Is therapy right for you?
For most people life is difficult and challenging at some point.
If you're wondering whether therapy is right for you, the short answer is—if you’re thinking about it, it’s worth exploring. Therapy isn’t just for times of crisis; it’s also a space for self-discovery, personal growth, and gaining clarity.
You might long for a place to talk openly—without fear of judgement or worrying about how others might react. Unlike conversations with family or friends, I provide you with a safe, confidential space where you’re truly heard and understood. I won’t tell you what to do or where you’ve gone wrong. Instead, I’ll listen, support you, and help you make sense of your thoughts and feelings.
This time is yours—to explore whatever matters to you, with someone dedicated to helping you navigate your journey. Together, we can process difficult emotions, understand challenges, and uncover any patterns that may be holding you back. Therapy can help you build self-awareness, develop healthier coping strategies, and feel more in control of your life.
Every counselling journey is unique. You may find relief and clarity after just a few sessions, or you might choose to continue, deepening self-discovery and growth. Whatever your path, I’m here to support you every step of the way.
Why Engage in Counselling?
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Having a safe space in therapy—a place that’s entirely for you—allows you to share your feelings openly and honestly, knowing that you’ll be genuinely heard and understood. This environment of trust and acceptance can be incredibly healing, as it lets you explore your emotions without fear of judgment. In turn, this helps you gain insights into your experiences, identify patterns, and develop new ways of thinking and coping. Feeling truly supported in therapy creates a strong foundation for personal growth, self-compassion, and lasting positive change.
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Therapy provides a safe, supportive space to explore your thoughts and emotions, helping you identify and understand unhelpful patterns and develop healthier ways to cope.
Together, we can identify strategies that work for you—whether that’s managing stress, building resilience, setting boundaries, or navigating difficult emotions. Rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions, I can help you discover what feels right for you, empowering you to handle life’s challenges with greater confidence and self-awareness.
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Therapy can greatly improve relationships with a partner, family, friends or colleagues by helping you understand your emotional patterns, communicate more openly, and set healthy boundaries. It can equip you with tools for empathy and self-awareness, to express yourself more openly, fostering stronger, more balanced connections with others.
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Therapy supports self-discovery by providing a safe, reflective space to explore your thoughts, emotions, and experiences. It helps you uncover patterns, values, strengths, and beliefs that shape who you are. This process encourages greater self-awareness, clarity about what matters to you, and empowers you to make choices that align with your true self.
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Whether from as early back as childhood, teenage years or adulthood, therapy helps with past issues by providing a safe space to process and understand past experiences, allowing you to gain insight into how they may be affecting your present life. It helps you make sense of difficult memories, heal emotional wounds, and break free from patterns that may have been shaped by those experiences. With the support of a therapist, you can reframe negative beliefs, release unresolved emotions, and develop healthier coping strategies, ultimately leading to greater emotional freedom and personal growth.
who have experienced difficult early years and for whom this colours their everyday adult life.
Therapy helps with past issues by allowing you to process and understand difficult experiences, heal emotional wounds, and break free from old patterns. It supports reframing negative beliefs and developing healthier coping strategies, leading to emotional healing and growth.
Introductory Call
Free
I offer a free 15 minute chat to allow you to get a feel as to whether we feel like we would be a good fit to work together. Also for me to make sure I believe I am the right person to work with you.
There will be no obligation to book further sessions, I will give you my availability and it’s completely up to you.
Sessions
£50
Sessions are a therapeutic hour which is 50 minutes.
They will be, unless by prior arrangement, weekly, at the same time, same place and method.
I currently offer face-to-face sessions in Billericay.
I also offer online sessions if you prefer or are further afield.
Book your Session
£50
After our initial call if you feel like you would like to begin working with me I can offer an exploratory session.
We can work on a set number of sessions, week to week or open ended, whatever feels right for you.
We will regularly review our work together.
