Empathic Counselling : Empathic Counselling

Dragonflies symbolise growth, transformation, strength, hope, love and self-actualisation. Empathic Counselling provides a non-judgemental space for adults to grow and transform through integrative and evidence-based trauma therapy

Welcome to Empathic Counselling! Empathic Counselling is a counselling private practice that supports adults who have experienced trauma, with a special interest in adults who have experienced childhood trauma or Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Empathic Counselling provides a safe and non-judgemental space, taking a holistic and non-pathologising approach with clients. Rather than focusing on the diagnostic criteria associated with trauma, the focus is on how the emotional wounds from the past, are still impacting on life in the present. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to trauma therapy, so counselling appointments are tailored to the specific needs and goals of each client, integrating a range of evidence-based therapeutic approaches that address the surface level of presenting symptoms, as well as the unseen emotional wounds from unresolved trauma.

What to expect at Empathic Counselling:

To feel heard, validated and supported in a safe and non-judgemental space
Culturally sensitive, neuroaffirming and LGBTIQ+ affirming therapy
Therapy that is tailored to your needs from evidence-based therapeutic modalities
Therapy that is sensitively attuned, and goes at the pace you are comfortable with
To collaborate with the counsellor as an equal and active participant in therapy

Some of the benefits of Trauma Therapy include:

Getting to know yourself at a deeper level
Gaining more awareness and insight into your thoughts, feelings and behaviours
Learning how to regulate your nervous system in order to feel more grounded
Learning about your attachment style and how it impacts your relationships
Discovering your life purpose and how to live life as your authentic self
Learning your values and how to live more in alignment with them
Learning how to effectively express difficult emotions
Overcoming shame and developing self-compassion and self-acceptance
Developing insight into your core beliefs, values and how you see the world
Learning practical strategies that support your therapeutic goals
Overcoming relationship fears such as a fear of intimacy, fear of abandonment, fear of being vulnerable and fear of commitment in order to build secure relationships
Learning to set boundaries and communicate your needs more effectively
Improving your mental health, emotional wellbeing and relationships