Finding out about your addiction or substance use and helping you to see how your thoughts and feelings affect your behaviour and working on strengthening your coping mechanisms.
We work with people to overcome their addictions, whether chemical addictions such as smoking or drugs, or behavioural addictions such as shopping, gambling, or sex. Using a combination of Cognitive-based Behavioural Therapies and Hypnotherapy we are able to help resolve the issue, sometimes in a single session.
Counsellor/Therapist, BA MA Relational Psychotherapist/ Birkbeck College - Psychodynamic Counsellor
Since I started my career in psychotherapy, I have successfully dedicated considerable productive efforts to client issues. In my private practice, I create a safe and supportive therapy environment in which clients interact with me in terms of the point to where they wish to advance. To these circumstances, I bring my experience with the nature of illness, drug therapies, professional ethics and more.
Therapist, Psychotherapeutic counselling (level 5), MBACP, AdV member Addiction Professionals, MNCPS accred. National Centre For Eating Disorders
I am member an advanced member of Addiction Professionals registration body. I am an addictions and eating disorder specialist. I offer a range of services from 1:1 and group counselling/coaching sessions. I trained at Richmond College and am strongly informed by 12 step philosophy. I work as a consultant therapist at Start 2 Stop a secondary residential addictions treatment centre as well as for Orchestrate Health and I help clients find recovery from addiction so they can thrive in life.
Psychologist, CBT Therapist, FMBPsS, MA (Hons), MSc, CertCouns, MSc
I'm experienced in providing Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and ACT for clients who have problems with substance misuse, and clients who have addictions to social media, the internet, youtube, computer games and gambling, including clients who struggle with these addictions whilst also having ADHD or ADD. I have experience of supporting clients who have a previous substance misuse or alcohol misuse problem, and clients whose partner, parent, child, or other family member has a substance/ alcohol misuse problem, and the challenges that come with these difficulties.
Psychologist, UK Chartered Counseling Psychologist
Recovery is as individual as you are and no two people experience it the same. We will take an honest look at the challenges you are facing and work together to help you begin to understand yourself and your relationship to addictive substances. Are you reaching for external substances to numb your pain? Let's talk and figure out what you emotional support you need.
Counsellor/Therapist, BSc and FdSc Person Centred Counselling. MBACP
Addictive substances or behaviours change the way we feel.
People can experience addiction in different ways whether it is a physical or psychological dependence, a compulsive disorder, a physiological, cultural or social issue.
I take a broad view of all these and invite you to bring yourself where we can look at the addictive behaviour and its possible sources. Addiction can be when something becomes compulsive and you feel like you have no choice, that even with serious negative consequences you may continue with the behaviour and it begins to dominate your world.
Counselling can help you explore and identify behaviours, patterns and feelings; working to understand, acknowledge and to accept the way you live life in a healthier way.
I work to help you to understand triggers for your addictions and the events underneath them. I support you to learn to develop compassion for yourself, as well as empower you in taking responsibility as appropriate, and working through shame guilt and any other challenging emotions that may arise.