Individual Counselling
· Are you feeling tense or nervous?
· Are you worrying about the past or the future?
· Are you feeling stuck, uncertain, unable to make decisions?
· Are you feeling the pressure of where you thought you’d be in life by now?
· Are you feeling tearful or unable to relax?
· Are you avoiding everyday situations you used to be able to face?
We are all faced with challenges. At the Blackbird Clinic, I want to help you to put them behind you as quickly as possible and to get back to enjoying life. Perhaps stress, anxiety or burnout is getting in the way of bringing your true self to your relationships or performance. Believe me, I’ve been there. It’s why I’m so passionate about what we do. If you’ve found yourself in a hard place and you can’t seem to get out of it yourself, let’s start to work on it together using my training and experience, and your intelligence and tenacity.
Areas of Specialisation
My real professional passion is helping people with anxiety, burnout, work-related stress, phobias, or low self-esteem to get back on their feet and start thriving. The areas I deal with include:
Anxiety
Assertiveness
Bereavement
Bullying
Burnout
Developing self-compassion
Establishing personal boundaries
Feeling sad
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
Health anxiety
Loneliness
Low self-confidence
Low self-esteem
Mental health
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Panic attacks
Perfectionism
Phobias
Postnatal depression
Pregnancy and birth
Social anxiety
Stress
Work-related stress
Types of Therapy
After a thorough assessment, I will design a treatment plan that reflects your needs. I will draw on techniques from various therapeutic orientations, including
– Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
– Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT)
– Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
– Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT)
– Exposure and response prevention (ERP)