Parenting Counselling in Belfast
Everyone can find it difficult to cope at times, unresolved issues past or present can create stress, anxiety, depression....and may affect your day to day life. Counselling can help you understand these issues more clearly, giving you the space to untangle the confusing, painful feelings and thoughts that may be causing you distress. It is important to find someone you feel comfortable with and who you can trust.
Everyone can find it difficult to cope at times, unresolved issues past or present can create stress, anxiety, depression....and may affect your day to day life. Counselling can help you understand these issues more clearly, giving you the space to untangle the confusing, painful feelings and thoughts that may be causing you distress. It is important to find someone you feel comfortable with and who you can trust.
I am a fully qualified & accredited integrative counsellor with experience of delivering counselling within a GP setting and also within the voluntary and community sector (including NewLife Counselling and Relate). I have experience of working with a diverse range of areas including anxiety, stress, depression and low mood, bereavement (including suicide), caring responsibilities, confidence issues, relationship issues, unresolved trauma, bullying, abuse, obsessional compulsive behaviours and perfectionism. I also work in the field of addiction, including the provision of therapeutic support to Dunlewey Addiction Services clients.
I am a fully qualified & accredited integrative counsellor with experience of delivering counselling within a GP setting and also within the voluntary and community sector (including NewLife Counselling and Relate). I have experience of working with a diverse range of areas including anxiety, stress, depression and low mood, bereavement (including suicide), caring responsibilities, confidence issues, relationship issues, unresolved trauma, bullying, abuse, obsessional compulsive behaviours and perfectionism. I also work in the field of addiction, including the provision of therapeutic support to Dunlewey Addiction Services clients.
I am an qualified Integrative Therapist and registered member of BACP. I am a dedicated practitioner who provides a safe, non-judgemental and confidential space for my clients to explore what is happening for them and to understand themselves better. I work to the individual needs of each of my clients using a range of different theories, basing my work around compassion, confidentiality, empowerment and respect. I bring to my sessions a belief that you have the power to change and resolve difficulties and move forward.
I am an qualified Integrative Therapist and registered member of BACP. I am a dedicated practitioner who provides a safe, non-judgemental and confidential space for my clients to explore what is happening for them and to understand themselves better. I work to the individual needs of each of my clients using a range of different theories, basing my work around compassion, confidentiality, empowerment and respect. I bring to my sessions a belief that you have the power to change and resolve difficulties and move forward.
I am a BACP accredited counsellor and am passionate about mental health, emotional regulation and empowering people to bring about change in order to live a more fulfilling life. It is a natural part of life to find yourself struggling, however there is no need to feel alone. Seeking out a professional who can offer a safe, supportive space to help you find a way to move forward is already a tangible step towards change. I have therapeutic experience in working with a wide variety of issues and can offer a warm atmosphere where I will invite you to explore what’s going on for you and look at how you could bring about change.
I am a BACP accredited counsellor and am passionate about mental health, emotional regulation and empowering people to bring about change in order to live a more fulfilling life. It is a natural part of life to find yourself struggling, however there is no need to feel alone. Seeking out a professional who can offer a safe, supportive space to help you find a way to move forward is already a tangible step towards change. I have therapeutic experience in working with a wide variety of issues and can offer a warm atmosphere where I will invite you to explore what’s going on for you and look at how you could bring about change.
Maybe you feel stuck, or life feels overwhelming. Perhaps there's something in your past you would like to make sense of, or a situation that is troubling you now. You long for someone to listen to your story and to "get" you. To journey with you as you make sense of what has happened, or is happening to you currently. Or you would just like to feel better! Most of all, you just want to move forward, to have peace. To hope again. I will hold that hope for you as we journey together. I offer a safe space to process, as well as a warm and empathetic presence. My goal is for you to feel seen, valued and find healing.
Maybe you feel stuck, or life feels overwhelming. Perhaps there's something in your past you would like to make sense of, or a situation that is troubling you now. You long for someone to listen to your story and to "get" you. To journey with you as you make sense of what has happened, or is happening to you currently. Or you would just like to feel better! Most of all, you just want to move forward, to have peace. To hope again. I will hold that hope for you as we journey together. I offer a safe space to process, as well as a warm and empathetic presence. My goal is for you to feel seen, valued and find healing.
I am a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with experience providing psychological assessment and support to children, adolescents, and adults. CBT aims to provide a reflective model within which we can develop a deeper insight to our experiences and emotions, and to understand the impact of these on our daily lives. Often times, struggles such as anxiety or depression are a maintained by thoughts which have become stuck in negative cycles. CBT helps to identify these negative thought patterns and to challenge them, helping to highlight new perspectives and reduce the negative impact.
