Counselling can really help you when you are having a difficult time and you need some support in a confidential and safe space where you feel heard and understood. I offer a confidential and safe space and will listen attentively to you without judgement. My aims are to understand how you came to feel the way you do and through this process enable you to gain some insight and clarity on what may really be going on for you. And as you grow in self-awareness, my aims are to support you in strengthening your coping mechanisms and support you in changing unhelpful patterns and behaviours whilst enabling you to gain a deeper sense of who you are. In this way counselling can promote a greater sense of connection to self, others in relationship and acknowledgement of your own resilience and capacity for change and development.Deciding to start counselling can bring up a whole range of mixed emotions and it can be daunting and frightening. People often feel anxious and do not know what to expect. It is a challenging time for you and therefore I offer an initial counselling assessment that provides us both with an opportunity to find out about each other and learn about what brought you to counselling and how you would like counselling to help you. I would provide you with information on how I work and what you can expect from me and the counselling process. This meeting would be for 50 minutes and I would charge at half the counselling fee rate. If you decide that you to want to go forward with counselling with me we will make arrangements for weekly therapy.