One to One Counselling and Psychotherapy For Adults
Clients come to the practice for many reasons and with a variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationships under strain or breaking down, bereavement, bullying, work related stress, trauma and abuse. We support the client in resolving the difficulties which are holding them back from living a positive, fulfilling life.
Couple Therapy
Couples can experience a range of relationship difficulties, including communication issues, loss of intimacy, the impact of infidelity, becoming parents, sexual dysfunction and bereavement. Working with couples is a specialist skill, requiring therapists to undertake in depth additional training. The West Street Counselling Centre has a large team of experienced couple therapists.
EMDR ( Eye Movement Desenstitation Reprocessing)
Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing is a powerful psychological treatment method, developed by an American Clinical Psychologist, Dr Francine Shapiro, in the 1980s. Traumatic memory can remain unprocessed in the brain, causing the person to re-experience distressing events, as if they were occurring in the here and now. EMDR can facilitate the processing of this trauma memory, by using bi-lateral stimulation, similar to that experienced naturally during the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) stage of the sleep cycle. EMDR is a very well researched therapy and can be used successfully to treat many presenting issues, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Phobias, Addiction and Low Self Esteem. There are currently seven EMDR trained therapists at the practice and more information about EMDR can be found at EMDR Association UK
Individual Counselling and Psychotherapy for Children & Young People
Working with children and young people requires additional training and expertise. Several therapists in the team have undertaken this training and we are able to offer support to children from as young as 4 years.
Clinical Supervision
Clinical Supervision is an ethical requirement for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, to ensure ethical standards of practice are maintained and for professional development. Several members of the team are trained to offer this service.
Chiropractor
Dr Graeme Rasmussen, works at the Centre offering McTimoney Chiropractic treatments. For more information about the services he provides, please contact him directly by calling 01489 278003.
Subconscious Pattern Change Specialist & Hypnotherapist
Helena Wilde
Sometimes you can understand why you feel or behave a certain way, yet still find yourself caught in the same response.
Helena works with people who want to change the automatic patterns behind things such as anxiety, overthinking, panic, self-doubt, perfectionism and fears, particularly when logic and willpower haven’t been enough to shift them.
Her approach is practical, collaborative and tailored to the individual. Hypnosis may be used where helpful, but the work is not dependent on trance and you remain aware and in control throughout.
Helena works through focused one-to-one programmes, with appointments available at West Street and online. More informatonis available at helenawilde.co.uk
Free 30-minute Clarity Call available.