Chestnut Counselling offers a safe, confidential and empathetic space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and emotions, without judgement, and at a pace that feels right for you. 

As a humanistic counsellor, I take a holistic, client-led approach, working collaboratively with you to explore whatever challenges you might be facing.

As an integrative therapist, I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches to meet your needs, while staying grounded in humanistic principles. This means working with warmth, empathy, and authenticity - valuing your unique experiencing and helping you make greater sense of your world in a way that feels meaningful for you.

The central aims of humanistic therapy focus on building self-awareness to support deeper understanding and fresh perspectives. This can help you feel more connected to yourself and others, and move forward towards positive change.

Who I work with…

I work with adults (18+) experiencing a wide range of emotional wellbeing and mental health challenges, often including things like:

• An unresolvable feeling that something is wrong in your life

• Feeling stuck, lost, or disconnected from yourself or others

• Relationship challenges

• Confidence & self-esteem issues

• Anxiety, stress, physical tension & chronic pain

• Feeling uncertain or overwhelmed

• Depression & mood changes

• Childhood issues such as abandonment, neglect & abusive experiences

• Existential issues

• Grief, loss, separation (including pets) & other significant life transitions

• Adjusting to life after traumatic brain injury - whether your own experience or someone close to you

• Traumatic experiences including complex trauma

• Self-development

Qualifications…

I am an experienced and fully qualified counsellor with a Post Graduate Diploma from York St John University. I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy and dedicated to providing an ethical, professional service. I am also fully insured and DBS checked.