The Therapies I Offer
"When we risk sharing what hurts the most in the presence of someone who will not invade us nor abandon us, we unexpectedly come upon the pearl of great price.
The suffering itself is the field in which the precious pearl is hidden."
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Life can be complex and challenging. We can't always choose our circumstances or our experiences. Sometimes we need additional support, beyond what our partner, friends or family can offer. Professional support from a qualified and experienced therapist can help us gain more self-awareness, recover from our difficult experiences, and decide what our next steps might be.
My therapeutic work with both adults and adolescents focuses primarily on establishing a trusting, therapeutic relationship and a confidential, non-judgmental space. From here, you can explore and make sense of your past and present experiences, including feelings, thoughts and different parts of yourself, at your own pace. It is a safe space for you to offload, understand your worries and find out how best to support yourself.
Working across a range of therapeutic modalities allows me to be flexible and responsive as I draw on different approaches to help you to reach your goals. In my sessions your experiences and challenges can be explored, processed and transformed in a variety of ways - verbally and non-verbally, creatively and somatically, through:
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Counselling and The Arts - Relational counselling with optional creative expression
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Internal Family Systems - Understanding, healing and transforming different parts of ourselves and their roles and increasing the support that comes from the compassionate Self.
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Mindful Self-Compassion - Mindfulness-based cognitive and self-compassion exercises, practices and psychoeducation
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Ecotherapy - Connecting with and finding support in the natural world. Discovering your natural Self in nature.
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Some of the challenges I can help you with are:
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stress
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anxiety, uncertainty and depression
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grief and loss, including ambiguous loss
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trauma - developmental and relational
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adverse childhood experiences
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challenges around multi-cultural living and being an immigrant, such as minority stress, loss and imposter syndrome
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self-criticism, being hard on yourself and perfectionism
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low self-worth and self-confidence
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relationship difficulties, people pleasing
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caregiver fatigue
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disconnection from nature, nature-deficit
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eco-anxiety- worries about climate change and injustice
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disconnection from your own body
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parenting - including therapeutic and Self-led parenting
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stage fright and difficulties around self-expression and having a voice
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gender diversity
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discovering life purpose
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Pricing:
The cost of a 1-hour session is on a sliding scale of £65/£60/£55 depending on your circumstances. £50 for trainee counsellors.
To book an initial free 15-minute introductory Zoom call please email me, stating whether you are looking for online or in-person work and where you are located if you want face-to-face sessions: compassionatetherapies21@gmail.com
In this call, we will explore what brings you to therapy, how I work and if working together is right for us.
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I am the co-founder of the social enterprise Ecotherapy East, based in Suffolk, which is committed to increasing biodiversity and creating a nature reserve on the 12-acre meadow we steward as a community. By investing in the work with me, you are also supporting the ecosystems and over 500 young trees we take care of.
My work also supports: Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Avaaz and WaterAid.
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