Counselling in Dorset

I am a qualified counsellor working with Children, teenagers and adults. I have worked in the social care field for the past 15 years, working with Children & Young People in various settings including Primary and Secondary schools and residential children's homes. I offer therapeutic counselling, which is person centred which puts you at the centre of our work together, this tends to take place in my private practice which is based in Queen Camel.

You have it on you to reach a bold new future! As in a recent book I have written about counsellor and therapy training, you are a valuable person with incredible worth. Let’s work together at the things that are holding you back or patterns of reacting that are detrimental to you. I work as per our training course in an integrative way with a psychodynamic core. That means we will look together at current emotional difficulties but also go deeper into wounded history. I offer therapy from my outside room in Charminster, Bournemouth, mostly on Tuesday. I have membership with BACP

Hello all, my name is Andrea Smith and I am a well regarded Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapist (CBT) and Registered Mental Health Nurse with over 30 years experience. I offer face to face or online appointments. My goal is for us to work collaboratively to help you back to full health with a comprehensive understanding of your health needs. As a clinician who has worked with children and young people, families, adults and older adults I have a wide range of experience and full awareness of the different individual needs and dynamics. Please get in touch for a no obligation and free consultation.

So many of us are experiencing unexpected challenges, often beyond our control. They can trigger our histories, and destabilise our present realities. We all suffer, feel pain, and periodically struggle in life. It’s natural. Being deeply listened to in the telling of your story, can dissolve a lot of tension and distress. I offer support to help you bring clarity and insight to your life's challenges. We will explore those places together with awareness, and with compassion. It is a journey towards greater happiness and health, where we reflect on what is troubling you now.

I am interested in the impact our childhood has on how we have developed as adults. I help people explore their lives now; how they may change who they are; and how they may learn to love and accept what they cannot change. I have over 30 years experience as a counsellor. I have expereince working with people who are neurodiverse.

I specialise in supporting adults, young people, and children aged 6 and up. My clients seek to explore and understand their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours stemming from life events. They face challenges that have been caused by past difficulties and suffering, and they aim to achieve a harmonious and balanced life. My clients need a safe, confidential environment to unravel and process their experiences. They seek insightful and empowering counselling and coaching tailored to their unique situations.

I offer Counselling services, and Supervision for other Counselling professionals, virtually or face to face. During all of our lives we have times when we find that life is harder to process, events are challenging to tolerate and find a path through. These are the times where we most need a safe place to talk – and these are also the times when it’s most difficult to reach out. I'm a compassionate, experienced professional, and can help you to manage your anxiety and overcome past truma. I am also experienced helping those struggling with sex or addiction issues, working with STOPSO and ATSAC

Are you struggling with anxiety, depression or stress? Do you need help managing someone with Controlling and/or Manipulative behaviour? Are your worries or imposter syndrome holding you back? Or is your child struggling with their mood? Maybe anxiety is stopping them going to school or causing difficulty with relationships. Whether it's therapy for yourself or your child, past, present or future concerns, get in touch and see if i’m the right counsellor for you.

Hello, I'm Nathalie. I am a BACP registered counsellor. My work is about creating an equal, non-judgmental and empathic therapeutic space for clients to explore and work through their feelings and difficulties safely. The therapy I offer can help with a wide range of issues, from anxiety and depression, divorce, grief, stress, overwhelm through to abusive relationships and trauma.

I am a relational integrative therapist. This means that you and I work in partnership to navigate a way to support you to face whichever challenges you would like to overcome. Sometimes this can be achieved through short-term work (up to 12 weeks) and sometimes a contract for much longer work will be what you need. The development of relationship between me (the therapist), and you (the client) is the driving force of how I work. Through the development of a trusted alliance we can begin to explore any vulnerabilities you bring safely in order to make sense of them together.

