Charlotte Colleen Counselling
Humanistic & Integrative Counsellor
Providing counselling in Gloucester
I am a BACP Registered qualified humanistic and integrative counsellor (Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling).
I have had 2 1/2 years of experience counselling within agency settings and have worked with a wide range of clients during this time. I have had experience working with grief, caring for
loved ones who are unwell/nearing end of life, trauma, anxiety, depression, long-term illness, addiction, relationship difficulties, low self-worth and neurodiversity.
I offer counselling sessions both face to face and online and I charge £45 per session. I also hold some reduced cost spaces, which can be discussed if that is something you require.
I will come to you if you need, within the Gloucester area.
Face to face sessions will take place at the 2&6 Therapy Rooms in Gloucester. Each session will last for 50 minutes and will occur on a weekly basis.
I am registered with the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy).
I am able to offer either short-term or long-term counselling, depending on your wishes and needs.
How I Work as a Counsellor
Coming to counselling can be daunting, and I feel perhaps it is useful to provide a little description of how I work as a counsellor, to give you a bit of an idea of what to expect.
My training background is in humanistic and integrative counselling, which views the relationship between client and counsellor as central to the work. An integrative way of working holds the possibility of bringing several modes into play, under the belief that there is not a ‘one size fits all’ approach to counselling. In this sense, I am client led, and work in a way which I feel is most useful to you, and as the relationship takes shape, the counselling process may shift - counselling can be quite dynamic.
My central aim, as a counsellor, is to seek to understand you, witness you, and attune to you as best as I possibly can.
Whilst it can be incredibly useful to form a logical understanding of your problems, and work collaboratively together to find ways to break old patterns, I also try to work with the non-cognitive. I see counselling as a process which explores the whole of an individual, the body, the mind and the soul.
I will not be diagnosing you, and I try to avoid giving advice. I believe that you as the client are the expert on yourself. Sometimes this wisdom can get a bit lost, but this kind of work can help you to re-engage with your own inner wisdom.
Counselling can be a creative process, and sometimes there are other ways of working which can be useful to the work other than just talking. Sometimes I might bring things into our work such as art materials, objects or picture cards. I might invite movement, or guided visualisations, but only if it’s something you feel up for doing. I see this as a collaborative process, and I also welcome you to suggest anything you think might be useful in our work together.
If you think you are interested in coming to counselling with me, then please do get in touch and we can arrange an initial consultation where you can get a feel for what it would be like for us to work together.