Psychotherapeutic Counselling
My counselling service offers a safe, confidential space where you can pause, step back and untangle your thoughts and feelings.
It isn’t always easy to talk openly with friends or family – sometimes we worry about burdening them, or they may be too close to our situation. In therapy you have the attention of someone outside your world: a fresh pair of eyes and ears to help you explore what’s troubling you and find perspective.
Counselling can be short- or long-term
In brief work, we might meet for 6–12 sessions to focus on a particular issue such as stress, bereavement or a sudden life change. Longer-term therapy allows us to explore recurring patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour, often rooted in past relationships, and how they continue to affect you in the present.
This in-depth journey can be challenging at times, but it also offers the possibility of healing, growth and lasting change.
My Approach
At the heart of my approach is the therapeutic relationship itself, with a particular focus on attachment.
I work relationally and integratively, drawing on Humanistic, Gestalt, Person-Centred and psychodynamic models, with a particular focus on attachment. Attachment theory helps us understand how early experiences with caregivers shape the way we connect with ourselves and others throughout life. Difficulties in relationships often stem from these early patterns, but they can be revisited and repaired in the safe space of therapy.
The core of my approach is the therapeutic relationship which can be both a source of healing and a kind of laboratory: a place to experiment with new, more secure and satisfying ways of relating.
Therapy offers a chance to notice and reflect on your patterns as they emerge here and now. Together we can explore your current relationships – including the most important one, with yourself – and how they are shaped by past attachments.
A protected space to create the conditions for new growth
I am passionate about the potential of the therapeutic relationship. It is a protected space we clear for the two of us to meet in the service of you. In our meetings, there is space to attend to old wounds, losses and traumas, and to create the conditions for new growth, stronger attachments and deeper connection.
“My lorry load of a life’s reflection and wondering as to purpose brought me to seek counselling … I had no sense though of the freedom you would create to enquire about so much, beyond my grieving and my pain.” – Michael
Practicalities
Sessions last 60 minutes and usually take place weekly.
To get started, simply reach out by phone, email or text – sharing as much or as little as you wish. We can then arrange a free phone call if you like, giving you the chance to see how it feels to work together and whether I can support you.
Alternatively, some people like to jump right in, try an initial session and see how it feels. It’s your choice!
Gabrielle
Healing happens in connection
Therapy offers a space to discover who you are.
Could Counselling Help You?
- Do you often feel anxious & depressed?
- Do you feel worthless and low in confidence?
- Are you troubled by painful or traumatic memories?
- Do you feel stuck in self-defeating patterns of behaviour?
- Do you feel pressure to please others, saying “yes” when you want to say “no”?
- Do you worry a lot, feeling insecure & unprepared for the demands of adult life?
- Are you searching for meaning in life and an answer to the question “Who am I”?
If these questions resonate, I can help you.
Why Do I Feel This Way?
It’s not unusual to sometimes feel overwhelmed, lost, or “not good enough.” These feelings may grow out of childhood experiences like neglect, criticism, abuse or insecure attachments with caregivers. They may also arise from later challenges – loss, trauma, or the burden of always putting others first. And sometimes, the reasons are harder to name.
Whatever the source, therapy offers a space to begin untangling these patterns and to deepen your understanding of yourself. Together, we can explore your experiences so you can move forward with greater self-compassion and build more fulfilling connections in your life.
Book your free consultation session today and take the first empowering step toward healing and growth.
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Reach Out & Talk to Me
Asking for help can take courage, but you don’t have to face things alone. I’ll welcome you as you are and support you in discovering your own path forward.
Address
63 High Bridge,
Newcastle Upon Tyne,
NE1 6BX
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