, self-compassionate and more resolved.
In a world where we are more connected than ever before, do you often find yourself feeling lonely? Do you ever feel restless, knowing something doesn’t quite feel right, but you’re not sure what the problem is? Maybe you know that an issue is affecting your life, but you don’t know where to begin in resolving it. If any of this sounds familiar, then together we'll look to identify the feelings, beliefs and memories that are specific to you, and find ways you can respond to these leaving you feeling calm, self-compassionate and more resolved.
Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed by loss, or struggling with, anxiety, depression, shame, relationships or addiction?
My initial training was in person-centred counselling, followed by training in addiction psychology, integrative psychotherapy, psychoanalytic studies, couples counselling, and European philosophy. I hold these approaches lightly, allowing me to listen openly and respond to each person as an individual, rather than being bound by any one way of thinking.
Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed by loss, or struggling with, anxiety, depression, shame, relationships or addiction?
My initial training was in person-centred counselling, followed by training in addiction psychology, integrative psychotherapy, psychoanalytic studies, couples counselling, and European philosophy. I hold these approaches lightly, allowing me to listen openly and respond to each person as an individual, rather than being bound by any one way of thinking.
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I am an IFS (internal family systems) psychotherapist specialising in Trauma, addictions and eating disorders.
That care and compassion you can show to others you will be able shine on the wounded or managing parts of of you that you have pushed down and away, healing them and allowing them to be free.
You will always be in control of our sessions and my only wish is that you feel safe enough to share what you want when you feel ready to.
Our first meeting is free
Hi
I am an IFS (internal family systems) psychotherapist specialising in Trauma, addictions and eating disorders.
That care and compassion you can show to others you will be able shine on the wounded or managing parts of of you that you have pushed down and away, healing them and allowing them to be free.
You will always be in control of our sessions and my only wish is that you feel safe enough to share what you want when you feel ready to.
Our first meeting is free
I work with a wide range of people and life issues including: feeling stuck, life transitions, depression, anxiety, bereavement, work-related stress, relationship difficulties, personality disorders, trauma, addictions and many others.
I am a HCPC registered Counselling Psychologist, a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society, and an integrative psychotherapist. I use psychodynamic, humanistic and developmental theories, current psychology research and neuro-science. This enables me to offer an effective therapeutic relationship based on your individual needs and personality.
I work with a wide range of people and life issues including: feeling stuck, life transitions, depression, anxiety, bereavement, work-related stress, relationship difficulties, personality disorders, trauma, addictions and many others.
I am a HCPC registered Counselling Psychologist, a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society, and an integrative psychotherapist. I use psychodynamic, humanistic and developmental theories, current psychology research and neuro-science. This enables me to offer an effective therapeutic relationship based on your individual needs and personality.
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What is the best therapy for addiction?
Addiction treatment will be tailored to the individual. People seeking help for addiction—whether with a psychotherapist, in an outpatient clinic, or in a residential program—should expect to engage in multiple types of treatments, sometimes including medication. For anyone recovering from addiction, avoiding situations in which one has typically used a substance is essential, as is the support of close connections. Since substance use disorders tend to co-occur with underlying mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression, those must also be addressed as part of any recovery plan.
How long does therapy for addiction take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from addiction. Patients and their families should expect the work to last several months, if not longer. Residential treatment programs may be based on a stay of 30, 60, or 90 days, with continuing work after release, but only about 1 percent of people are treated in such facilities. Ceasing use is just the first step; therapy to help maintain abstinence and effect behavior change must follow. The process of recovery, neuroscience has shown, involves brain cells recovering the capacity to respond to natural sources of reward and restore control over the impulse to use. Another definition of recovery is restoring voluntary control over one’s substance use and retaking all of one’s previous responsibilities.
How effective is drug addiction treatment?
Substance use disorders are treatable and remission is achievable for many who seek recovery; by some estimates, more than three-quarters of people who become addicted to alcohol or drugs recover. But that success rarely occurs quickly or on a set timeline; relapse is not only common, but many therapists and clinicians view it as a normal part of the process—not always a sign that a person has returned to addiction, but a signal that their treatment should be adjusted to help them regain control. Overall, research suggests, five years after the end of substance use, one’s risk of relapse is no greater than that of others who had not faced addiction. Other experts believe that complete abstinence is not the only measure of recovery, and that, through effective treatment, many people can learn to control their use.
How can you get addiction treatment for someone?
The most important factor in recovery from addiction is widely understood to be an individual’s commitment to change. For that reason,“interventions” in which friends and family gather to urge or force someone to begin immediate treatment often backfire; even when such efforts do lead someone to begin treatment, they may be less likely to stay than those who are self-driven. Still, family members can play an important role in supporting an individual who seeks help and can take part in family therapy as one element of a loved one’s treatment.