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About Riversmeet Counselling

How does counselling work? What should I expect?

Many people have lots of questions or concerns about coming to see a counsellor as they are not sure what to expect; and it can seem even more daunting at a time in your life when you may feel vulnerable.

I’d like to share a little about what counselling can be like, to answer any questions you may have.

Counselling is a listening and talking process that helps you to focus on, and understand, the concerns that are troubling you. You may want support with:

addressing specific problems
developing personal insight
improving relationships
coping with crisis or change
making decisions
or safely and confidentially exploring inner conflict.

The counselling session is a time for you to use exactly how you wish; that may be talking or sharing some difficult feelings or emotions, or it may be sitting in silence and reflecting on how you feel. How you use the time is entirely up to you. There is no pressure to be or do anything other than what feels right for you at the time.

Sessions may often reflect what’s going on for you in your world outside of the counselling room - and many clients are surprised to find that as well as exploring difficult issues, there is sometimes space and time for humour as we find ways to meet life’s ups and downs!

During our time together, I am not an expert looking for rights and wrongs or telling you what to do. You are the expert in your life; I’m there to really listen and support you in a totally non-judgemental way. Sometimes feeling that someone has properly heard us, enables us to make the decisions or gain insights into how to deal with situations or behaviours that hadn’t seemed clear to us previously.

My training, work experience and any achievement

FdSc Counselling (Integrative), Greenwich University - Award: Distinction

NCFE Level 1 Interpersonal Skills
NCFE Level 2 Helping Skills
NCFE Level 3 Counselling Skills and Theory

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by their Ethical Framework for Good Practice.
http://www.bacp.co.uk/ethical_framework

I work on a voluntary basis for a counselling charity in Petersfield and have previously helped facilitate Turnaround workshops, working with children who have experienced domestic abuse.

Recent training includes: Family Systems and Mindfulness; Developments in Attachment Theory, Couples Counselling

I work on a voluntary basis for a counselling charity in Petersfield and have previously helped facilitate Turnaround workshops, working with children who have experienced domestic abuse.

Further Information

My on-going interests and continuing professional development include:-

Focusing -The Art of Focusing Workshop
Mindfulness - Mindfulness for Counsellors training
Creative work- working with guided visualisations and images.

I worked in business for many years and still provide a mentoring service for organisations. My business background helps me understand the importance of balancing work and home life and I have a particlaur interest in understanding and supporting how the impact of challenges in professional life may impact personally and vice versa.

In recent practice this has extended to working to understand and support the impact of social media; both personally, for example; impact on relationships with others and self-esteem, and professionally.

Age I Work With

Teens
Adults
Elders

Languages

English

Other concerns & issues I deal with

Concerns & issues I deal with

Abuse
Addictions
Adolescence
Affairs
Aggression
Alcohol Dependence
Anger Management
Anorexia Nervosa
Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD)
Anxiety
Avoidant Personality
Bereavement
Bipolar Disorder
Bisexual Issues
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Bullying
Childhood Issues
Codependency
Compulsive Behaviour
Concentration Problems
Couple Relationships
Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD)
Depression
Dissociation
Domestic Violence
Exhaustion
Family Problems
Fear
Gambling
Gay Issues
Gender Identity Disorders
Grief
Impulsive Behaviour
Inhibitions
Internet Addiction
Isolation
Lesbian Issues
Low Self Confidence
Low Self Esteem
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Marriage (Marital Relations)
Mental Health Problems
Midlife Crisis
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Negative Thoughts
Neurosis
Obsessions
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)
Panic Attacks
Panic Disorder
Pathological Gambling
Perfectionism
Personal Relationships
Personality Disorders (PD)
Phobias
Physical Abuse
Post Natal Depression (PND)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Psychosis
Rape
Relationship Problems
Repetitive Negative Patterns
Sadness
Same Sex Relationships
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Self Determination
Self Harm
Separation
Sexual Abuse
Shame
Shyness
Social Phobia
Stress
Suicidal Thoughts
Terminal Illness
Trauma
Unresolved Issues
Work Stress
Emotional Abuse

Therapy Provides

Counselling
Psychotherapy

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