Counselling in Kingston upon Thames

I trained as a psychotherapist later in life following a previous career working with vulnerable individuals. Coupled with my now extensive psychotherapeutic training, I am a knowledgeable, conscientious and empathetic individual whom is well respected within the field.

I help people with anxiety, stress and worry (including phobias and insomnia). I understand how debilitating anxiety & worry can be - often physically and mentally draining. It can feel as if anxiety is starting to rule your life. My aim is to help you learn skills to break free from your anxiety and worry, and reclaim your life. I want to work WITH you, rather than doing therapy TO you - after all, you are the expert in you! I'm also passionate about helping you develop the skills to become your own therapist, not reliant on me or tied into long-term therapy.

Hello and welcome. I am a BACP registered therapist, fully qualified with a degree in Integrative-Relational Counselling. I also have additional training in grief and bereavement, enhancing my capacity to stand with you in times of profound loss and sadness. Working with both adults across all age spectrums and young people aged 16+, I am dedicated to provide you with a calm and secure environment where you can share, reflect and explore things that might be unsettling you.

Perhaps you need help to reduce your anxiety, depression or negative feeling about yourself. You want to build your self-confidence, to discover who you are and what you want from life. You may wish to consider relationship issues or to explore past experiences that may be impacting you now. You may need to work through your grief or loss. You may have experienced a significant life change or transition. I provide a non-judgemental, exporative and confidential space to help you to understand yourself better. Also family issues and dealing with ADHD and Autism

I provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families to help them move past painful and challenging life experiences. I believe that the relationship between the therapist and client is central to the process of change, and aim to create a therapeutic space that is caring, respectful, and contained. I always work collaboratively and draw from Eastern wisdom traditions and psychological theories and models grounded in scientific evidence.

Hello, I am Aldona. You are here so maybe it means you are thinking about counselling or psychotherapy. Investing in mental health is as important as physical. Anybody can benefit from therapy no matter what age or gender you are. It can be very rewarding because it helps you be the person you want to be. In these times of uncertainty, uneasy economic and political situation; isolation, bereavement and also historic emotional issues could be experienced more frequently and intensively. Difficulties experienced for a prolonged time can lead to somatic problems. “A good life is a process, not a state of being" (Carl Rogers)

You come with a desire to develop positive coping strategies, enhance resilience, and cultivate a deeper understanding of yourself and how you navigate life's challenges, and wish to gain insight into patterns of behaviours and to foster healthier relationships. Ultimately, you aspire to achieve a sense of fulfilment and a more authentic connection with yourself and others in your life.

I offer a safe space to explore what is going on for you in a confidential and nonjudgemental environment. Counselling can help by assisting you to have more awareness of yourself and your situation, giving you more power and choice in your life. I work with a variety of emotional issues including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, stress, sexual abuse, bereavement, life transitions and relationship issues.

I provide individual counselling for a range of issues both face to face and online. Therapy is challenging but rewarding work. If you are ready to dive in, I am here to support you to change what isn't working for you and help you create a life of greater satisfaction. I work with clients struggling with relationship and attachment issues, loss, anger, depression, anxiety and other common mental health challenges.

I am successful in meeting my clients’ many needs through genuine and non-judgemental relating. I have learnt that it is central to be able to gain a clear sense of how people see their world. I have also learnt that creating an environment to help my clients feel safe is essential in building an effective relationship. The person walking through the door may feel helpless, but at the same time they may feel that the process of counselling could do them some good, and so they have hope. I believe each of us has the capacity to love and be loved, to have a zest for life.

I can offer the space, time and support that you need to process and resolve whatever is concerning you. We can spend time together to gently explore your life, experiences and feelings. Whether you're struggling with anxiety or low mood, feeling disappointed or angry in your relationships or dealing with troubling mental health symptoms, we can work to improve how you're feeling.

Welcome. I'm Rubia. I'm an integrative psychotherapist who specialises in working with neurodivergent and multicultural clients for the past 20 years in a variety of different settings. As a trauma-informed therapist my approach is holistic, creative and warm. I use my lived experience to connect, guide and support clients from all walks of life through periods of overwhelm. I work with a wide range of issues. These include relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, trauma, functional living with mental health issues, Loss, workplace-related stress, low self-esteem, self-harm and many more.

Therapy is a process, a time dedicated towards growth and self-knowledge. To start therapy is not an easy step, so welcome! Sometimes stigma and social views towards mental health can be an obstacle in making the decision to start this process. If you are reading this, you may agree that whom is seeking therapy is suffering for a (very personal) reason and this is motivating to find the support you need to overcome your concerns and predicaments in life.

A very warm welcome to my listing! People often contact me when they are going through some sort of crisis. However, I regard my job as not only helping people resolve anxieties and struggles but working with my clients to produce enduring, transformational change, enabling them to lead happier, more rewarding and fulfilling lives. I aim to produce a warm, empathic, supportive , encouraging environment in which my clients can share and explore their difficulties with me in safety and security and find new ways of being in the world. I am always excited to meet and welcome prospective new clients and to see how we get on together.

I am a psychotherapist practising Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Rational-Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT). In addition to private practice, I have experience working as a psychotherapist for the NHS providing CBT for people experiencing depression and anxiety disorders. I also have experience at a London-based drug and alcohol service, providing REBT for those involved with problematic drug and alcohol use and its associated issues. I also have experience at Mind (the mental health charity) providing REBT and CBT for a broad client population experiencing a broad range of problems.

I welcome people with a wide range of issues and recognise that most people do not bring issues that can be easily defined as a single category. You may have recently experienced a crisis in your life, such as bereavement, loss of a relationship, trauma or illness. Or perhaps you are less clear about why you are finding it hard to cope, you might be feeling anxious, stressed or experiencing unpredictable emotional swings but not be sure about why this is happening. Or maybe you are finding the process of ageing difficult and unsettling.

Are you experiencing difficult feelings that you are struggling to cope with? I can help you to explore these feelings at your own pace in a warm environment where you feel comfortable. I will do this by offering you a safe and confidential relationship where we can explore whatever is troubling you. I strongly believe that for therapy to be successful it is essential that we build a trusting relationship and that you feel comfortable working with me.

You might be coming to therapy because there is a specific situation or issue, that is causing you distress, and leaving you feeling conflicted, or overwhelmed. Or you might come to therapy because you have a sense that your life isn't working out the way that you'd hoped, perhaps there is something missing that you can't put your finger on or put words to. These difficulties could be linked to the way that you see yourself or to patterns in relationships that stop you getting what you want from life. Many difficulties stem not from feelings themselves, but the way that we've learned to manage those feelings or the way we think about those feelings. Therapy provides a safe space to think together about the issues that you face. It is very much a two-way relationship, in which we work together to understand what the underlying difficulties are. We all have a story inside our heads about who we are and who the world is and that story affects how we interpret what is happening in the here and now. Understanding this story can help you to react to the present moment more creatively and with more of a sense of choice.

Hello, I'm Emma, a fully qualified BACP registered integrative counsellor and psychotherapist with over 14 years of experience working in mental health settings. I'm passionate about helping people find their own answers to their problems and I'm here to support you in doing so. During my career, I've worked with a wide range of mental health issues, and I have found that each person's experience is unique. That's why I offer a personalized approach to therapy. I want to hear what you want and need from life, and together we will work on setting and achieving your goals.