Counselling in HP11

Some of the reasons my clients come to sessions with me include: • Mental health & wellbeing difficulties (depression, anxiety, confidence, self-esteem, stress). • Chronic health conditions (chronic pain, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome) • Neurodevelopmental conditions (Autism Spectrum Conditions, ADHD/ADD). • Adjustment to relationship changes and life challenges (bereavement, separation, fostering and adoption.

You might be seeking counselling to understand why you feel as you do and want to change it. You may need support with anxiety, stress, or low mood. Perhaps you have low self-esteem, or are harming yourself in some way. There may be something that is unfinished for you from your past. Or you might be finding it difficult living in the world as it is today.

Psychotherapy and Coaching are many things. Sometimes it's about coping strategies and supporting my clients through a tough time or loss, others want to change something about how they feel, think or behave, many looking to be free themselves of the past whilst some aren't sure exactly what they need, they simply feel the struggle to be happy in their life or relationships. There really is nothing too small or too big to ask for help with. You'll find I'm patient and calm by nature, have a compassionate and mature approach to helping, intuitively sense some things are really tough to talk about and whilst I will help you with ideas and tools to reduce symptoms and which can also speed up meaningful change between sessions, note: you will get to direct, manage your own destiny. I have always seen my role as supporting and guiding my clients through psychotherapy, enabling you to see for yourself and understand how your difficulties keeps you stuck and with my help how to overcome them. My aim is always for my clients to be able to leave feeling confident in knowing how to maintain their own well being long term.

Specialising in empowering women of all ages, I can help you with a wide range of issues, including: anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, physical & mental health issues, PTSD, low self-esteem, sexual abuse, addiction, loss and bereavement. I offer both short-term counselling and longer, open-ended work.

If you are finding life difficult or need help with anxiety, depression, or have low self-esteem, counselling and CBT can be very beneficial. I am able to work with you using a few different approaches according to your needs. How we will work together is something we can discuss and agree. It is so important that you feel able to trust your counsellor / therapist, and feel understood. I am ethical, non judgmental and diligent in my work. If you are needing to change how you think, feel or behave CBT is highly effective. (Gold Standard in NHS). You will learn how to be your own therapist. CBT is highly collaborative and educative.

See www.life-chance.co.uk for my COVID-19 response. I work with adults and young people from 14 to offer support for both everyday emotional wellbeing issues such as anxiety and depression and with more complex mental health issues. I also offer help with adverse life experiences including the impact of trauma and loss. I offer a private space to reflect, make sense of experiences, to be heard not judged and tools to help you feel calmer, cope better and make changes. My safe supportive approach enables exploration of your needs so you can begin to feel more resourceful, achieve greater clarity and move forward.

Are you depressed or feel deep sadness? Do you suffer with anxiety, lay awake worrying, feeling hopeless and stuck? Or are you woken by nightmares and flashbacks of past experiences? Perhaps you are holding huge resentment and anger which is all to consuming. Alongside you, I can help you explore and understand whatever is taking over your life and worrying you. Counselling will help you feel and function better, make a difference to your self esteem and confidence, in your everyday life with friends and family as well as in your workplace.

Henrique is a Jungian therapist/Counsellor member of the Health & Social Care Council with over 25 years’ experience working in the NHS (CAMHS) and in private practice. He specialises in talking therapy and the treatment of a range of clinical problems, including trauma, relationships, personality disorders, depression anxiety or worries about their life, psychosexual difficulties, or difficulties expressing feelings of anger, addiction and gender identity. Counselling helps us to understand ourselves better and to grasp what causes us to relate to ourselves and others in particular ways, some of which seem problematic & unhelpful

As a therapist, I work with clients to help them deal with issues such as depression, anxiety and invasive thoughts. I believe that society is quick to label people and say “whats wrong with you?” whereas, I believe we should be asking “What happened to you?” My clients have included survivors of childhood abuse, neglect, sexual assault and those recovering from traumatic-based experiences that have affected their current quality of life. I offer bereavement counselling to help people navigate their pain and find their own way to make sense of their loss. I recognise that, as each person is unique, so is their grieving process.