Professional Therapy With A Personal Touch
Making a decision to find someone to support you on your journey can be a difficult step to take, let’s start that journey together.
With so many questions to answer, it can feel a little intimidating. How do you know you're going to find the right fit for you? Are there questions you'd like answered but you don't know how to phrase them?
Before we start our journey, one of the most important steps is ensuring that you feel comfortable, and getting answers to the questions you may have. If this feels like the right step to take, we can arrange an initial consultation free of charge and talk through your options together.
With a decade of experience in personal counselling and therapy across a number of specialisations, it's important to me that you feel safe and able to build trust in our relationship to the point where you can fully share your story and work through each step of your journey towards recovery, knowing you aren't alone. My aim is to help you return to a life that allows you to make the best of who you are and the opportunities available to you.
While you're reflecting on things, allow me to give you a little more information about me and the type of therapy I work with, before we take the next step.
I am a Person-Centred Counsellor and registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). I have substantial experience of working with adults through a range of issues, particularly around domestic and sexual abuse and bereavement. I have previously worked for several years at The Blue Door / Rape Crisis alongside work for a local hospice.
My work is at a pace that suits you, offering both short term and long-term therapy depending upon your needs. It's important that you remain in control of how your therapy progresses, I like to think that you are in the driving seat throughout our time together. I can offer a safe environment for us to explore whatever you may wish to bring to each session, with empathy.
We can work together to build a trusting and therapeutic relationship, without judgement, which enables you to explore your thoughts and feelings and come to a better understanding and management of them.
We all have the ability to grow with the right tools to create that growth and understanding. My job is to help you to make sense of your feelings and move forward in your life with a better understanding of who you are.
SERVICES
Depression & Anxiety
Understanding the reasons for why we may feel depressed or anxious can help in moving our growth towards a stronger mindset.
Childhood Trauma & Self Harm
Our formative years can shape so much of who we are, learning to process events and their effects on our physical and mental well-being is a key part of healing.
Domestic Abuse
No one should have to suffer abuse, more so in an environment that should be safe and welcoming. Understanding the reality of each situation is the first step towards a safer future.
Anger Management
Our emotions are affected by so many aspects of our lives, the experiences we live through, learning to redirect emotions is essential to regaining control.
SERVICES
Grief
There are so many aspects to grief, we can work together to build a better understanding of the causes and support a better framework to dealing with the immediate situation.
Bereavement
Loss of any kind presents a deeply personal experience, taking the first steps towards healing and building a path towards acceptance and moving forward is possible with time and counselling.
Phobias
Fear is a natural part of how we function as human beings, it protects us from potential threats or harm. When fear overwhelms us unnecessarily, it affects our lives in so many ways.
Working through the root cause of your phobias and presenting a clear plan of action is the first step to regaining control.
Relationship Issues
Whether you’re dealing with marital issues or trying to improve interpersonal relationships, we can work together to support and strengthen the lines of communication needed to build a lasting bond.
SERVICES
Suicidal Thoughts
If you feel isolated or overwhelmed by events, know that you’re not alone. Whatever reasons you have for feeling suicidal, they’re important and significant. Let’s deal with them together.
Eating Disorders
Our relationship with food and self-worth can be difficult to manage in a modern society where image is everything. Working to rebuild our understanding of the emotional and physical aspects of the food we eat can help in the journey to a healthier life.
PTSD
Trauma comes in so many forms, and when it happens, it can shake the foundations of your world. Often it’s something we don’t recognise until much later, but regardless of your experience, your response to the stress you’ve been through is normal, and something we can work together to support and manage.
“Michelle supported me after the death of my husband, helping me to make sense of my overwhelming grief, and giving me a safe place to talk about my feelings. I would not hesitate to recommend Michelle.”
— Debbie
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