Counselling in Southampton

I offer confidential, client focused psychotherapy, Face-Face & Zoom worldwide . Through dialogue and the shared exploration of your life, you may find relief from recurring problems, live your life more fully and realise your full potential. Therapy is a personal and individual process of change, as well as understanding. This is an opportunity to take time and space to think about yourself and the problems you may be facing. By talking to a trained psychotherapist you may find it easier to understand how past experiences, thought patterns and behaviour, or anxieties about the future are causing difficulties in your daily life.

We all go through life experiencing good and bad moments, but sometimes the bad experiences can become too overwhelming to manage them on our own. Sometimes they may be a result of sudden changes which life throws at us unexpectedly leaving us vulnerable and lost in a new reality and sometimes it may be that we want to change something in our lives, but don’t really know how, which leaves us feeling stuck and helpless. If this sounds familiar to how you feel why not try counselling? Talking to someone you can trust who can listen without any judgement can be very helpful especially in these challenging times.

My main approach is to encourage you to explore your feelings and take responsibility for your thoughts and actions. As I work in a way that empowers the client, I always work with what you present. Bottled up feelings such as anger, anxiety, grief, jealousy, sadness, shame and pain can become very overwhelming.The opportunity to express them can make it much easier to understand yourself and others. As I acknowledge your feelings and respect you as a person in your own right, you gain self-respect and a sense of being valued. This leads to building trust between counsellor and client, which is an essential part of the process.

I am an experienced and qualified counsellor with a warm, motivational and supportive and yet direct approach to helping people transform their lives. Offering new perspectives, I have helped many people feel more empowered and less controlled by limiting patterns and beliefs.

My name's Chris and I'm a UKCP-registered psychotherapist working with individuals and couples in Hastings, East Sussex. I'm committed to helping you explore your experience, challenges, and unique place in the world. I work with clients from all backgrounds and affirm cultural and identity diversity. I am practiced in helping clients with relationship, sexual and intimacy issues, as well as adverse childhood experiences. Maybe you are feeling generally low or anxiousoffeel that your life lacks focus, purpose, or meaning. Alongside you, I can help you make sense of your situation.

The Body & Mind Centre offer brief and open-ended weekly low-cost counselling for all. We are committed to offering everyone a safe, confidential space to speak to counsellors (trainees and qualified) who are experienced and able to support you in the way you need. Our counsellors work across a range of therapeutic approaches so will be able to work in a way that best suits your needs. Body and Mind Centre counsellors can help with issues including, but not limited to: Anxiety – Cultural Issues – Depression – Emotional Difficulties – Family Issues – Health Anxiety – Low Self-Esteem – Personality Disorders – Relationships