Who I help

Who I help

Counselling for individuals, couples, families, and children (5-18yrs old)

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"Humans never cease to amaze me with their resilience and strength. Often in times of crisis and despair they can find inner strength to re-build their lives and find coping skills." 


Beverley Price, Changing Seasons Counselling

Counselling for Individuals

“I have a belief that my clients go away with something…whatever that is. They come to me for help with something they cannot do for themselves – or so they think.” Beverley Price, 2014

It is possible you have reached a point in your life when you feel ready to get some help. You may be considering an important decision or have a difficult choice to make.


In counselling, we will look at how you can become your own choice-maker and how you might discover new possibilities and perspectives. In counselling for individuals, I cover the following areas:


  • Accepting responsibility for your own life
  • Improving coping skill mechanisms
  • Building self-esteem and confidence
  • Resolving feelings of distress, depression, or anxiety


I firmly believe that with help, we can manage and cope with what is put in our way. Through counselling I am here to help you understand yourself better and make more sense of things, so you feel stronger to be able to accept the challenges you are facing.

Children & Young People

The emotional wellbeing of children is just as important as their physical health, but one in ten children and young people are affected by mental health problems including depression, anxiety, and conduct disorder. Difficult behaviours and regression may be an indicator that children are distressed.


Over many years I have had the opportunity of working with children age 5 and upwards, and as a result of counselling, I have seen positive changes in their self-esteem, confidence and self-development (particularly in children who ordinarily find it difficult to express themselves). 


Before meeting your child, I usually have an initial session with a parent/carer to gain better understanding of the child’s early years as well as some knowledge about how the child is presenting and the difficulties they are having. 


The first few sessions with your child are all about building a trusting relationship where they feel safe and heard. I aim to make their sessions fun, while at the same time provide a safe space to help them explore their feelings, emotions and concerns, as well as celebrating the positive aspects of their life, their achievements, and consequences. 


Over a minimum of six sessions, I will enable the child to open some of those often-difficult conversations and help them to understand how to manage the difficulties they may be having in their lives.

“You shouldn’t be scared of counselling because it helps you in life and the counsellor will understand everything you say during the time you are with them”.

(Client aged 8 years old)

Counsellor for Adolescents

“Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future.” (Louise J Kaplan)

Adolescence should be the best time of life but it is a time of tough choices, disorientation, and challenges, mixed with excitement, independence, and discovery. This combination of feelings can sometimes bring about difficult decisions causing stress, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.


Talking about sensitive issues to friends and family can feel difficult. As a trained Practitioner, I am used to having these discussions and I have a sense of what is usual for you to feel at this stage in your life. I will not judge or criticise and will offer you a safe space in which to explore many common issues that you are finding difficult to manage.


It can be a huge relief to feel heard and acknowledged. I will help you to embrace your individuality and grow in confidence, so you feel in control of your own self and proud of who you are as you move into adulthood. Below are some of the areas I can help with.

Friendships

Mental health

Identity issues

Body image

Romantic relationships

Difficult emotions

Your sexuality

Peer group pressure

Bullying

Exam pressure

Loss and grief

Leaving school and starting University

Couples and Relationship Therapy

"You deserve to live the life you love."

It is not just counselling for individuals that I offer. Relationships begin with good intentions of lasting a long time but unfortunately when life’s pressures feel too much and all hope is lost, relationships can break down. 


The pressures of children, finance, work etc can feel difficult to manage at times, causing arguments and communication difficulties. Deciding to stay together needs work and commitment and coming to therapy can help you to explore each other’s expectations, what needs to change and whether you each feel hopeful enough to find ways to re-build your relationship. 


Couple Therapy does not necessarily mean patching up a broken relationship as we cannot always fix what is broken. However, changing the patterns of your behaviour within the relationship can have a profound effect on improving how you communicate, become more intimate with each other, and reach your future goals.


If you are contemplating separation but finding it too difficult to discuss this together, I can help you both to look at how you might separate from each other more amicably and support you through this process while helping you to find the least painful route possible. 

Family Therapy Sessions

“That which is created in a relationship can be fixed in a relationship.” (Murray Bowen)

Families have become increasingly complex driven by huge social changes including blended families, gender role changes, isolation from the wider family and divorce. Relationships can be fragile and when the bonds begin to break, counselling can help families to find ways to understand and communicate with each other again. 


My experience in Systemic Practice with couples and families enables me to work with the whole family together in family therapy sessions. Systemic therapy can include anyone in the family, e.g. parents, children, siblings, grandparents, and I will work collaboratively with the family to agree on a session plan for who will attend which sessions.


Counselling with families can be helpful when a family feels “stuck” with a problem and can see no way out. We look at the recurring problems within the family and I will help family members to open-up their communication, consider each other’s perspectives and find new ways to move forward to find solutions. This re-framing can help pave the way towards making positive changes in their family relationships. 

I would love to hear from you.

Please get in touch in confidence so I can help you decide

whether therapy might be beneficial at this time.


Face to face, video or telephone appointments are also available.

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"Bev has really helped me flourish into someone who worries less and is a better person. I would tell her my problems and she would give me methods and exercises to help. Now, whenever I have a problem, I wish I was still doing sessions with Bev as she was so friendly and helpful. Thank you Bev!” Anonymous 2020


''Through her gentle but appropriately challenging approach I was able share my deepest fears, confront the things I’d “shelved” and gain the confidence to realise that I matter too. It has been the hardest but the best thing I’ve ever done and Bev is absolutely the best person to help me through this process."

SW Sept 2020


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