Sam

Knowing that I have time set aside for talking through things, for being open and reflective in a non-judgemental way, has made an enormous difference to my day to day life. It allows me to focus on day-to-day matters more, knowing there is time for those things later.

I also understand who I am and why I’m the person I am today better thanks to the counselling. I feel more empowered to live as my authentic self.

The counselling has also helped me stay grounded during a particularly turbulent period of my life, and for that I’m really grateful.

Mary

I've never done counselling before attending here and I was thinking their wasn't that much that I had to speak about. It has helped me enormously, just in a sense of realising alot of things about myself. It has helped me become more aware and curious about myself.

I feel like the type of counselling I have is more about what I want to speak about and more directed at me bringing forward my thoughts about anything. I'm not a structured person and I feel this way is more empowering for me as a person. I think if things are too structured you lose the potential for something to pop up. Counselling has changed my general outlook on things and put so much in perspective. I sometimes think how did I even find this place it's so random, but glad I did.

Also, the counsellor who I work with is great and has alot of empathy. I enjoy their humanistic approach and feel so much more comfortable with them just being a human listening to me , a human. Sometimes they can say things and I'm like wow that is how I'm feeling. Actually, before I even think it. Also, I think they would be able to find a needle in a haystack! Genuinely they always see the finer details, in things I wouldnt even look at. I feel grateful for them choosing to be a counsellor as they are definitely doing one of their purposes in life. Who knows how many people they have helped aswell as me. Very good counsellor and person in general

Mark

“The counselling helped me understand links between past experiences and current behaviours/thinking patterns. My counsellor also helped me change my thinking patterns to be more positive toward myself and to critique myself less. This in turn has reduced the anxiety and panic attacks I was having before. It’s also resulted in me having a healthier relationship with myself and my partner. I loved my counsellor’s approach where she asked at the end of each session how I’m feeling about therapy so far and if there is anything I’d like to change or check in with in terms of frequency/approach etc.”

Catherine

"I have to firstly thank you. My sessions with you have changed my whole mindset. By being allowed to audibly voice my thoughts, you helped me identify the processes and lack of rational thinking I had become accustomed to; warped thinking had become my instinct and as a result it felt like a natural reaction. I still struggle sometimes, but when I take the time to remind myself that I don't deserve to feel bad, or be punished in a way, I am able to let go and move past the struggle in my mind. Family issues have not changed/ improved, but my ability to cope is completely different. I feel liberated. I have started sculpting again, and enjoying movies like I used to. It's like I had a black mist over my life for a few years and wasn't able to be myself, but I can now. I am in a loving relationship, and have got myself a new job - more money, more professional company and more prospects. All in all, more of what I deserve!"

Melanie

"lf you told me in advance you how much my counselling sessions would have helped me, I never would have believed you. lt's not just the help, support and having someone to share things with, but it was the encouragement I received to help me to regain my confidence and self-esteem, which had been reduced to almost nothing. As the sessions progressed week on week, thanks to my counsellor's help I was able to not only find the strength to tackle the problems I had, but to go further and understand more about myself as a person. This is invaluable information that, in the hectic world in which we all inhabit, I might not have had a chance to discover had it not been for my counsellor. She also helped me to recognize what had happened to me in the first place, which was a painful process but one I needed to go through to start to recover. My counsellor has a wonderful, warm, caring manner that comes across down the phone line. I've told my counsellor that I felt like I was walking up and down a dark consider, desperately searching for a way out and not finding one. My counsellor was the person who opened the door into the corridor from the outside, shedding some light and encouraging me to find a way out of the darkness. I will always be so grateful to her and can't thank her enough."

Gemma

"I found my counsellor to be of great support and very professional. She was everything what a counsellor should be and helped me unravel my emotions and make sense out of things. I have to say I was sceptical at first but my concerns where soon overcome. Please pass on my sincere thanks to my counsellor for her time, understanding and patience, she has put me on the road to a bright future"