Female Counsellors in Welwyn Garden City

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Amy LANGSHAW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
It takes strength and courage to reach out for help, but it can be confusing which profession to go with. Contact me to arrange a free 15 minute discovery call to see if CBT is the right fit for you. I specialise in anxiety disorders, working with adults creating short term goals for long term mental well-being. I also work with parents experiencing anxiety, overwhelming worries, panic, OCD, intrusive thoughts, social or health anxiety. Working together, we can explore unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and develop positive coping strategies.
It takes strength and courage to reach out for help, but it can be confusing which profession to go with. Contact me to arrange a free 15 minute discovery call to see if CBT is the right fit for you. I specialise in anxiety disorders, working with adults creating short term goals for long term mental well-being. I also work with parents experiencing anxiety, overwhelming worries, panic, OCD, intrusive thoughts, social or health anxiety. Working together, we can explore unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and develop positive coping strategies.
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Judy Khoury
Counsellor, MA, MBACP
Online Only
Welcome to your safe space for Healing and Self-Discovery. Life has a way of bringing old wounds to the surface, often in ways we don’t recognise at first. The patterns we repeat in relationships, the emotions that feel overwhelming, and the deep need for control can all be traced back to experiences from our past.
Welcome to your safe space for Healing and Self-Discovery. Life has a way of bringing old wounds to the surface, often in ways we don’t recognise at first. The patterns we repeat in relationships, the emotions that feel overwhelming, and the deep need for control can all be traced back to experiences from our past.
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Tracey Jean Sterling
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
Online Only
I believe that one size does not fit all! It can be tricky trying to find a therapy that is suited to you and your needs. As a pluralistic psychotherapist counsellor we will devise your own tailor made therapy plan together one of which is not stuck in stone and will flow and meet you where you are with all the best bits of a range of styles. Everything we do in our lives is connected to past or future experience and it is helpful to recognise what that upset is. Together we can work at your pace to bring back or introduce equilibrium to your life.
I believe that one size does not fit all! It can be tricky trying to find a therapy that is suited to you and your needs. As a pluralistic psychotherapist counsellor we will devise your own tailor made therapy plan together one of which is not stuck in stone and will flow and meet you where you are with all the best bits of a range of styles. Everything we do in our lives is connected to past or future experience and it is helpful to recognise what that upset is. Together we can work at your pace to bring back or introduce equilibrium to your life.
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CleoGatha Counselling and Psychotherapy Services
Psychotherapist, DCounsPsych, MNCPS Acc.
1 Endorsed
I am an empathetic psychotherapist who is passionate about supporting people with most mental health issues including g anxiety, depression, self esteem, confidence, suicidal ideation , self harm, eating disorder, panic attacks and phobias. Children always suffer from bullying in school and on social media as well as having friendship issues. I follow an integrative approach to counselling with an emphasis on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Person Centred Approach (Humanistic) and Psychodynamic Approach. The type of modality I use will depend on the issue presented. As a counsellor, I do not offer advice or talk about my experience.
I am an empathetic psychotherapist who is passionate about supporting people with most mental health issues including g anxiety, depression, self esteem, confidence, suicidal ideation , self harm, eating disorder, panic attacks and phobias. Children always suffer from bullying in school and on social media as well as having friendship issues. I follow an integrative approach to counselling with an emphasis on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Person Centred Approach (Humanistic) and Psychodynamic Approach. The type of modality I use will depend on the issue presented. As a counsellor, I do not offer advice or talk about my experience.
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Mariette Bothma
Psychologist, MSc, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
Do you struggle with your emotions? Or are you struggling in your relationships, whether this is at work, or in your personal life? Or maybe you have experienced a trauma that you have not worked through? Or perhaps you suffer from depression or an anxiety disorder? I offer a safe and compassionate space, where you can contemplate all of these difficulties and reach a deeper understanding of yourself, as well as develop strategies to manage your difficulties. In working with me, you will also be helped to feel more anchored to your values and how you want to show up in your life.
Do you struggle with your emotions? Or are you struggling in your relationships, whether this is at work, or in your personal life? Or maybe you have experienced a trauma that you have not worked through? Or perhaps you suffer from depression or an anxiety disorder? I offer a safe and compassionate space, where you can contemplate all of these difficulties and reach a deeper understanding of yourself, as well as develop strategies to manage your difficulties. In working with me, you will also be helped to feel more anchored to your values and how you want to show up in your life.
