Counselling services
Counselling Sessions
One to one counselling sessions are 50 minutes long and held online via Zoom video call. Zoom is free, secure and very easy to set up on a laptop, PC or smart phone.
Once you have decided to get in touch, we can arrange a mutually convenient time for an initial 20-minute consultation. This is free of charge and provides an opportunity for us to meet, discuss your hopes for therapy and look at availability.
Individual therapy sessions are 50-minutes and charged at £55. Couples Therapy sessions are 1-hour and charged at £65
You may also choose extended 90-minute therapy sessions, these are charged at £80 for individuals or £95 for Couples.
Fees can be paid by debit/credit card or by bank transfer and are due prior to each session.
I work with people from around the UK, including London, The South East, South West, Midlands, North of England Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as some locations abroad.
Please call or email to book a free consultation
Couples Therapy
Relationship Counselling
Couples Therapy and relationship counselling allows you to explore the difficulties you are facing in your relationships. Conflicts, infidelity, lack of intimacy and problems communicating effectively can grind a relationship into a place of deep unhappiness. Together we will look at these concerns and explore what is preventing resolution, keeping the problem going and importantly, what is is you both need from one another. These sessions are held online via Zoom video call. This has the added benefit of the Couple being able to attend from different locations if need be.
To find out more about how I work with Couples, please do get in touch for a 20-minute Consultation.
Therapy for Counsellors, Psychotherapists & Students
Long term, Brief & single session therapy
I appreciate the importance of Therapists and their own therapy and have experience supporting fellow Professionals and Students. Counselling sessions are held online and can be long term, short term, single session therapy or ad hoc*
Sessions are discounted for this group at the following rates:
Long term, short term & ad hoc 50-minute sessions £50 Professionals, £45 Students
Intensive, solution-focussed Single Session Therapy of 90 minutes £80
*ad hoc sessions are only available after two concurrent therapy sessions. This is to ensure we have gathered some history and have begun to develop our relationship. Any questions please don’t hesitate to ask.
Theories & Therapies
How I work
I am primarily trained in Gestalt Therapy and also draw from Transactional Analysis, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness and Attachment Theory. I am also a Trauma-Informed Therapist. This means that I have undertaken significant additional trainings to understand and safely work with trauma and difficult emotional memories
Gestalt Therapy focusses on our here and now experience, in mind and body. It draws together both our past hurts and our fears for the future and brings them into our present moment awareness; our 'stuckness', repeating patterns of thought and behaviour and explores our learned ways of coping that may no longer be useful to us.
Transactional Analysis looks at the roles we develop (the different parts of us, such as our Child part) and how they play out in our lives and relationships.
Internal Family Systems provides a fascinating insight into our inner workings; the parts of us that are trying to protect us, the parts that are hiding through shame or pain and the parts that are desperately trying to keep some control over our lives. Getting to know these parts, to love and understand them, brings a new unity to our inner world, our sense of peace and the choices we have over our own lives and well-being
Mindfulness aims to teach us the ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what is going inside or around us.
Attachment Theory looks at the relationships and attachments formed during our early years and how they influence our style of relating in the here and now. Understanding early attachments enables us to identify patterns in our relationships with others, and work to re-establish safety and connection in the relationships we have now.
In addition, in my work with couples, I draw on a variety of therapeutic approaches, using proven methods to help you make sense of yourself and each other. Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at disrupted emotional connections that can lead to disconnection, conflict or mis- communication, in order that trust and intimate connection can be restored. Transactional Analysis explores how we move between different states of being and brings awareness to how reactive communication, such as criticism, withholding affection or angry outbursts, can play out in our relationships. Attachment Theory explores how we sought safety and tried to get our needs met in our formative years, as these needs (and ways of getting those needs met) persist throughout our lives.
Ultimately, the journey of couples therapy is about raising awareness and giving context to the sometimes dysfunctional way we strive to be loved, understood, accepted and cherished. The beauty of this process goes beyond healthier intimate relationships, into a better relationship with ourselves and others in our lives.
If you would like to arrange a free initial consultation, please do get in touch at:
ooven5575@gmail.com or call 07496 936359
