A heart for healing ...
I am an accredited qualified integrative psycho-dynamic counsellor, and I work with adults and couples. You can simply email me, or we can have an initial chat on the phone to discuss your needs. I am happy to do our sessions face to face, or via zoom if preferable, due to distance or access issues. If we agree to work together, I will then email you a referral form to complete prior to arranging your first session. There are no rules as to how long counselling takes but we will have regular six-weekly reviews to see how you are feeling about the sessions and your progress in general. You can stop your sessions at any time.
As couples, we bring our whole selves into the mix and somehow expect a magical meeting of minds! The focus of couples counselling is the 'relationship' - how it has evolved over time, what has come in that needs to go; what has gone that needs to come back! Relationship counselling looks at your individual influences from childhood, helps you to gain self-awareness together to increase mutual understanding as to how you convey your needs , and uses tools to help you both find effective and healthy ways to communicate.
I am a CPCAB Level 6 Supervisor, with a psychodynamic integrative counselling modality that includes person centred, SFBT and Couples Counselling. I use the 7-eyed model of supervision (Hawkins & Shohet), incorporating the Integrative Developmental Model, and receive monthly supervisory supervision in accordance with ethical practice. I work to the supervisee's code of ethics and practice. I will work with supervisees educationally and managerially in a supportive and challenging way that encourages counsellor autonomy and growth.
As couples, we bring our whole selves into the mix and somehow expect a magical meeting of minds! The focus of couples counselling is the 'relationship' - how it has evolved over time, what has come in that needs to go; what has gone that needs to come back! Relationship counselling looks at your individual influences from childhood, helps you to gain self-awareness together to increase mutual understanding as to how you convey your needs , and uses tools to help you both find effective and healthy ways to communicate.
Offering support for bereaved parents who are pregnant with a subsequent baby after a loss.
Offering support for the different levels of impact associated with fertility struggles - physical, mental and physical, and supporting those who are childless for other reasons than fertility challenges.
Collage therapy involves assembling different materials, such as images, text, and objects, to create a visual composition representing one's thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Selecting and arranging these elements will help enable the individual to tap into their subconscious, expressing themselves without the constraints of words.
These 90-minute, one-to-one* creative sessions allow you to discover how working with collage or abstract painting can empower you to visually express and explore your free child. By letting go of your own expectations and perfectionisms, you can experience the joy of colour, creativity and spontaneity, without having to have any artistic skills whatsoever! *Contact me for group sessions
Creative Therapy involves painting in the abstract style, and invites individuals to express their emotions spontaneously and without inhibition. As they interact with different tools for mark-making, and choose colours intuitively, without the confines of defined rules, they can give voice to the inner free child.
In collaboration with the Community Church, Ash Street, I'm able to offer 3 free art therapy sessions for adults, to those who live on Hart Street who may be struggling to process the events of summer.Read More
"I can't possibly put into words how grateful I am to have had you as my therapist and the profound impact you have had on my life. I will never be able to thank you enough."
"I'm so grateful to God for leading me to you. Thank you so much for the last 12 weeks. I really do feel like a new woman."
"To Debbie, Thank you so much for helping me work through a very difficult time in my life. You have made a huge difference."
Thank you for everything. You have helped me so much and I am very grateful for your patience, care and professionalism.
Thank you for everything you helped me/us with since Summer '23. It made such a difference having a safe space to talk and be made to think in different ways.
COUNSELLING: Adults - £45 for 60 minutes Couples - £70 for 90 minutes 10% discount for a block of 6 sessions booked and payed for in advance, COLLAGE/CREATIVE THERAPY Adults only - £50 for 90 minutes (add £10 for each additional person) CONCESSIONS: Student Counsellors (required counselling) £35 CANCELLATION FEES DNA's - full charge Same-day cancellation - 50% charge SUPERVISION: £55 per 90 minute session Concessions for student counsellors on application