Counselling

Support in time of doubt, decision or dilemma

When life is overwhelming, I believe therapy is invaluable and life changing. It can be a place to offload; a chance to get a different perspective or a place to make choices and decisions with support from someone who cares.

Approach: I offer a confidential, supportive approach for you to explore any difficulties in your life. I work from a person-centered perspective, which means I follow you and your needs; however I have trained in a number of areas and integrate them into my work to suit you. These include: CBT, NLP, Narrative Therapy, Gestalt Therapy and Transactional Analysis. I have counselled both teenagers and adults.

Areas of counselling I deal with: Counselling can help with most of life’s issues and problems. I have had most experience working with issues around self-esteem/self-worth, relationships, domestic violence, infertility, self-harm, body-image and anger. In addition I have helped clients work through abuse, addictions, anxiety, bereavement, careers/jobs, confidence, decision-making, depression, OCD, pain, panic attacks, parenting, phobias, rape, sex, sexual abuse and trauma.

Client comments - These are some of the things clients have said about our work together:

“I’ve realised it’s not about the cards you’re dealt but how you play them.”
“Counselling has helped me realise I’m not a failure.”
“You gave me time and space to unpick it all.”
“Now I have an understanding and acceptance of myself.”
“I wanted to feel better about myself and now I do.”
“You saved my life.”

Fees: Sessions are 50 minutes and cost £40 (concessions available). Initial Session is £15.

About me: I originally trained as a music teacher and worked in a secondary school and with young offenders. Then I worked for the council in their education department working with parents and teenagers about issues preventing them attend school. It was during this time that I retrained as a counsellor and now hold both a post-graduate diploma and an MSc in Counselling. I also have a diploma in NLP and am a member of the BACP. I am now working as a counsellor in private practice full-time but have also worked as a counsellor for Listen-In, a GP surgery and a Secondary School.

Appointments: You can book appointments by email, text or phone. I am more than happy to answer any queries prior to actually making an appointment so you can make an informed decision about whether you would like us to work together, but an initial session is usually the most useful way for you to decide if you would like further sessions.

For further information please visit my website: www.joreader.com, email: jo@joreader.com, phone: 07713 243 547.

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