Counselling Services — Swindon & Online
Taking the first step takes courage — and you don't have to do it alone. I provide a safe, confidential, non‑judgmental space where you can be truly heard. Based in Swindon, serving Cirencester, Wiltshire, and across the UK online.
How I Work — An Integrative Approach
No single approach works for every person. That's why I combine three powerful, proven frameworks — tailoring the support to you, not a one‑size‑fits‑all method.
🎯 Solution Focused Therapy
Instead of endlessly analysing the past, we focus on the future you want. We identify what's already working, build on your strengths, and create a clear, practical path forward. It's positive, goal‑oriented, and often surprisingly fast.
Key idea: You already carry the resources you need — we just help you find and use them.
🧠 Neuro‑Linguistic Programming (NLP)
NLP bridges the gap between how you think, how you feel, and how you act. It helps identify patterns of thought and behaviour that hold you back — then gives you the tools to rewrite them. It's practical, empowering, and deeply respectful of how your unique mind works.
Key idea: Your internal experience shapes your reality — change the perspective, and the experience changes too.
🔄 Transactional Analysis (TA)
TA helps you understand how you relate to yourself and others. It explains the "Parent–Adult–Child" states we all carry — and how outdated patterns from the past can still be running your life today. It brings clarity, insight, and the power to choose differently.
Key idea: You learned your way of being — and because it was learned, it can be updated, rewritten, or released.
How This Helps You
Together, these three approaches create a uniquely powerful foundation for change:
- ✅ Solution Focused keeps us moving forward, not stuck in the past
- ✅ NLP works at the level of thought, habit, and emotional response
- ✅ Transactional Analysis brings insight into relationships, patterns, and life scripts
- ✅ Person‑centred at heart — your pace, your priorities, your journey
Services I Provide
Whatever you're facing, we can work together in the way that best supports you:
Frequently Asked Questions
Counselling focuses on talking, insight, understanding, and processing emotions — creating clarity and perspective.
Hypnotherapy works through deep relaxation and suggestion to reach subconscious patterns — it's often faster for habits, phobias, and deep‑rooted responses.
Many people benefit from combining both — talking things through while using hypnotherapy to embed new, positive ways of being. That's the unique advantage of working with me.
It depends on what you're working with — and that's something we review together:
- Focused issues / specific goals: 4–6 sessions
- Ongoing support / deeper patterns: 8–12 sessions or more
- Open‑ended: Some people prefer regular sessions over a longer period — that's completely fine too
There is no fixed commitment. You decide when you're ready to finish — and that can change at any time.
Yes — absolutely.
What you share stays between us. There are only very limited legal exceptions — such as serious risk of harm to yourself or others — and I would always discuss this with you first where possible.
I am bound by strict ethical codes of the NCH, AfSFH, and CNHC — confidentiality is the foundation of trust.
Both — and both work equally well.
In‑person sessions take place in Swindon or Cirencester. Online sessions are available from anywhere in the UK — many people find they feel more relaxed in their own familiar surroundings, making the process surprisingly effective.
We can also mix and match — some in person, some online — whatever works best for you.
It's a chance for us to meet — with no obligation:
- ✅ Talk about what's bringing you to counselling
- ✅ Explain how I work and which approaches might suit you
- ✅ Answer any questions — big or small
- ✅ See how we feel about working together
- ✅ Decide what happens next — or nothing at all
It usually takes about 45–60 minutes. You'll leave with clarity — and no pressure.
That is actually a very common place to start — and it's more than enough.
You don't need to have it all figured out before you come. You don't need a label or a diagnosis. You just need to know that you want things to be different — and that's already a brave and important step. We can untangle it together, at your pace.
Reach Out Today
Every journey begins with one small step. Tell me a little about what you're looking for — completely confidential.