I am a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with experience providing psychological assessment and support to children, adolescents, and adults. CBT aims to provide a reflective model within which we can develop a deeper insight to our experiences and emotions, and to understand the impact of these on our daily lives. Often times, struggles such as anxiety or depression are a maintained by thoughts which have become stuck in negative cycles. CBT helps to identify these negative thought patterns and to challenge them, helping to highlight new perspectives and reduce the negative impact.
I have a special interest in working with new parents and pregnant people in distress or encountering difficulty related to their parenting journey (birth trauma, postnatal depression etc.).
As a Clinical Psychologist, I am trained to use numerous evidence based interventions including cognitive behavioural, systemic and psychodynamic techniques. My therapeutic work is person centred and I adapt therapy according to your individual goals and preference while prioritising a safe, compassionate and respectful therapeutic relationship.
I have a special interest in working with new parents and pregnant people in distress or encountering difficulty related to their parenting journey (birth trauma, postnatal depression etc.).
As a Clinical Psychologist, I am trained to use numerous evidence based interventions including cognitive behavioural, systemic and psychodynamic techniques. My therapeutic work is person centred and I adapt therapy according to your individual goals and preference while prioritising a safe, compassionate and respectful therapeutic relationship.
Clients I work most successfully with have a desire to sort out relationship(s), present or past. They will be open to discover their own needs, issues and aspirations and to own these and, if a present relationship, to enter into mutual understanding of what each can bring to and gain from that relationship. They will find the possibilities of change from attitudes and thought patterns created by or brought into the relationship. Other clients will bring an openness to discover why and how their issues, grief, fear, loneliness, low self worth or anxiety/depression have formed and engage in the journey to wholeness.
Clients I work most successfully with have a desire to sort out relationship(s), present or past. They will be open to discover their own needs, issues and aspirations and to own these and, if a present relationship, to enter into mutual understanding of what each can bring to and gain from that relationship. They will find the possibilities of change from attitudes and thought patterns created by or brought into the relationship. Other clients will bring an openness to discover why and how their issues, grief, fear, loneliness, low self worth or anxiety/depression have formed and engage in the journey to wholeness.
I am a Therapist with over twenty five years experience working in Mental Heath Settings. I have been Qualified as a Therapist for almost twenty years. I specialise in Relational work with people dealing with Addiction Issues, Anger Management and Relationship issues. Whilst I specialise in these areas I am not restricted to them.
I am a Therapist with over twenty five years experience working in Mental Heath Settings. I have been Qualified as a Therapist for almost twenty years. I specialise in Relational work with people dealing with Addiction Issues, Anger Management and Relationship issues. Whilst I specialise in these areas I am not restricted to them.
Are you feeling stuck and uncertain about the path ahead? I am an Integrative Counsellor and can help you navigate the obstacles that are preventing you from living the life that you want. Working collaboratively, we can explore the right tools to come up with a tailor-made approach to assist you in improving your emotional well-being. Working at a comfortable pace for you, gaining a different perspective and acquiring new skills along the way, it is possible to achieve a healthy emotional well-being that supports you in your day-to-day life. I welcome the opportunity of working with you in reaching your individual goals.
Are you feeling stuck and uncertain about the path ahead? I am an Integrative Counsellor and can help you navigate the obstacles that are preventing you from living the life that you want. Working collaboratively, we can explore the right tools to come up with a tailor-made approach to assist you in improving your emotional well-being. Working at a comfortable pace for you, gaining a different perspective and acquiring new skills along the way, it is possible to achieve a healthy emotional well-being that supports you in your day-to-day life. I welcome the opportunity of working with you in reaching your individual goals.
Hello, thank you for visiting my profile. NEW for 2025: I offer reflective practice for start up, entrepreneur, corporate or founder CEO's. Are you experiencing isolation/ loneliness within your professional role, feeling indecisive/ overwhelmed, stuck or burnt out? Reflective practice allows for pause, a confidential check in, raising self-awareness, critical thinking, analysis and evaluation in order to recalibrate and refocus the self.
Ongoing: Clinical Supervision for qualified and student Therapists (limited spaces) focusing on client, ethics, self and personal development
Hello, thank you for visiting my profile. NEW for 2025: I offer reflective practice for start up, entrepreneur, corporate or founder CEO's. Are you experiencing isolation/ loneliness within your professional role, feeling indecisive/ overwhelmed, stuck or burnt out? Reflective practice allows for pause, a confidential check in, raising self-awareness, critical thinking, analysis and evaluation in order to recalibrate and refocus the self.
