Beth Squires

Beth Squires is a trainee counsellor and a student member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She is in the final year of her Diploma in Integrative Counselling at The Awareness Centre and works within The Awareness Centre’s NHS Counselling Service in Sutton. Beth is developing her clinical experience by supporting clients presenting with a range of emotional and psychological difficulties. Working integratively allows her to draw on a variety of psychotherapeutic perspectives, including Person-Centred, Psychodynamic, Gestalt, and Solution-Focused approaches, tailoring therapy to meet the unique needs of each individual.

Beth provides a warm, empathetic, open, and non-judgemental space where clients are welcomed to explore and make sense of their feelings, anxieties, and relationships. Clients describe her as calm, grounded, and easy to open up to. She fosters a safe environment where clients can unpack the stories they carry about who they are, where these beliefs have come from, how they have shaped their lives, and whether they continue to serve them. Beth works with people experiencing low mood or depression, life changes, guilt, shame, burnout, low self-esteem, and feelings of being overwhelmed, misunderstood, lonely, or disconnected from those around them. She believes that the therapeutic relationship is central to meaningful change and works collaboratively with clients to help them develop greater self-awareness, understand their emotional experiences, and identify what they need to move forward with greater confidence and resilience.

Before training as a counsellor, Beth spent 20 years working in journalism and brand storytelling as a writer, strategist, and consultant for major companies, small businesses, and the NHS. This experience has given her a deep understanding of the pressures associated with high-performance environments, the ways work and personal identity can become intertwined, and the disconnect that can develop between how people appear to the outside world and how they truly feel. Her decision to become a counsellor was inspired by her own positive experience of therapy, which reinforced her belief in the value of self-exploration and emotional growth. Beth believes that everyone should have the opportunity to process their experiences in a safe and supportive environment and that positive mental health and lasting change are possible for all.