Person-Centred Counselling

Person-centred counselling is based on the belief that you are the expert on your own experiences.

Rather than giving you instructions or telling you how you should feel, I aim to offer a relationship built around empathy, acceptance and genuineness.

This gives you space to explore what's happening for you, understand yourself more deeply and find your own way forward.

Counselling doesn't require you to arrive knowing exactly what you want to talk about. Sometimes you may simply know that things don't feel right. We can start there.

There is no expectation that you need to tell me everything immediately. We work at a pace that feels appropriate for you.

Starting counselling can feel daunting, particularly if you've never experienced counselling before. You don't need to prepare anything or arrive knowing exactly what you're going to say.

Our first full session gives us more time to talk about what has brought you to counselling, what you might like from our work together and anything you feel is important for me to understand. Counselling is collaborative, and we'll regularly consider how you're finding the process.

There isn't a predetermined number of sessions that everyone needs. Some clients find it helpful to begin with an initial six sessions, after which we can review together how you're finding counselling and whether you'd like to continue. There is no requirement to have a set number of sessions, and this can be discussed throughout our work together.