As much as it can be wonderful, life can really difficult at times and this can leave us struggling with unwanted thoughts, feelings, and memories. These can easily lead to us getting stuck in a cycle of unhelpful and at times harmful patterns of behaviour that affect ourselves as well as other people. Sometimes we continue in these patterns even when we know they are not helping which can lead to more stress, frustration, and self-criticism. If this sounds like you, rest assured there is nothing wrong with you, you are just human and like all of us, are doing your best to manage life's challenges.

I am a transformational life and career coach: I change lives, and I am passionate about what I do. Having radically transformed my own life, both professional and personal, I am now dedicated to working with others to help them do the same. You can have the life you dream of. Are you ready to commit to making a significant change in your life? Do you want to identify your inner strengths and weaknesses and learn how to use these to love the life you have been blessed with? If these sound familiar then coaching with me may be the answer you have been looking for.

I am passionate about supporting people to overcome their difficulties and achieve their goals. I am an accredited CBT Therapist, as well as a trained EMDR Therapist. I’m a registered member of the BABCP. I have worked for over 10 years as a Psychological Therapist and specialise in treating Depression and Anxiety Disorders, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I have a special interest and additional training in providing therapy to people in the perinatal period, including Antenatal and Postnatal mothers and partners. I have additional training and alot of experience in offering therapy to people with Autism.

Hello and thank you for pausing to read my profile. Life can sometimes bring challenges and we find the usual methods of coping no longer work for us. This can lead to feeling anxious, fatigued or unable to do the things that are important to us. Finding a counsellor who is right for you can be a stepping stone towards discovering choices and making changes. As a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor, my approach is rooted in the belief that each person has potential and I offer a welcoming space, where we can explore areas of concern at a pace that suits you, paying attention to your needs and aspirations.

Trying to work out the way forward in the world is hard, especially if you're young, have difficult family circumstances, have trouble with school and peers. Parents too have worries about their children and young people, they want the best but sometimes need a non judgemental, empathetic person to work through issues and challenges of modern life. Finding ways of relating to one another, gathering self-esteem and resilience are all part of the learning of the self.

Life can be a rough ride. Keeping the balance and moving forward can be a challenge. It can involve stress, anxiety, depression and much more. But I believe through psychological therapies we can learn and, in some cases even master, the art of managing life successfully. To achieve this, I practise an integrative approach that draws strength from various therapies in the field. I am a qualified Psychotherapist at a Doctoral level and I feel confident to deal with complexity . My natural inclination is to help people in need. My recent training and qualifications do enhance my inclination especially to those psychologically unwell.

I've been working with people for over 20 years, joining them in sense-making journeys that allow them to live more content and meaningful lives. My focus is to help people explore their thoughts, emotions and past to alleviate difficult states or obstacles to their wellbeing. When people understand what drives their behaviour and reconnect with lost parts of themselves, they can reengage in positive relationships and feel they can own their life. Symptoms like anxiety, depression or a sense of futility and unhappiness are usually linked to past experience and therapy can facilitate a safe frame to revisit them.

Hi, I am a registered psychologist with the HCPC. I have worked in the NHS for over seventeen years including children and adolescents, adults, EIS (psychosis) and also prison mental health, so my experience is pretty varied. I believe that everybody is different and as such work to help develop an understanding of what is going on for you, before exploring what intervention is likely to be the most effective. I also complete ASC assessments as part of a multi disciplinary team

Hi, I'm Melanie, a Dorset-based Counsellor, Integrative Therapist & Wellbeing Coach. I provide private 1-1 sessions to adults 18+ locally and remotely (online) to adults anywhere across the UK. At the heart of the therapeutic work is developing a strong alliance with my clients and providing a safe, non-judgmental space to explore thoughts and feelings about troubling things. Counselling and Integrative Therapy can help with a wide range of (short and long-term) issues, including; Low self-esteem, Life purpose, Change and Loss, Relationship & Attachment issues, Trauma, Poor coping skills, Bad habits, Depression and Anxiety.