Female Counselling in Grantchester, ENG

Hi, I am Roberta, a psychologist providing psychological support to individuals and couples dealing with emotional distress, self-esteem issues, relationship problems, and infertility treatments. My goal is to offer professional guidance to those seeking coping strategies, healthier relationships, and a positive self-image. I have worked with hundreds of individuals and couples navigating significant life transitions, including infertility treatments, medically assisted reproduction (e.g., IVF, donor conception), pregnancy, and the transition to parenthood during my Ph.D. completion in a hospital.

Everyone comes to counselling with different ideas about what they want to achieve. It may be you are looking for help with a specific problem or perhaps simply want to talk to someone. I offer counselling for a wide range of problems which we can explore together in a safe and confidential space. I am currently offering in-person sessions in central Cambridge and on-line sessions.

I provide counselling and therapy for individuals and couples on an open-ended basis, with the aim of enabling you to find the inner resources to enhance your life and to live it more fully. I offer a soulful perspective in a safe space where hopefully you will feel comfortable to talk, in particularly about things that may have been difficult to express until now, without any fear of judgement. People have sough my help in the past for a wide variety of reasons, including: feeling depressed, flat, anxious, isolated, panic attacks. Relationships issues. Bereavement, including the loss of a child. Feelings related to trauma, etc.

Underpinning psychoanalytic psychotherapy is a vast body of work that began with Freud, but the theory doesn't have an overt presence in the room. Psychotherapy in practice is more a process of discovery for both therapist and client. It can be challenging, exciting, frightening – even funny - as we both try to better understand the circumstances and patterns that have brought you to therapy. It's a good idea to have a no-obligation free session, to see what it's like.

I work with people presenting with a variety of difficulties including stress, relationship difficulties, anger, depression, anxiety, PTSD, CPTSD & low self-esteem. All of these interfere with our ability to solve problems and express our potential. They limit our ability to enjoy our life fully. I use modalities such as Transactional Analysis & Internal Family Systems along with other effective interventions to empower you and help you heal and live your life more fully.  I work in a transparent way with you. My focus is on supporting you to achieve what you want to achieve and on creating maximum value for you going forward.

As a BABCP accredited CBT Therapist I have worked in various NHS and private settings: Anxiety, Depression, Panic, OCD, PTSD, Trauma, Perfectionism, Worry and Low Self Esteem are difficulties I regularly work with. Cultural sensitivity and diversity is important, including: Physical Health, LGBTQIA+, Ethnicity, Religion & other differences. I work with adults, young people and facilitate CBT groups (recently for social anxiety and also substance misuse). I'm open-minded, friendly, warm and approachable. I will help you learn useful strategies, tools and techniques; alongside providing space to process & understand yourself better

I love helping people and finding solutions to things, which is why I became a therapist over 25 years ago and developed my practice to include coaching and supervision. I am an experienced therapist with a warm, caring, open and direct approach. I have an active, therapeutic practice focusing on solutions and strategies to understand and address personal issues and problems. I have a global outlook having worked with with people from all backgrounds and nationalities and lived in different countries. I provide a safe, confidential space to explore your life and what you need moving forward.

I offer a space which is safe and non-judgemental where we can explore together what is happening with you and in your life that has left you feeling anxious, depressed, sad, low in self-esteem, empty or distressed and not knowing why. Through working together we will try to understand how these feelings are manifesting in your life - be it through addiction, social anxiety, eating disorders, discomfort in your body image, destructive relationships. I am a passionate practitioner of EMDR (Eye movement desensitization reprocessing), a cutting-edge and clinically proven psychotherapeutic technique for treatment of PTSD.

If you are experiencing anxiety, depression, low mood, relationship issues, anger, grief or want to process unresolved trauma from your childhood I have experience of working with all of these and together we can explore in a safe, accepting and non-judgemental space. I will seek to create a strong therapeutic relationship which will allow you the safety and trust you need to unpick and understand your current situation, patterns and relationships and work towards building stronger foundations.

Couples and individuals are welcome. Perhaps you lack self-esteem, self-worth or have never felt good enough. Does life have little meaning and you don’t understand why? Maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed, not knowing who you really are. We will work together, in a safe and confidential space to explore what has made you, you, and how things might have to change to get you to where you want to be. This can be on a practical, emotional or spiritual level - or any combination. Together, let’s remove the fear and help you move forward to reach your potential and a sense of finally being ‘good enough'. The ‘true you’. Are you ready?

Is anxiety taking pleasure out of your life? Finding it difficult to believe in yourself again? Life seems overwhelming? I assist you in unravelling your troubles. Through honest dialogue, I will provide you with a reliable, meaningful, supportive and ethically confidential relationship. There are several contrasting approaches in the counselling/therapy field where I integrate powerful ideas from most of them in order to meet your needs.

I'm a fully accredited counsellor for individuals and couples, supervisor and group therapist. I'm non-judgemental, empathetic and approachable. I don't have an ideal client, we are all special and unique. I work with people from all walks of life, regardless of sexuality, sexual orientation, gender, culture, race, age or religion. We will look at what you would like to achieve and working towards improving it together. I am here to help to make your life better, you chose what to work on and we work together to get you there.

Do you feel frightened that your world might fall apart if you look at your sexuality or gender? Maybe you have thoughts going round and round in your head, and feel like you’ve lost track of perspective. Maybe you: don't like sex/like sex 'too much' /wrong kind of sex? Your gender doesn't fit with other people's idea of you. You may feel you are betraying your family or culture by expressing yourself. You may believe that what’s inside you is too shocking, or wrong or too much for the people around you. You may feel like there’s no-one you can talk to, which can be very isolating.

As a Psychotherapist with over 15 years of clinical experience I draw primarily on Humanistic and Psychoanalytical theories. My experience working with a diverse client group, has provided me with a vast experience of different presenting issues. For the past 8 years I have been a staff counsellor for Cambridge University seeing clients including academics and researchers.