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I have availability mid week, day and early evenings.

My counselling room has just a couple of steps to the front door.  Based centrally there is free parking nearby and it is on a main bus route.

I can also offer online counselling, or we can do a blend of ways to meet.

While counselling is a valuable investment, I recognise that it is also an expense. So I work with this in mind. Many of my clients have made great changes in just 5-6 weeks. working at your own pace I am also able to work with clients over a longer time for deeper and more complex issues and have lots of experience from my 10 years at Devon Mind.

I welcome working with students counsellors and offer a reduced price. I set up the Devon mind counselling service so I am very interested in supporting student counsellors.

Hello and welcome to my page, my name is Donna.  Looking for help from a counsellor is difficult because how do you choose?  I hope to offer you a safe space in my cosy counselling room, so you can say in confidence what is troubling you.  I will not put pressure on you to go further than you want to.  I will be actively listening, right by your side, so you can be open and honest.  I will be your mirror, I can help reflect back your inner thoughts that you didn't know you had.  I can help you recognise feeling and behaviours which will allow me to offer approaches that I think will help. Therapeutic activities can often offer new insights and different ways of looking at things.  

We all face things at different times, they can be small bumps in the road or deeper more longstanding issues that now need to be looked at. When everything is deeply upsetting, overwhelming, if you feel angry, anxious or hopeless I will help you feel safe enough to explore what is happening.

What can I offer you?

I work in many areas such as confidence, anxiety, depression, assertiveness, relationship issues and personal growth. Past traumas can affect us day to day and result in feelings of anxiety, a lack of identity, feeling lost, communication and lack of assertiveness.  We can gently explore these areas:

Identify patterns and triggers

Process past experiences

Develop coping strategies

Build self-awareness

Find methods to reduce anxiety and stress

I want you to know that I appreciate that you need to work with the right counsellor for you.  I therefore, offer a free 15 minute telephone consultation so you can make sure that I am the right person to work with.

My counselling room is very central and there is free parking close by.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Donna 

As a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional I work in a trauma informed way and put you at the centre of our work together.    

Using techniques from different therapeutic schools so that I use the right approach that suits you.  I will help you work through things even when you may feel stuck.  I can also use EFT Emotional Freedom Technique which provide you with self help tools, that you can use at home.  

So please do contact me.

Our first session we will explore what is going on for you and I will help make you feel comfortable and relax so you can relax in a safe and confidential space. 

What you want to talk about is the best starting point, so just say what is on your mind....

I like to take notes on the first session but for the other sessions I will be really listening.  Counselling is about helping you understand how you really feel about things, it is about pealing back the layers to find the real you.  It is also about dealing with things in the here and now and so sometimes that can be upsetting, but I have tissues on hand.