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Lucy | Integrative Counsellor
Counselling Chester
Hi, I'm Lucy and I know how daunting this first step feels. I’ve sat in the counselling chair myself - feeling like I had to have all the 'right' words prepared just to justify why I was there...
Let me reassure you, I'm not expecting you to have the right words - not at all in fact. My job is to help you feel safe and comfortable to share what's on your mind, however messy or disjointed it may sound to you once it comes out, I will help you make sense of it and help you walk away feeling lighter. I'm not here to 'fix' you (because you're not broken!). I'm here to allow you the space to explore, talk freely and honestly and to go at your own pace.
Overall I work integratively, which means I blend different forms of therapy (mainly person centred, psychodynamic and CBT) together, depending on what feels most helpful for you. We'll shape our sessions around what you need in a way that fits your aims, personality and where you are in your life.
Perhaps you're struggling with:
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Overthinking & self-criticism
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People-pleasing & setting boundaries
- Going through a life transition that you didn't expect or feeling lost in your identity
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Feeling emotionally disconnected or burnt-out
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Internal loneliness despite 'looking fine' on the outside
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Social anxiety and self-comparison
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Low self-esteem and communicating your needs in a relationship
If so, my relatable and calming approach helps individuals just like you to feel at ease, to get un-stuck, reconnect with yourself and find a sense of confidence and contentment.
If you would like to know more or book an appointment, please send me a message via the send a message - button.
Online therapy
I offer video call therapy sessions as well as in-person, so whichever style would suit you best.I follow the BACP ethical guidelines for working safely online and have completed training in Online Therapy Sessions. We can use Google Meets, Facetime or Zoom, whichever is preferable.
Qualifications and registrations
- Diploma L4 Therapeutic Integrative Counselling CPCAB
- Certificate in Proficiency BACP
- Suicide Awareness Training
- Certificate in Working with Insomnia
- Mental Health First Aid
- Mental Health Disability Awareness Training
- Mindfulness for Stress Breathworks
Registrations
I offer therapy in
Specialisations
- Overthinking and catasophising patterns (we'll look at your core beliefs and how to re-wire these to interrupt and create new paths for a healthier way of seeing and feeling things)
- Learning how to feel more content with the feeling of guilt everytime you set a boundary
- Processing and healing from emotional responsibility overload - reclaiming your space after years of being the 'strong one' for everyone else
- Figuring out who you are, beneath the 'helper' mode that you've become
- Women's life transitions - from friendship losses, new jobs, motherhood, marriage and more
Most common issues I support people with:
- Nervous system dsyregulation (feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from emotions, stuck, lost, anxious and more)
- Feeling as though it's your responsibility to manage others emotions and actions, leaving you overwhelmed
- Low self-esteem and self-trust, feeling stuck in unhelpful patterns because change and feeling out of control feels too dangerous
- Wanting to live a life that feels more peaceful, fulfilling and aligned with you, rather than what you feel others want from you / want you to do
Therapies offered
- ✓ Cognitive behavioural therapy
- ✓ Counselling
- ✓ Emotionally focussed therapy
- ✓ Integrative Counselling
Areas of counselling I can help with
- ✓ Anxiety
- ✓ Being a perfectionist
- ✓ Being assertive
- ✓ Bereavement, grief, loss
- ✓ Burnout
- ✓ Communication
- ✓ Self confidence
- ✓ Depression
- ✓ Eating problems
- ✓ Fear
- ✓ Feeling lonely
- ✓ Feeling sad
- ✓ Hoarding
- ✓ Infertility
- ✓ Low self esteem
- ✓ Redundancy
- ✓ Relationship issues
- ✓ Retirement
- ✓ Self-harm
- ✓ Setting boundaries
- ✓ Sleep problems
- ✓ Social phobia
- ✓ Stress
- ✓ Trauma
- ✓ Workplace stress
- ✓ Worrying too much
Fees
£55 per 50 minute session.Concessionary rates may be applied, please contact me for more information
Availability (Opening hours)
| Monday | 9-7.30pm |
| Tuesday | 9-7.30pm |
| Wednesday | 9-7.30pm |
| Thursday | 9-7.30pm |
| Friday | 9-3pm |
| Saturday | 9-12pm |
| Sunday | - |
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