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Welcome

Do you feel you are entering a period of transition and change? Has a significant relationship ended, turning your life upside down? Are you struggling to achieve your ambitions in your career and feel stuck? Have you reached a breaking point or burnout? Are you having a crisis of identity? Is university life not what you expected it to be? Have you recently become a parent and are struggling with the shift within yourself or your relationship? 

I have a particular interest in working with young professionals going through a change of life crisis. Whether you are in your 20's, 30's or 40's the pressure from family, friends, society and yourself can feel crushing. How do you navigate becoming who you want to be when you are so aware of who you think you should be? These emotional pressures can begin to manifest physically in anxiety, depression, OCD, insomnia and chronic pain. I can help you to make sense of this.

 

Your emotions can create behavioural patterns which begin as helpful, even necessary for survival. As you enter into the next stage of your life, you may have begun to realise these patterns no longer serve you. In fact, they can be actively standing in your way. It can feel impossible to know how to change them and find who you are underneath. Often we do not realise how our upbringing has affected us until something comes up which forces us to look at it. The key to understanding and to change is to look beneath the everyday, follow your emotions and find what lies at the root. 

"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you" Jean-Paul Sartre

 

If you or someone you know are in need of immediate help please use the button below to access information about emergency support.

ABOUT ME

Stephanie Taylor MBACP, BA (Hons), Dip. Counselling

I am an integrative relational counsellor and a registered member of the BACP (bacp.co.uk). I am bound by their code of ethics. I have full indemnity insurance and am registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to process personal information.

I have worked with a wide range of clients in my private practice and the voluntary sector, both face to face and online.

I offer a no obligation, 15 minute consultation via video call or over the phone. Please use the contact form at the bottom of the page to arrange a suitable time.

This consultation is to help you decide if we are a good fit to work together. My job is to welcome you into a safe space and help you to feel at ease. This means you won’t feel judged by me and I will give you the time and space you need to process your thoughts. Therapy is not about asking a professional to give you the answer to your problems. Instead, it is a partnership where we work together to achieve what you hope for.

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"When we dare to keep putting the difficult stuff into words, we gradually take control of it, rather than it controlling us". Phillipa Perry.

I can offer help to adults (18+) to understand and overcome a range of emotional issues including:

ADHD, Anger, Anxiety, Attachment Disorder, Bereavement, Burnout, Childhood Abuse, Codependency, Depression, Emotional Abuse, Identity Issues, Non-Monogamy, OCD, Panic Attacks, Parenting, Postpartum Depression, Relationship Issues, Self-Esteem Issues, Shame, Stress, Work Related Issues.

How can therapy help?

I am an integrative relational counsellor which means I draw from several theoretic approaches, tailored to you as a client. I believe each human being is of value and has the potential for psychological change and holds the answer to their problems within them. I am there to enable you to find it.

Modalities offered: 

Psychodynamic therapy, read more

Person-centred therapy, read more

Integrative therapy, read more

Transactional analysis, read more

Existential therapy, read more

 CONTACT

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