Counselling

A bit about counselling and how I work

What can I help with?

Counselling allows individuals to discuss anything that is causing emotional distress in a safe, confidential environment.

People can seek counselling when they want to explore their thoughts and feelings or make a positive change within their lives.

I have trained in a number of different therapeutic approaches; my main focus being Person-Centred. This means that I believe that you hold the key to moving forward.

You are the expert in your own life and know what you require for your own self-healing process. That is why I offer a range of therapies including:

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Solution Focused Therapy
Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
Brief Therapy
Brief Therapy for Children and Young People

This enables me to adapt the way we work together to meet your needs in each session.

Our Services

Online Counselling Chat Room

Should you choose to receive counselling via the online chat room you will be directed to a secure login page that takes you to an encrypted area where you meet your counsellor at a time that was prearranged beforehand. Your session is 50 minutes and a transcript will be available afterwards allowing you to review what both you and your counsellor said. This gives you the opportunity to clarify any uncertainties you may have from your session and also leaves you with something to go back to as you process the information. You do not need a webcam for this counselling, and you may choose to remain anonymous should you wish.

Webcam Counselling

You can engage in face to face therapy with your counsellor via a webcam using a piece of software called Zoom (this is available for both computer and mobile phone.) You will be guided through setting up your own encrypted Zoom account and your therapist will send you a link via email inviting you to your session. The session lasts 50 minutes. Being able to see your counsellor gives you more of the benefits you get from face-to-face counselling but with the convenience of online therapy. By talking, you hear a tone of voice which allows for empathy to be conveyed whilst with video you see nonverbal communications such as facial expressions and general body language.

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Email Counselling

Counselling using email offers you the opportunity to consider what you wish to say before you send it as well as time between exchanges to reflect on the information you have received. You will be guided in how to set up a free email account using either Hushmail or Protonmail and will then have a set amount of email contacts with your counsellor. Email counselling is also sometimes used in between more structured sessions such as online chat, telephone or webcam counselling. A consideration of email counselling is the time delay between your mail and the return mail (up to 72 hours) and this makes email counselling ineffective when urgency is a priority.

Telephone Counselling

This is similar to webcam counselling as it happens through the Zoom system, or via a handset, but without the visual aspects. You can choose to remain anonymous and the conversation is encrypted if held on Zoom. An advantage of telephone counselling is that non-verbal communication can be carried in you tone of voice or the pace of speech which can be picked up by your counsellor. A disadvantage of telephone counselling is that you need a private room where you will not be overheard.