Focussing on others and pushing our own needs to the back of our mind can result in us losing sight of who we are and what we need. Counselling offers you a confidential, supportive, professional, therapeutic relationship where you can take the time to talk and be understood without feeling judged, explore what's troubling you and begin to find yourself again.
Since we're all unique individuals, it's important to find out if Linda is the right person for you.
A FREE, NO OBLIGATION introductory telephone consultation is available to you. Alternatively, you can opt for an initial 20 minute session, which enables you to meet and discuss any questions you may have, or, if you already feel ready to start exploring, then a full 50 minute initial session, where you can have a more detailed discussion would be more helpful. These discussions don't require any commitment from you to engage in further sessions. Please click on the 'Sessions and Fees' tab for more information about discounts, cancellations and missed sessions.
Linda is a firm believer that positive change is possible through the process of exploration with someone who isn't there to judge or tell you what to do. Believing we all have the resources within us to solve our problems, she will help you consider what is most important for you to explore and help you use your potential. Together you will build the resources you need at your pace. Some clients admit to being sceptical about the possibility of personal change but are happily able to recognise their own transformation following their sessions.
Changing your approach to life can be challenging and Linda will help you consider why you feel as you do and perhaps help you understand past experiences and their impact on your current situation. This may involve looking at how the way you relate to each other differs or mirrors your other relationship. Perhaps you could look at your childhood or meaningful relationships and try to see if any patterns emerge which are contributing to your current difficulties. This often leads to new awareness, acceptance and helps bring you back into contact with yourself and others around you in a more rewarding way.
Is Counselling different to Psychotherapy?
For Linda, these are one and the same. Others feel that Counselling is more short-term or action based and that Psychotherapy is longer term and addresses deeper issues. Either way, this is your journey.
You may not know what to expect and it can feel unknown at first; it’s not like seeing your doctor who prescribes something to make you better. There's no right or wrong way and Linda will help you work through any unknown elements.
Your work can help you through many problematic areas in your life, from understanding why you feel as you do, why others respond to you in ways which you don't find helpful and also to build your self-confidence and bring you more into healthy, positive relationships with others and yourself.
You may feel worse before you feel better, especially as you start to acknowledge and get in touch with feelings which you've tried hard to bury or ignore. Linda will walk with you as you allow yourself to experience these. She will do this by working with you to build a secure, unique relationship which will sustain you both through any challenges.
Is Therapy right for me?
An assessment session is a good way to find out if you're ready. This is not a commitment from you to enter into any short or longer term work, but an opportunity for you to ask questions you may have about it and find out how you might work with each other and whether you think Linda can help you.
You may not have any definite ideas about what you want; perhaps you just feel unsettled, unhappy or you may have some very specific things which you want to explore. Linda can talk about this when you meet in your initial session.
In Couples Counselling, you can consider the nature of your relationship with each other and explore your thoughts and feelings about the relationship you share with your partner.
When you decide to work together, this would be the point that you are offered a therapeutic contract which outlines the boundaries of Therapy. Once you've worked through the contract, both parties sign to show their commitment and agreement to these terms.
Sessions are held weekly and, after 6-8 sessions, a review helps to understand the direction you want to go and also to feedback your experiences of each other. The decision about where you go from there is reached through discussion and, ultimately, it is your choice about what to do next.
Since we're all unique individuals, it's important to find out if Linda is the right person for you.
A FREE, NO OBLIGATION introductory telephone consultation is available to you. Alternatively, you can opt for an initial 20 minute session, which enables you to meet and discuss any questions you may have, or, if you already feel ready to start exploring, then a full 50 minute initial session, where you can have a more detailed discussion would be more helpful. These discussions don't require any commitment from you to engage in further sessions. Please click on the 'Sessions and Fees' tab for more information about discounts, cancellations and missed sessions.
Linda is a firm believer that positive change is possible through the process of exploration with someone who isn't there to judge or tell you what to do. Believing we all have the resources within us to solve our problems, she will help you consider what is most important for you to explore and help you use your potential. Together you will build the resources you need at your pace. Some clients admit to being sceptical about the possibility of personal change but are happily able to recognise their own transformation following their sessions.
Changing your approach to life can be challenging and Linda will help you consider why you feel as you do and perhaps help you understand past experiences and their impact on your current situation. This may involve looking at how the way you relate to each other differs or mirrors your other relationship. Perhaps you could look at your childhood or meaningful relationships and try to see if any patterns emerge which are contributing to your current difficulties. This often leads to new awareness, acceptance and helps bring you back into contact with yourself and others around you in a more rewarding way.
Is Counselling different to Psychotherapy?
For Linda, these are one and the same. Others feel that Counselling is more short-term or action based and that Psychotherapy is longer term and addresses deeper issues. Either way, this is your journey.
You may not know what to expect and it can feel unknown at first; it’s not like seeing your doctor who prescribes something to make you better. There's no right or wrong way and Linda will help you work through any unknown elements.
Your work can help you through many problematic areas in your life, from understanding why you feel as you do, why others respond to you in ways which you don't find helpful and also to build your self-confidence and bring you more into healthy, positive relationships with others and yourself.
You may feel worse before you feel better, especially as you start to acknowledge and get in touch with feelings which you've tried hard to bury or ignore. Linda will walk with you as you allow yourself to experience these. She will do this by working with you to build a secure, unique relationship which will sustain you both through any challenges.
Is Therapy right for me?
An assessment session is a good way to find out if you're ready. This is not a commitment from you to enter into any short or longer term work, but an opportunity for you to ask questions you may have about it and find out how you might work with each other and whether you think Linda can help you.
You may not have any definite ideas about what you want; perhaps you just feel unsettled, unhappy or you may have some very specific things which you want to explore. Linda can talk about this when you meet in your initial session.
In Couples Counselling, you can consider the nature of your relationship with each other and explore your thoughts and feelings about the relationship you share with your partner.
When you decide to work together, this would be the point that you are offered a therapeutic contract which outlines the boundaries of Therapy. Once you've worked through the contract, both parties sign to show their commitment and agreement to these terms.
Sessions are held weekly and, after 6-8 sessions, a review helps to understand the direction you want to go and also to feedback your experiences of each other. The decision about where you go from there is reached through discussion and, ultimately, it is your choice about what to do next.
