Life Transitions Counselling in Tonbridge

Are you facing some of these issues ? A negative cycle of arguments that never seems to get resolved? Are you struggling with the affects of an affair? Changes you are having difficulty adjusting to e.g. the birth of a baby, health problems or retirement? Are you worried about your child and not sure how to help? Do you wish you could talk more frankly about sex without hurting your partner’s feelings. Do you feel that your relationship is over and need a place to mourn its passing. Do you miss the feeling of closeness and intimacy you once had and want to rebuild your connection?

A crisis is often a call to personal growth and development, to find a new path through life. The drive of the unconscious part of our nature is towards wholeness. In analysis we listen to the compensatory, complementary and sometimes prospective communication from the unconscious....hearing the voices of the soul balancing the relationship of conscious and unconscious. Individuation is the process of coming into psychic balance. In analysis you can learn to listen and understand your inner voice, gain a deeper sense of self, meaning and purpose in life, to become the person you are meant to be.

I am currently on maternity leave and not seeing new clients. I will be back in April 2020. Please do contact me should you wish for help in finding a suitable therapist. Feeling low? Not quite yourself? Has making decisions suddenly become too much? Or are you questioning where you are in life and how past decisions have impacted? It might be time to talk about it to a professional. I am an integrative trained therapist offering counselling and psychotherapy to adults and young adults. I provide a confidential and safe space to explore your problems and feelings as well as offering practical options to work through your feelings.

My clients like the informal, friendly approach, tailored to their individual needs. My work is informed by the highly effective Human Givens framework, embodying thorough scientific but holistic understandings of how to help people make good changes. I've been a solution-focused psychotherapist/counsellor and clinical hypnotherapist for two decades. For the past thirty-five years, I've also been a professional storyteller, chaired the Society for Storytelling in the 'nineties and often tell appropriate stories as part of therapy sessions with both adults and children. Clients work with me to achieve specific goals.

My aim is to provide you with an opportunity to explore what is happening for you and how you would like things to be different. I would like you to have a space in which you can feel safe, allowing you to develop an understanding of yourself and the steps you need to make so you can live the life you want to. I aim to help you to simplify complex situations so that they make sense to you. This can offer clarity so that I can support you to take practical steps to make changes. I have a strong interest in the biopsychosocial approach, considering a variety of factors which lead to you being who you are.

Are you struggling? If so, counselling can help. I offer a safe, non-judgemental space where we can work together and enable you to move towards greater self-acceptance and possible change. Together we can explore the issues that are distressing you. I am culturally aware and welcome clients from any background. I have a personal interest in issues relating to cultural identity, a sense of belonging and feelings of being uprooted.

I work with adults, children and adolescents who would like a safe place to explore and make sense of feelings, thoughts or relationships. Sometimes talking with someone helps to work out what you want to do next and see clearer what choices we have. Art and creative materials can often help children and young people express themselves more clearly. Being a parent is rewarding, but hard work, with each unique relationship requiring different responses. Together, we find a way to understand the challenges more clearly, make sense of the emotions and behaviours involved and take decisions on the ways you want to go forward.

Specialist Online Counsellor, via Webcam, Voice Only, Instant Message, Telephone and Email. Flexible appointment times during the day, evenings and weekends.

Are there things in your life you'd like to change? Things causing you to feel overwhelmed, sad or anxious? If so, counselling may help. I am committed to offering you a professional, supportive and caring counselling service. I will work with you to help you through whatever issue has brought you to counselling.

I am an experienced qualified counsellor and I offer short, medium and long term therapy depending on your need. I offer a range of counselling therapies to suit your needs and I specialise in Transactional Analysis, a model of counselling that promotes personal growth and change.

I am am an empathic, respectful, fully qualified psychotherapist. I also offer supervision to trainee counsellors and therapists. I am the owner and practice manager of Inner Space Counselling Ltd. in central Tunbridge Wells/Sevenoaks. I view counselling and psychotherapy as a dynamic process, created between the two of us so I offer my clients the opportunity to work collaboratively with me in a safe, non-judgemental environment. Typically, my approach to psychotherapy is to play an active part. I intervene, reflect, share theory if appropriate, and ask questions. I am relaxed, straightforward and non-judgemental.