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Seen with Suki
Counsellor, BACP
In a world that boasts unprecedented connectivity, it's even easier to feel unseen Modern life can be a thrilling ride, yet it can also be a source of exhaustion, filled with choices, expectations, and relationships that bring about conflict and pressure. Navigating this landscape while maintaining inner peace is indeed a significant challenge. As a dedicated member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I am here to offer compassion and space to those seeking well-being. Drawing from my experience as a Registered Midwife, Emergency Services Counsellor and Children/ Young person's MH Practitioner.
In a world that boasts unprecedented connectivity, it's even easier to feel unseen Modern life can be a thrilling ride, yet it can also be a source of exhaustion, filled with choices, expectations, and relationships that bring about conflict and pressure. Navigating this landscape while maintaining inner peace is indeed a significant challenge. As a dedicated member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I am here to offer compassion and space to those seeking well-being. Drawing from my experience as a Registered Midwife, Emergency Services Counsellor and Children/ Young person's MH Practitioner.
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Sarah Buxton
Counsellor, BACP
1 Endorsed
My counselling practice offers a calm supportive space to help you navigate life's challenges with clarity and strength. I don't have any preconceived ideas about our therapy - I work with what you bring. I will help raise your awareness of where and how you feel stuck. Together we can find a way to help you move forward with confidence. I won't tell you what to do. I won't judge you. I really understand that life is difficult at times. Given that you are reading this now it's likely that life feels difficult at the moment. It takes courage to reach out and find support and I want to honour your courage.
My counselling practice offers a calm supportive space to help you navigate life's challenges with clarity and strength. I don't have any preconceived ideas about our therapy - I work with what you bring. I will help raise your awareness of where and how you feel stuck. Together we can find a way to help you move forward with confidence. I won't tell you what to do. I won't judge you. I really understand that life is difficult at times. Given that you are reading this now it's likely that life feels difficult at the moment. It takes courage to reach out and find support and I want to honour your courage.
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Lisa Claire Rodger
Psychotherapist, PNCPS Acc.
3 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
We all experience challenges and difficult times in our lives. Do you feel like nobody understands you or knows what you are going through? It can feel isolating and lonely. But you are not alone! I am an experienced and qualified therapist, providing a safe space where together we can explore what is troubling you and make sense of it - giving you the time and space to reflect on your needs. I can help you to recognise what strengthens you and what weakens you, enabling you to make positive changes. I encourage self-compassion and self-reflection; the most important relationship you will ever have is the one you have with yourself
We all experience challenges and difficult times in our lives. Do you feel like nobody understands you or knows what you are going through? It can feel isolating and lonely. But you are not alone! I am an experienced and qualified therapist, providing a safe space where together we can explore what is troubling you and make sense of it - giving you the time and space to reflect on your needs. I can help you to recognise what strengthens you and what weakens you, enabling you to make positive changes. I encourage self-compassion and self-reflection; the most important relationship you will ever have is the one you have with yourself
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Sue Adams
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
Taking the step to ask for help is often the hardest thing we do. I think as adults we feel as if we "should be able to cope" or "others have it harder" and that in some way needing help or someone to talk to in difficult times is showing a weakness. We invest time and money in keeping our bodies in shape and while that is the vehicle that gets us through our life we need to care for our other parts too. Our emotions and our relationships constantly need recognition and yet we only seek help when we reach a crisis point. So whether you are at a crisis point or struggling with anxiety, depression or a bereavement I am here to help.
Taking the step to ask for help is often the hardest thing we do. I think as adults we feel as if we "should be able to cope" or "others have it harder" and that in some way needing help or someone to talk to in difficult times is showing a weakness. We invest time and money in keeping our bodies in shape and while that is the vehicle that gets us through our life we need to care for our other parts too. Our emotions and our relationships constantly need recognition and yet we only seek help when we reach a crisis point. So whether you are at a crisis point or struggling with anxiety, depression or a bereavement I am here to help.
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Jacquie Chandler
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBABCP
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Entering therapy can be anxiety provoking in itself thus I believe a positive therapeutic relationship is essential in ensuring clients feel comfortable to talk about whats happening for them. I have a calm, non-judgemental approach, working at the clients pace.
