About Rosalind Townsend

Are you affected by anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, anger or addiction? Are you overwhelmed or disheartened by difficulties relating to life challenges or changes? Do you need support to re-think or repair a relationship, or to reassess priorities or work-life balance? If so, I can help.

My practice, The Beacon Clinic, is now fully online - accessible from anywhere in the UK. Your therapy session will be on Zoom, Skype or FaceTime (or phone if you prefer) - whatever works best for you.

Our work will begin with me listening – really listening – to what has been going on for you and what has brought you to seek some support. Using Human Givens psychotherapy and counselling we will access resources that you have and will then, together, formulate a plan for moving forward, and work through it in a way and at a pace that is right for you as an individual.

The approach that I take draws on the best of CBT, person centred and solution focused therapy, set within a holistic understanding of what we need as human beings to lead emotionally healthy lives. It is fast and effective with most people where they want to be in around 4-6 sessions (sometimes less, occasionally a few more).My aim is always that you will leave each session feeling a little better, more hopeful and more confident in your ability to recover or make the changes that you would like to see in your life.

What you can expect from me: effective and practical therapeutic conversations & outcomes. The sessions that I offer take one of 3 forms:

Therapy: effective relief from depression, anxiety, panic attacks, trauma, phobias, addiction, stress, grief, poor sleep and more...

Counselling: helping you to build strong relationships, healthily negotiate changes such as divorce, career change, life stages or retirement, achieve goals in business, pleasure or fitness, or move through loss or periods of difficulty.

Coaching: for support in ongoing high achievement in both personal and professional roles. Inspiring conversations about risk, fulfilment and building a life with meaning and purpose at its heart.

If what you read here sounds as if it’s right for you, get in touch now by email or phone: you can book a first session today - or request a 15-minute initial call (free of charge) so I can answer any questions you might still have.

I look forward to hearing from you.

I will always respond to you as soon as possible.

My training, work experience and any achievement

Human Givens Post Graduate Diploma 2009

BA(Hons) English, Exeter University, 2001

Post Graduate Certificate in Education 2002

Since founding the Beacon Clinic in 2009, I have helped many hundreds of people move forward from all kinds of emotional distress, including anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, anger, domestic abuse, and autism spectrum disorders.

I have a special interest in working with trauma and have done extensive work with military veterans and members of the blue-light services and have published a book on this subject, PTSD: Understanding and Recovery which can be found on Amazon.

Alongside my therapy practice, I am involved in training on mental health issues for both the private and public sector, working extensively with schools, military charities, the NHS, the police force and ambulance service, and I am a trustee of the military charity PTSD Resolution.

I am a registered member of the Human Givens Institute and this register is accredited by the PSA (Professional Standards Authority)


I have been working with clients since 2009. Here are comments received recently from just a very few of them:

"I cannot thank you enough for helping me with the depression that had been destroying my life for years. I learned more from you in one session than in months and years of previous counselling I had had!" English Teacher, Cornwall

"I never really felt that anyone had listened or understood before. You did both, and then helped me to understand myself why I had been having such horrible nightmares and symptoms. I still have the ’scribbles’ you did for me stuck on my fridge as reminders." Paramedic, SWAST

"I’d had a sense that something was missing for a long time but couldn’t get to the bottom of what it was. Understanding what the ‘recipe’ for a fulfilling life is was a breakthrough moment for me… and I’m now moving steadily towards living one." University Lecturer, Bristol

"I like to know how things work and then I can fix them. I didn’t know until I came to see you that it was even possible to think like that about mental health – but I’m much happier now I know I can ’fix it’ when things go wrong - I feel in control again." Engineer, Plymouth

Further Information

Change can be easier than you think

Most people can be helped in 4-6 sessions, although some people only need one or two and others with more complex difficulties may require more.

There is no need for you to commit to multiple therapy or counselling sessions; we will simply work together on a session-by-session basis until you’ve made any changes you want to, are feeling better than you were, and feel you have the resources and understanding to deal well with future challenges

I am able to offer out-of-hours appointments, subject to availability, during early evenings and weekends at an extra cost of £20 per session.

**Military Veterans and Family members - FREE support through the charity PTSD Resolution - please contact for details and further information