Counselling is a talking therapy that provides a supportive space to explore feelings, challenges and life decisions. Many people use counselling for stress, anxiety, low mood, grief, relationship difficulties and confidence issues.
Sessions are confidential and collaborative, and a counsellor can help you clarify what matters, build coping strategies and improve emotional wellbeing.
The vulnerable musings of a shameful man. On a chilly spring night, full moon, reflecting... Year 5 of opening the door to the art of self reflection, defences high, humour at full pelt, blissfully unaware of the pain that lies…
Does this sound like your story? It was mine. It was some time ago that I needed to find my first therapist, yes I said first. I found the process rather daunting at the time, adding to my requirement or…
The Impact of Male Anger in Relationships: What’s Really Happening Beneath the Surface Anger is one of the most misunderstood emotions in relationships. Many couples arrive in therapy believing anger is the problem. However, in my experience, anger is rarely…
Toxic stress and Therapy Tips for SEN parents and carers By Charlotte Holden, Up For Air Counselling If you’ve ever been to Alton Towers and experienced the most terrifying but exhilarating rides there, you’ll have some idea what living the…
For many people, life has resumed but internally, something still feels unsettled. Work has restarted. Social events have returned. The world appears to be moving forward. Yet many individuals report feeling more anxious, withdrawn, emotionally numb, or uncertain than they…
Introduction This paper explains the key components in the therapeutic relationship and how they can facilitate or hinder the therapeutic process and demonstrates the importance the relationship has for the therapeutic work. Psychoanalysis and humanistic theories will inform, among other…
Consider Sarah, a brilliant therapist who found herself drowning in paperwork just three months into her practice. Her notes were either novels that took hours to write or cryptic fragments she couldn't decipher weeks later. This scenario plays out in…
To ensure you receive the best possible experience out of therapy, here are 20 points to consider: 1. What brings you to therapy? 2. You may not resonate with the first therapist you meet, like with anyone we meet for…
Grief is like an emotional wound to the heart. Imagine you have a wound to your heart; it's bleeding and it hurts so you put a plaster on it. The bleeding stops and for a while the plaster is covering…
Over a lifetime, we travel down the ‘river of life' and whilst we often experience a few ‘rapids' and a ‘few waves', we navigate through them and seem to find a way through those difficult times. When we experience a…
Grief and loss come in many forms, whether that is the death of a loved one, terminal illness, the loss of a job position or income, children leaving home (also known as empty nest syndrome), life changes and upheavals such…
My philosophy of counselling is quite simple: have faith in the person and have faith in the process. It is a simple philosophy, but one which I feel has served me, and more importantly, my clients, well to date. The…