Which therapy is for me?

Talking therapy or CBT counselling can be used for any or all of the following, including low self-esteem and lack of self-confidence, social anxiety and worry can become all consuming and stop you in your tracks, effecting your everyday life, sometimes convincing yourself and others that "I'm fine" until it isn't, It can be a change in your life that was unexpected or just something has been sitting with you and is now become too big to handle alone. Sometimes these feelings can cause more anxiety and before you know it you can feel stuck in a loop of worry, low mood, sadness and anxiety, all while you try to put a brave face on and hope that it will pass or that you have hidden it from people around you just so they don't say that annoying remark of "cheer up, it might never happen" when all you want to do is hide away but rest assured you are not alone, I'm here when you are ready to take that first step.

Bereavement Counselling weather this is a recent or past loss, friend, loved one, colleague or pet, it can also be a loss through dementia or Alzheimer's, when the person you knew is no longer there but you can still see them. Loss of missed opportunity or life event, family or marriage break down or loss of a job, all of these things can have the same impact for individuals and can be devastating leaving a void where someone or something used to be, and other people find it difficult to understand or talk to you about. Navigating those next steps can be a huge challenge and that grief can feel all encompassing and leave you feeling overwhelmed and unable to move forward perhaps even feel stuck or unable to process the loss. You are not alone, when you are ready to take the next step I'm here.

 A relationships ending or a in difficulty can have a negative impact on our mental health and can cause depression, anxiety, low self esteem and lack of confidence. Maybe you would like to understand past or present relationship weather it is a friendship group, work or relationship which is yet to have closure with. Our way of interacting with others can impact on the relationships we form both healthy and unhealthy.

There can be moments in our day when something is triggered within us to take us straight back to a moment which can be difficult to see or feel. It can start to affect our relationships with ourselves and others and become all consuming triggering feelings of fear, anger, sadness, shame and guilt.

It can feel like your world has dropped out from beneath your feet when you loose a child at any stage in pregnancy, trying to understand and navigate the emotions of how and why this happened and where to go with feelings of possible anger, grief, fear, shame and guilt to name a few can feel un imaginable, it's important to go at your pace in a space where you can talk and feel comfortable.

Understanding anger, why we get angry and how the "red mist" can descend so quickly and how it can impact on not only us, but the people around us, almost like a volcano erupting, everyone in the vicinity is going to receive a piece. Learning how to lengthen the fuse from short and explosive, to it naturally fizzling out is key to how we deal with anger.