Entering therapy can be anxiety provoking in itself thus I believe a positive therapeutic relationship is essential in ensuring clients feel comfortable to talk about whats happening for them. I have a calm, non-judgemental approach, working at the clients pace.
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Vicky Betts
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
I understand how difficult life can be sometimes and that it is not always obvious what is wrong. We can experience challenging events or relationships and not know how to navigate them. Or we can just feel lost or left wondering who we really are and what we want from life.
I understand how difficult life can be sometimes and that it is not always obvious what is wrong. We can experience challenging events or relationships and not know how to navigate them. Or we can just feel lost or left wondering who we really are and what we want from life.
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Dawn Gregory
Counsellor, BACP
Serves Area
I am a warm, friendly person and a good listener. I have a very empathic understanding and vast experiences from my own personal life. This has shaped me to be the person I am today. Things from our childhoods and certain traumas, can have us acting out behaviours that can be damaging to us. I have experience working with relationship breakdowns, alcohol addiction, depression, anxiety and self harm. I have worked with adolescents and adults of all disabilities. I've worked a great deal with confidence building and low self-esteem. I can help you recognise these behaviours and what triggers them.
I am a warm, friendly person and a good listener. I have a very empathic understanding and vast experiences from my own personal life. This has shaped me to be the person I am today. Things from our childhoods and certain traumas, can have us acting out behaviours that can be damaging to us. I have experience working with relationship breakdowns, alcohol addiction, depression, anxiety and self harm. I have worked with adolescents and adults of all disabilities. I've worked a great deal with confidence building and low self-esteem. I can help you recognise these behaviours and what triggers them.
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Alison Matthews
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
Are you feeling out of balance or unsure why you're struggling with anxiety, low mood, anger, or low self-esteem? You may be coping with a loss, a relationship breakdown, a traumatic experience, or finding it difficult to communicate how you're feeling. These experiences can leave you feeling alone, overwhelmed or confused - and seeking support can be an important first step.
Are you feeling out of balance or unsure why you're struggling with anxiety, low mood, anger, or low self-esteem? You may be coping with a loss, a relationship breakdown, a traumatic experience, or finding it difficult to communicate how you're feeling. These experiences can leave you feeling alone, overwhelmed or confused - and seeking support can be an important first step.
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Nicky Lawson
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
I am a qualified counsellor, working in Hertford as well as online, offering therapy for individuals who may feel they have come to a crossroads in their lives. I acknowledge the courage it takes to take these first steps into a journey of self-exploration. I can offer genuine, heartfelt understanding, as well as support to explore a wide range of life's challenges including: stress and anxiety, family challenges, domestic abuse, neurodivergence and addiction.
I am a qualified counsellor, working in Hertford as well as online, offering therapy for individuals who may feel they have come to a crossroads in their lives. I acknowledge the courage it takes to take these first steps into a journey of self-exploration. I can offer genuine, heartfelt understanding, as well as support to explore a wide range of life's challenges including: stress and anxiety, family challenges, domestic abuse, neurodivergence and addiction.
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Loraine Rawson
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
I am currently able to work face to face, via skype or phone for individuals or couples. You may be concerned about your relationships, sad about the past or just want to look forward to your future.You may want to feel that you can live a happier life. You may be fed up with finding yourself in the same situation over and over again. You may want to be able to better able to listen to yourself and others. We can look at these troubling issues together and find greater peace with them over time, in order to find yourself in a happier life.
I am currently able to work face to face, via skype or phone for individuals or couples. You may be concerned about your relationships, sad about the past or just want to look forward to your future.You may want to feel that you can live a happier life. You may be fed up with finding yourself in the same situation over and over again. You may want to be able to better able to listen to yourself and others. We can look at these troubling issues together and find greater peace with them over time, in order to find yourself in a happier life.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, Arti Hughes
Psychotherapist, MBABCP
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
My team and I have the BEST google rated psychology practice in Hertfordshire! We have successfully helped 100’s of clients. I am a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural therapist and Accredited Interpersonal Practitioner. We are friendly & professional practice. We treat Depression, Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Intrusive thoughts, Social anxiety, Panic attacks, Phobias, Excessive worry/ overwhelmed with anxiety, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Health anxiety, Perfectionism, Body dysmorphic disorders (BDD), Eating disorders, Phobias, Agoraphobia, Low self-confidence, & LTC’s. Call now for a free phone consultation!