Ongoing: Clinical Supervision for qualified and student Therapists (limited spaces) focusing on client, ethics, self and personal development
I am a qualified registered counsellor working in the Belfast and Bangor areas. I provide a comfortable and supportive safe space for you to explore any unresolved issues past or present. Whilst we cannot change difficult events from the past, we can work together to better understand and work through the challenges that you are experiencing in your life. Together we can develop an awareness of patterns of negative behavior and perceptions that may be leaving you feeling anxious or depressed. The symptoms of your distress can show in a physical and psychological way.
I am a qualified registered counsellor working in the Belfast and Bangor areas. I provide a comfortable and supportive safe space for you to explore any unresolved issues past or present. Whilst we cannot change difficult events from the past, we can work together to better understand and work through the challenges that you are experiencing in your life. Together we can develop an awareness of patterns of negative behavior and perceptions that may be leaving you feeling anxious or depressed. The symptoms of your distress can show in a physical and psychological way.
I am an accredited member of BACP and NCS. I have substantial experience working with both children and adults. I work in primary schools and also in the local community to provide quality counselling to help people be the best they can be. I am also CEO of a mental health charity and offer consultancy work as well as supervision. My approach is integrative so that I can tailor the service specifically for individual clients and longer term work. I also offer personal therapy for students training to be counsellors.
I am an accredited member of BACP and NCS. I have substantial experience working with both children and adults. I work in primary schools and also in the local community to provide quality counselling to help people be the best they can be. I am also CEO of a mental health charity and offer consultancy work as well as supervision. My approach is integrative so that I can tailor the service specifically for individual clients and longer term work. I also offer personal therapy for students training to be counsellors.
My counselling and supervision speciality lies in providing supportive, reflective, and growth-oriented spaces for both clients and fellow practitioners. In my counselling work, I use evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), person-centred therapy, and mindfulness techniques.
As a supervisor, I am passionate about fostering professional development and ethical practice. I offer supervision that is collaborative and tailored to each supervisee’s needs, whether you are newly qualified or an experienced therapist.
My counselling and supervision speciality lies in providing supportive, reflective, and growth-oriented spaces for both clients and fellow practitioners. In my counselling work, I use evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), person-centred therapy, and mindfulness techniques.
As a supervisor, I am passionate about fostering professional development and ethical practice. I offer supervision that is collaborative and tailored to each supervisee’s needs, whether you are newly qualified or an experienced therapist.
Hi, I’m Jill!
Thank you for taking the time to read my bio, and for taking the first step in looking for some support.
It can be hard to know what you’re looking for when you first reach out for some help, so I’ll tell you a little about myself, and you can decide if we may be a good fit.
Hi, I’m Jill!
Thank you for taking the time to read my bio, and for taking the first step in looking for some support.
It can be hard to know what you’re looking for when you first reach out for some help, so I’ll tell you a little about myself, and you can decide if we may be a good fit.
I offer a safe relaxed space where you will be really listened to without judgement. My aim is to help you to understand yourself better, change destructive behavioural patterns, improve your emotional wellbeing and take more control of your life. Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed or depressed? Perhaps you are stuck or dissatisfied with your life or your relationship? Maybe work is taking over your life? Do you need help to make a change? Together we can explore your feelings, to make sense of what is happening or happened in your life. Together we can explore new perspectives. I am here to help you to achieve your goals.
I offer a safe relaxed space where you will be really listened to without judgement. My aim is to help you to understand yourself better, change destructive behavioural patterns, improve your emotional wellbeing and take more control of your life. Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed or depressed? Perhaps you are stuck or dissatisfied with your life or your relationship? Maybe work is taking over your life? Do you need help to make a change? Together we can explore your feelings, to make sense of what is happening or happened in your life. Together we can explore new perspectives. I am here to help you to achieve your goals.
How do you feel right now? Can you put a word to that feeling? Feelings can often go unchecked and we don't notice until we feel overwhelmed. In modern life we are constantly bombarded with information and feel pressure to make decisions. We anxiously think about the future and regretfully think of the past. Unable to find peace in the now. A therapist can act as a companion who can help you explore your feelings in a safe environment. Help you learn more about yourself. We all have aspects of our personality that we keep hidden from others and even ourselves. Together we can explore these aspects.
