Areas of Expertise
Intuitive Counselling
I work with learning to understand who we are. Listening to the difference between our mind and our heart, working in our own self awareness and learning to eventually let go of what no longer serves us. In a safe and non-judgmental space we can explore intuitively these emotions and behaviors, working towards becoming our authentic self.
Spirituality
I believe that we all hold a desire to understand who we are and what we feel. Understanding from a deeper place within helps us find a purpose of our existence. Each belief is unique and valuable to each person. By exploring and understanding what that maybe, helps to create the change, the letting go and the acceptance of self.
Adolescent and Young People
Even as adults, it can be scary to ask for help, so consider how daunting it can be for an adolescent or young person. If they have no one to talk to or no one who understands them, who can they turn to?
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Counselling gives them the opportunity to talk about how they feel without the fear of judgement. In a safe environment they are able to express their feelings whether verbally or creatively and they can start to understand what may have caused them to feel this way. Together, I guide them into place where they fell capable and strong to shift and let go of what no longer serves them.
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My Approach
Anxiety
Anxiety stems from our "flight or fight" response. It can affect your mental health when you feel anxious every day and can’t remember when you last felt relaxed.
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It’s important to understand what is causing your anxiety or you may want to look at ways to break out of a cycle of negative thoughts that are making you anxious. Together we can look at steps to address these issues and find tools which will help you shift these feelings and emotions which trigger the anxiety in us as individuals.
Depression
Depression affects people in different ways, they range from lasting feelings of unhappiness and hopelessness, to losing interest in the things you used to enjoy and feeling very tearful.
First step is talking to someone and realising that depression is not a weakness.
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Together, in a safe environment we can explore those feelings with compassion and kindness. As human beings it is important to feel listened to and understood. Using different approaches suitable to each person we can work on finding ways of finding that inner strength and self love.
Trauma
Traumatic events are usually very sudden, or so buried that we don't understand what we are actually feeling. This could be an accident, illnesses, disasters, assault, sexual, emotional or other events which are potentially traumatic. Such events can leave us feeling shocked, disorientated, and distressed.
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As your therapist I will help you make sense of your experiences and we will work together to understand, accept and overcome this event in a way that feels most comfortable and safe for you.
Existential Growth
There are moments in our life were we may feel lost or unfulfilled and we don't know why. We may be searching for a purpose or a meaning to our life. As an existential counsellor I encourage clients to ask themselves what they want, where the source of meaning lies for them.
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My aim is to help clients expand self-awareness and increase potential choices, to become present which helps with our future or past anxieties and eventually find our true self.
