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My client facing working hours are 09:00 - 20:15 Monday to Thursday (excluding Bank Holidays). 

If you feel anxiety is running your life and you鈥檙e burning out with all the overthinking and constant overwhelm we can take a look at dialing things down a bit by first understanding what is driving your anxiety then seeing if we can recalibrate it so it isn鈥檛 constantly bundling you into the panic room in your head and affecting your ability to enjoy life.

I think anxiety is there to help us stay safe by stopping us diving headlong into situations where, if a part of us HAD said 鈥渉old on, is this as good as it looks?鈥� we would鈥檝e saved ourselves a lot of time, pain and upset.

I think the trouble starts when our anxiety gets into the driving seat of our lives and becomes our habit, our default way of being. Being on 鈥渉igh alert鈥� and in and out of 鈥渟urvival mode鈥� most of the time affects sleep, appetite, social life, even causes nausea so this emotion which is trying to protect us ends up causing more problems than it solves and fuels unhelpful coping strategies like binge-eating (I have solid training and much experience in dislodging the habit of eating your feelings using Understanding You Eating framework https://untangleyourlife.co.uk/understanding-your-eating/).

Over time, anxiety running the show can have a knock-on effect of undermining how we feel about ourselves so we lose sight of who we are and what we like, leading to low self-confidence and low self-esteem (and we can also work together to boost both those).

If your relationship is the issue, particularly when the same argument keeps looping round and round like Groundhog Day escalating into a row, then I am a trained and experienced Couples (Relationship) Counsellor https://untangleyourlife.co.uk/couples-counselling/. We can deconstruct those "here we go again" moments when, with just a look or a shift in tone, conversation flips to argument. If you鈥檙e fed up yet powerless to get out of this hurtful, destructive cycle by yourselves then please think about making contact with me, thank you.

I offer a calm and non-judgmental breathing space in which you can put the World on hold and, with no one making demands on you, reflect, pinpoint what鈥檚 really troubling you, get to the root cause then choose what, if anything, you want to do about it.

I am an 鈥渋ntegrative-relational counsellor鈥� meaning once I have met you, I pick the best from several types of therapy (buzzwords you may have heard like EMDR https://untangleyourlife.co.uk/eye-movement-desensitisation-and-reprocessing-emdr-therapy/, CBT, person-centred, humanistic, psychodynamic, mindfulness and so on) to make a blend tailored to you. Like a bespoke scent made especially for you rather than pushing you through the same old sheep dip regardless of your preferences or needs.

Research shows that of all the factors determining how well therapy goes our therapeutic relationship accounts for 30% of likely success, hence 鈥渞elational鈥� and my studying a degree which taught me how to make best use of our relationship.

My approach is to work with you not only on those, apparently mystifying, forces that hold you in a tangled and unhappy present but drawing on your strengths as we go so as to boost self-belief that you can untangle your life. I work face to face in person and also online using Zoom or Teams.

I run a private practice on the outskirts of Weybridge. Before 5 years re-training as a counsellor, culminating in a 3 year BA (Hons) degree, I was 28 years in the private sector so I have insight into the stresses and strains of balancing work and life as well as experience of the ups and downs of life generally. I was accredited by the 糖心官网 in early 2019. I am also recognised by Aviva, Bupa and WPA.

I鈥檝e worked within two busy Surrey GP surgeries delivering counselling to NHS patients and also with The Counselling Partnership, a 糖心官网 accredited charity, offering counselling from three locations in Surrey.

I look forward to hearing from you and to the prospect of working with you, thank you.

The first session would be a 50 minute (non-chargeable) "Chemistry Test" session so you can tell me a bit about how you are finding things in general, what it is that has you coming to counselling at this moment in your Life in particular, so you can see how I am with that, if you could trust and work with me. Equally I need to be sure that I am a suitable counsellor for you, that there is nothing in the mix which I am not experienced or trained to work with you upon.

*= 60 minute in the case of couples with both of you together in the room (if we are meeting face to face in person) or together at the other end of the Zoom or Teams call (if we are meeting online).