People come to therapy for all sorts of reasons, sometimes in crisis, sometimes tired from carrying around the effects from their past and often exhausted from the pressures within their everyday lives. Whatever has brought you to a place where you are seeking help I believe that given a non-judgemental, safe space, in which to sift through everything, we all posess an inherent ability to heal. Deep down we know what is good for us and what isn't working for us and given the opportunity to peel off all of those defenses that we wrongly assume protect us from something, we have the potential to not only heal but to grow.

Are you struggling with the hormonal change that occurs during menopause? Do you feel anxious one moment and furious the next? Perhaps you wish you could untangle yourself from the jumble of your emotions. Maybe you look in the mirror and wonder just who the woman looking back at you is. Many women feel lost and confused at this time in their lives. Menopause can be a difficult subject to talk about and it may feel like you are experiencing it alone or that nobody else really understands what you're going through. Managing working, family life and relationships is challenging when you're feeling disconnected and overwhelmed.

I offer counselling and psychotherapy services to young people aged 14 and over and adults of all ages. I work with people who are undergoing a difficult time, have experienced major loss or trauma, and those for whom the very business of living seems a constant uphill struggle. I am concerned to find out what it feels like to be you, how you feel and experience the world and how your strengths can be used to overcome your difficulties so that you can achieve the greater emotional stability you need in order to feel hopeful and to look forward to new experiences in life.

There are many reasons you might decide to seek counselling, at any stage of your life; each reason is valid and unique to you. There might be issues related to unresolved traumas in the past, or it might be that day-to-day pressures have become challenging and are affecting you. Whatever your reason, it can be helpful to have a therapist, working together with you, forming a professional and confidential relationship - unlike any of those you might share with family and friends - wherein you are welcome to explore your concerns; thereby offering you a deeper understanding of yourself - helping you move forward.

People come for counselling for all sorts of reasons, you may be feeling overwhelmed, alone, lost, challenged and in emotional pain and you may be experiencing certain symptoms that are negatively impacting your life. I provide you with a safe, non judgemental space where you can be you and where you will be supported and heard, enabling you to explore and clarify the problems that are concerning you and presently move towards growth and change. I tailor my counselling approach to suit you specifically, based on your needs and I work with you closely in order to achieve your goals, walking with you every step of the way.

I work with adults and teenagers in Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas. My style of counselling is built using the foundation of the Humanistic approach. This uses my genuine, empathic, non-judgemental qualities to create a secure, supportive relationship with my clients. Within this safe framework, I am able to assist my clients in working through painful emotions, anxious or destructive behaviours, inner child healing, survival patterns and fears that cause blocks that keep us from living & experiencing life in a way that allows the happiness and serenity you deserve.

I'm passionate about helping mothers thrive. Many of the mothers I work with come to me carrying a huge amount of guilt and shame because motherhood so far is not what they had dreamed of. Perhaps they are constantly anxious about doing the 'right' thing, or anxious about their baby's health. Perhaps they are struggling to get through each day without feeling completely overwhelmed by their child's needs. Maybe they cannot find their own way for the sea of other people's opinions. In their heart they know that something is not right, but it has perhaps been hard to find the space and time to find a way forward.

I have a wealth of experience in helping people to improve their mental and emotional wellbeing. As a clinical psychologist I value the therapeutic relationship and think that it is vital to find a therapist you 'click' with. My personable, warm and empathetic nature has helped many people to overcome the difficulties holding them back in life. It can be daunting to embark on a therapy journey with someone - I am mindful of this and will help you to feel relaxed and comfortable when using therapy for your personal development.

I am well aware that at times life can be difficult; you may feel anxious, over-whelmed, worried or just not right. Or you may feel that your past experiences are having an impact on how you deal with things in your life today. Talking with me could help you in a different way than talking to a friend of family member and this is primarily because you can be honest with me without me judging you.  I'm here to listen to you and to support you in working things out for yourself. My approach is open, honest and down-to-earth and I am a firm believer in the counselling process and the good that it can do.