My team and I have the BEST google rated psychology practice in Hertfordshire! We have successfully helped 100’s of clients. I am a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural therapist and Accredited Interpersonal Practitioner. We are friendly & professional practice. We treat Depression, Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Intrusive thoughts, Social anxiety, Panic attacks, Phobias, Excessive worry/ overwhelmed with anxiety, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Health anxiety, Perfectionism, Body dysmorphic disorders (BDD), Eating disorders, Phobias, Agoraphobia, Low self-confidence, & LTC’s. Call now for a free phone consultation!
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Carole Anne Heselton
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
I work with women at transitional stages in life: leaving home, becoming a parent or empty nester, changing career or retiring, living with illness or disability, experiencing bereavement or the end of a relationship. You might feel that you don’t know yourself any more, that you are overwhelmed, filled with anxiety for the future. A major life event might have smashed to pieces the world you thought you knew. Your sleep is affected, you no longer feel joy, hope, peace or security. Life changes can leave us feeling lost, frightened, and struggling. I know how hard it is when we no longer know who we are or see the way forward.
I work with women at transitional stages in life: leaving home, becoming a parent or empty nester, changing career or retiring, living with illness or disability, experiencing bereavement or the end of a relationship. You might feel that you don’t know yourself any more, that you are overwhelmed, filled with anxiety for the future. A major life event might have smashed to pieces the world you thought you knew. Your sleep is affected, you no longer feel joy, hope, peace or security. Life changes can leave us feeling lost, frightened, and struggling. I know how hard it is when we no longer know who we are or see the way forward.
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Jo Gibson
Psychotherapist, MBACP
Serves Area
I am a post graduate qualified BACP registered Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor with fifteen years experience. I work using the internal Family Systems and Intimacy from the Inside Out models, with a Humanist and Somatic core training. I work with many different life challenges, and over the years have specialised in trauma, complex trauma, relational trauma and shame. Supporting you to process what has happened to you and move on from your past to live your life fully. I work face to face or online with individuals, couples and groups.
I am a post graduate qualified BACP registered Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor with fifteen years experience. I work using the internal Family Systems and Intimacy from the Inside Out models, with a Humanist and Somatic core training. I work with many different life challenges, and over the years have specialised in trauma, complex trauma, relational trauma and shame. Supporting you to process what has happened to you and move on from your past to live your life fully. I work face to face or online with individuals, couples and groups.
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Alison Ryan
Psychologist, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Are you feeling anxious, overwhelmed, miserable or unable to live the life you want? It can be difficult to make positive changes sometimes. You know you would like things to be different, but it's hard to know where to start. I offer a warm, compassionate, and open approach to understand what you would like to be different. and what is keeping things stuck. Working together with you, I use a range of evidence based approaches to help you move forwards in living the life you want.
Are you feeling anxious, overwhelmed, miserable or unable to live the life you want? It can be difficult to make positive changes sometimes. You know you would like things to be different, but it's hard to know where to start. I offer a warm, compassionate, and open approach to understand what you would like to be different. and what is keeping things stuck. Working together with you, I use a range of evidence based approaches to help you move forwards in living the life you want.
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Julia Hatch
Psychotherapist, MBACP
Serves Area
If you’re investigating psychotherapists right now, it’s likely something in your life isn’t working. It may be that you’re struggling with feelings of depression, anxiety or low self-esteem. Perhaps you’re having difficulties in your relationships, or your work is not fulfilling you. You might be carrying painful memories from the past that you’re unable to let go of and these experiences are now preventing you from leading the life you wish for yourself. Perhaps your coping mechanisms are not working or have become destructive, or maybe you feel there is something more to life, but you don't know what that something is.
If you’re investigating psychotherapists right now, it’s likely something in your life isn’t working. It may be that you’re struggling with feelings of depression, anxiety or low self-esteem. Perhaps you’re having difficulties in your relationships, or your work is not fulfilling you. You might be carrying painful memories from the past that you’re unable to let go of and these experiences are now preventing you from leading the life you wish for yourself. Perhaps your coping mechanisms are not working or have become destructive, or maybe you feel there is something more to life, but you don't know what that something is.
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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.