Digging deep, uncovering and releasing can be painful, but the acceptance and growth that comes with it has meant I can live feeling more content and more peace. I am so very appreciative of Vas guiding me through, giving me different lenses to look through and the work we have done together.
I was so impressed how quickly everything was put into place, that was very, very helpful. It is my first experience of talking therapies and its been very helpful and I would look towards continuing it and using it again at times when I feel very over-whelmed. Riana has been really good listener and able to remember lots of different things and offer different strategies to manage things better on my own. Many thanks to the service.
We met with Nick for a few sessions during a very testing time in our 15-year marriage. Nick provided a safe space for us to talk and he enabled each of our voices to be heard. Nick was calm, patient and thoughtful, allowing us time to process what was going on which resulted in us finding a way forward together.
I have previously worked with a few different counsellors at various stages in my life and Emma is the counsellor that I have worked with most consistently. I feel comfortable and supported and we have discussed realistic options for what the sessions will achieve. Emma is compassionate and insightful. Moreover, I appreciate the different approaches she incorporates into our sessions, whether it be Mindfulness-based techniques or ACT. My experience in the sessions with Emma has been evolving based on the use of different approaches and she helps me feel confident in challenging my perspectives and opening out how I think about some things in my life.
I’ve been seeing Philippa regularly for the last 6 months and it has been a total game-changer for me. She’s helped me to explore my patterns of thinking and find ways to recognise and reframe them and has also helped me to understand where they come from so that I can address the root cause. She also manages to be really objective and firm whilst being friendly and engaging which is an amazing combination. I feel stronger and more positive now than I have in a long time.
This therapy for me has been instrumental in my emotional healing process, specifically having a therapist like Vas who is empathetic but also can challenge me has helped me grow in many areas of my life and become aware of my behaviours which no longer serve their purpose, whilst also learning to accept and manage the parts of me that may never change.
