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If you require an appointment or contact outside my regular hours, please get in touch to discuss your needs. I understand that flexibility is sometimes necessary and will do my best to accommodate your request where possible.

Monday 9am - 6pm

Tuesday 12pm - 7pm

Wednesday 12pm - 7pm

Thursday 12pm - 7pm

Friday 9am - 5pm

Finding the right counsellor, therapist or coach to work with you is key to helping you develop self-understanding, support self-acceptance and then create the change you'd like to see. I offer a free 20 minute Zoom consultation to help you identify your concerns, and to understand if I'm the right person to support your needs.

I offer counselling, couples therapy and therapy-based coaching for individuals, couples and small groups, either in person from my private therapy room near Southampton Common, online via Zoom or by phone. 

I specialise in offering support with relationship and communication issues, but I can also help with a number of other concerns, including: 

- affairs and betrayal, separation and divorce
- anxiety (general or specific)
- behavioural concerns (own or other's - how to cope)
- bereavement and loss
- communication concerns (feeling unheard, difficulty listening to others)
- dementia support (for individuals experiencing early stage  dementia or those caring for a relative with dementia)
- emotional abuse
- family issues
- feeling sad (general feelings or specific issues)
- grief, loss and bereavement
- learning disabilities including ADHD and ASD
- older people's concerns, including dementia and loss of independence
- panic attacks
- perfectionism
- relationship issues for individuals, couples and small groups
- sensitivity, including ADHD rejection sensitivity
- separation and divorce, affairs and betrayal
- social anxiety
- trauma
- working with family issues around ADHD and ASD

I integrate a number of recognised and established therapies to tailor an approach that suits you best, including problem solving techniques such as CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and TA (Transactional Analysis) to help you understand your past and how your experiences formed 'you', your present, and how to move move forward with positivity. 

Please visit my website for more details:
https://dovetail-counselling.com/

Contact me to arrange a free 20 minute initial Zoom consultation.

My practice is pro-active but non-directive. I won't tell you what to do, or how to be - but I will actively help you explore and understand what's going on for you, support you to cope with your 'here and now' and make choices about moving forward in the best way for you. 

I offer counselling, couples therapy and therapy-based coaching with a compassionate, but down-to-earth and practical approach.

I work from a private, cosy and comfortable ground floor therapy room near Southampton Common, or via Zoom/phone if you prefer. If you visit me in person there is wheelchair access (including accessible toilet facilities) and free parking available.

I am committed to making counselling as accessible as possible. Concessionary fees are available for students, low-income families, those who are unemployed, and individuals aged 65 and over. If you feel you may be eligible, please get in touch for further details. I will be happy to discuss your individual circumstances in confidence.

I offer a free 20 minute initial consultation on Zoom to help understand how we might work together.

If we work together, I will ask you to complete some simple paperwork prior to our first paid session together, so I have a better picture of you and what you need. If you need help completing this paperwork we can do this in our first paid session together but I'm happy to allow extra free time for this.

I'm also very happy to answer any questions, please just ask.