How do you feel right now? Can you put a word to that feeling? Feelings can often go unchecked and we don't notice until we feel overwhelmed. In modern life we are constantly bombarded with information and feel pressure to make decisions. We anxiously think about the future and regretfully think of the past. Unable to find peace in the now. A therapist can act as a companion who can help you explore your feelings in a safe environment. Help you learn more about yourself. We all have aspects of our personality that we keep hidden from others and even ourselves. Together we can explore these aspects.
I also have extensive experience supporting people through trauma and PTSD, bereavement, and addiction, as well as helping with family and parenting difficulties, low self-esteem, and life transitions.
Do you feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stuck in low mood, or isolated in your relationships? You don’t have to face this alone. I’m Nora Smyth, a counsellor (MBACP) with over 10 years of experience helping people find clarity, healing, and balance in their lives.
I offer a safe, compassionate, and non-judgemental space where you can explore what’s troubling you — whether that’s anxiety, depression, grief, or difficulties in your relationships. In our work together, you’ll be supported not only to understand your thoughts and feelings, but also to find practical strategies to cope and grow.
I also have extensive experience supporting people through trauma and PTSD, bereavement, and addiction, as well as helping with family and parenting difficulties, low self-esteem, and life transitions.
Do you feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stuck in low mood, or isolated in your relationships? You don’t have to face this alone. I’m Nora Smyth, a counsellor (MBACP) with over 10 years of experience helping people find clarity, healing, and balance in their lives.
I offer a safe, compassionate, and non-judgemental space where you can explore what’s troubling you — whether that’s anxiety, depression, grief, or difficulties in your relationships. In our work together, you’ll be supported not only to understand your thoughts and feelings, but also to find practical strategies to cope and grow.
As an integrative therapist, I believe in the power of a holistic, personalised approach to healing and growth. My work combines elements of traditional talk therapy with evidence-based practices, including mindfulness, cognitive-behavioural techniques, and body-centred therapies, to address the whole person—mind and body. I work with individuals, tailoring my approach to meet each person’s unique needs, strengths, and life circumstances.
As an integrative therapist, I believe in the power of a holistic, personalised approach to healing and growth. My work combines elements of traditional talk therapy with evidence-based practices, including mindfulness, cognitive-behavioural techniques, and body-centred therapies, to address the whole person—mind and body. I work with individuals, tailoring my approach to meet each person’s unique needs, strengths, and life circumstances.
You may be viewing this page with a specific issue and not quite sure how to manage it. Through giving yourself time and space to unpack or untangle the issue in counselling, it can help you figure out how to move forward. Every counsellor you work with will offer something unique in the relationship you build. It's important that you find someone you feel you can be open and honest with. My role as your counsellor will be to support you through untangling some of that ‘stuff’ that might be holding you back, becoming a daily struggle or impacting your relationships. I offer a safe, confidential and non judgemental space.
You may be viewing this page with a specific issue and not quite sure how to manage it. Through giving yourself time and space to unpack or untangle the issue in counselling, it can help you figure out how to move forward. Every counsellor you work with will offer something unique in the relationship you build. It's important that you find someone you feel you can be open and honest with. My role as your counsellor will be to support you through untangling some of that ‘stuff’ that might be holding you back, becoming a daily struggle or impacting your relationships. I offer a safe, confidential and non judgemental space.
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Parenting Counsellors
What does therapy for parenting look like?
Therapists may work with parents individually, together, or include the whole family to find solutions for the problems a parent faces. Many parent-based therapies work on a parent’s relationship with their children, problem-solving within the family, and analysis of family dynamics. Therapy conducted remotely by video may be helpful in allowing a therapist to observe how families interact in their own homes.
When should a parent seek therapy?
When behavioral problems begin to disrupt the healthy functioning of a family, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If parents find that children are acting out in school, have started using drugs or alcohol, have developed eating disorders, or other similar red flags, a therapist may be able to help.
How long does therapy take for parenting problems?
Depending on the severity of a family’s challenges and the type of treatment utilized, therapy for parenting can last from weeks to months. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a pragmatic therapy type that can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. Structural family therapy, which inspects family dynamics, often takes several months. Parent-child interaction therapy is typically shorter-term, lasting between 10 and 20 sessions. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
Can therapy help parents dealing with burnout or stress?
Parenting is difficult. Parents may dismiss or conceal feelings of exhaustion, overwhelm, or escape ideation—imagining withdrawing from their parental obligations altogether. but left unattended, these feelings can have negative effects on the whole family. A therapist can help parents work on the skills they might need to better cope with the burdens of parenting and help them be the best parents they can be.