Psychotherapy and Couple
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Psychotherapy or ‘the talking cure’ is still the most effective treatment for difficulties affecting quality of life.


Are you trying to make sense of repeated patterns, overwhelming feelings or difficult relationships?  Do you find yourself in the same situation over and over again, feeling the same way? 


You may feel anxious, low in mood, isolating yourself, struggle with self image or your place in the world and grappling to understand why you feel the way you are, I may be able to help. 


treatment Approach

My focus is you; assisting you to explore how you feeling and how you are coping.

I believe that our history influences how we act and feel in the present. My therapeutic approach reflects this, I draw on a number of different theoretical methods and work in an integrative way. I am influenced by psychodyamic theory, Gestalt and constructionist, I use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and systems theory in my practice. 

I may  use a number of different techniques and  skills to help you improve wellbeing and coping, which may include focussed skills to help reduce distress and  increase coping. This can then create the opportunity to explore deeper routed difficulties. 


If  you have attempted to address and overcome your problems with little sucess, I can help.  By sitting alongside you without judgement, my aim is to assist you, to give you clarity on your difficulties and help you overcome them. 

Typically we will begin with a number of introductory sessions to help us get to know each other. Following these, we explore a joint understanding of your difficulties and develop an approach for future sessions.

I am passionate about my work and the challenge that it presents personally, this drives me to be the best practitioner I can be. I aim to be honest and transparent in my approach. Sessions can be filled with tears and laughter, clarity and confusion, they can feel confronting and challenging. I hope to sit beside you in your journey in understanding and overcoming your difficulties. 


Talking therapy can help with many different aspects wellbeing, from anxiety, low self worth, depression, psychosis and problematic coping behaviours. 


"Since true listening involves a setting aside of the self, it also temporarily involves a total acceptance of the other. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will feel less and less vulnerable, and more and more inclined to open up the inner recesses of his or her mind to the listener. As this happens, speaker and listener begin to appreciate each other more and more, and the dance of love is begun again."

M. Scott Peck

About ME

Experience

I have an MSc in Integrated Psychotherapy and Counselling, I am a Relate trained couples counsellor, supporting couples and individuals with relationship difficulties and a Registered Mental Health Nurse with over twenty years experience in the NHS  in the UK and the public health service in Australia. 


My work in the NHS ranged  from working in acute adult mental health wards, forensic hospitals and then as a senior nurse in both older adult and adult community mental health teams. In Australia I worked in a community mental health team and a specialist personality disorder service. I have worked extensively with complex problems and difficulties.  This has included individual, group and family therapy, training and consultation, GP clinics and supervision of junior nurses.   


My experience as a mental health nurse sets me aside from most other counsellors.  I have supported people with both acute and chronic conditions, within their own homes, hospitals, prisons, community clinics. I have seen and heard people in their hardest and darkest moments, this journey constantly supports the way I work.  


I have supported and treated people who experience difficulties such as anxiety, drepression, obsessive disorders, trauma,  borderline personality disorder, bi-polar, adjustment disorder, postnatal psychosis and depression, addiction,  psychosis, depression, anxiety and eating disorders. 


Throughout my career, I have used and trained in various modalities of treatment such as Family Behavioural Therapy (FBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT), Systemic therapy and have a person -centered approach. 



Testamonials

Miss L -July 2024

Nicole is really approachable and provided a safe space for me to be heard. Her non-judgemental approach helped me to open up and face difficult issues in my past. At times the sessions were challenging but Nicole's calm temperament and good humour ensured that I have been able to leave with positivity and hope. I was initially scared of attending therapy as, I thought it was, 'other people', Nicole's manner and style made me feel at ease.                                                                 

Miss A - Nov 2019

Nicole's approach has helped me to see how my overwhelming feelings and thoughts follow a pattern. Now that I am aware of them I can cope with them. This was hard to talk about but Nicole supported me in talking about them. 

Mr D - Sep 2023

Nicole has helped me to understand my anxiety and OCD, she does not judge and seems to be calm even when I am panicking. Talking with Nicole has helped me manage the things I was finding difficult with more confidence.

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 I offer online or face to face appointments in Worcester or Cheltenham 

07908137889

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