Therapeutic counselling provides a safe and confidential space to discuss your issues and concerns with a trained professional. Your therapist will help you explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, enabling you to gain a deeper understanding of yourself and others. A counsellor’s role is not to offer opinions, advice, diagnoses, or prescriptions. Instead, they will support you in finding your own solutions, whether that involves making positive changes in your life or learning how to cope with your problems and challenges.
There are few opportunities where you have dedicated time and space to focus entirely on yourself as an individual.
Therapy can help you uncover the root cause of your suffering, make sense of your emotions, and understand yourself on a deeper level. It equips you with better tools, resources, and strategies to improve your well-being.
What is counselling?
Why seek counselling?
Counselling Therapy is suited to anyone going through a difficult time or suffering with emotional problems. It is proven it be effective in the treatment of stress, anxiety, depression and other related issues. Seeking counselling is a proactive step towards improving your mental and emotional health.
Seeking counselling is a proactive step towards improved mental and emotional health, it can be transformative for many issues, including:
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Mental Health: Support for anxiety, depression, and other conditions.
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Personal Growth: Enhances self-understanding and development.
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Stress Management: Offers techniques to handle stress effectively.
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Trauma and Loss: Provides a safe space to heal from difficult experiences.
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Relationship Improvement: Enhances communication and resolves conflicts.
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Behavioural Changes: Supports overcoming addictions and managing anger.
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Life Transitions: Helps navigate major changes smoothly.
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Self-Esteem Building: Develops a healthier self-image.
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Mental Clarity: Overall, counselling can contribute to a greater sense of well-being, balance, and fulfilment in life.
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Enhancing Well-being: Overall, counselling can contribute to a greater sense of well-being, balance, and fulfilment in life.
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Fears and Phobias: Can help people to confront their fears and phobias through techniques such as CBT.
“When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good..."
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
Rogers, C., 1980. A Way of Being. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
What is integrated therapy?
Integrative counselling draws on techniques from different types of therapy to tailor an approach specifically for you.
An integrative counsellor believes there isn’t just one therapeutic approach that can help a client in all situations. Instead, they take into account you as an individual and your circumstances, and use elements of different approaches to help you explore and cope with your problems.
Every Integrated Counsellor carries their own personalised toolkit.
Here is a list of the types of therapy that I incorporate in my practice. The use of these therapies will depend on the specific needs of the client. Click on the image below for more information
I will not rescue you,
For you are not powerless.
I will not fix you,
For you are not broken.
I will not heal you,
For I see you in your wholeness.
I will walk with you through the darkness,
As you remember your light.
Sheree Bliss Tilsey
A.C.S
I have been seeing Hazel regularly for several months as I was in a really low place due to grief and depression. Hazel has been a huge part of the reason why I am now in a much better place mentally, her easy going demeanour has made it really easy for me to open up and discuss personal topics that I would never have had the confidence to mention before, for that I am very grateful.
B.L
Hazel has been invaluable in helping me to overcome my fears and anxiety’s, as well as learning to manage my PTSD from recent and past traumas. From the start she has been warm and welcoming, creating a space where I never feel any judgement, and am able to express my thoughts and feelings safely.
I have been able to implement, and stick with new habits that have helped me to progress and grow further than I ever thought I could have. I cannot thank Hazel enough.
BG
Hazel is professional, friendly, warm and understanding. It can be daunting opening up to someone about difficult topics but she quickly makes you feel at ease. The whole process has been extremely helpful in gaining a better understanding of myself. Thank you
KJ
Therapy has helped me massively, not only has it helped me to overcome my fears and deal with anxiety/panic attacks, it's also helped me to grow as a person and I am thankful