Liz Wood

Hello, I’m an integrative counsellor offering a nurturing and sensitive way of working to support you in exploring difficult personal issues and feelings that may be troubling you and preventing you from moving forward with your life. Life can present us with some difficult challenges sometimes ... feeling stuck, anxious, fearful or helpless, or maybe trying to cope with a bereavement or a relationship difficulty, or having a general sense of losing yourself and not knowing who you are .... by offering a supported and nurturing approach, counselling can help you explore and gain understanding of your emotional world.  In developing insight of where you are, you may start to feel less burdened and find some ease. By working together I can support you as you develop confidence and access ways of strengthening your being so that you feel more able to cope with life’s challenges. I am here to support you and to help you decide the best way forward. My training has been as an integrative counsellor which means I draw on a blend of different counselling approaches. In this way, I can tailor the work we do together to your individual needs. The integrative model recognises that everyone is unique. The cornerstone of my integrative work is the person centred approach which means that I will encourage you to bring to our sessions what you want to work on enabling the work to be led by you and at your pace. My main areas of experience are: * trauma work - this has been gained from working in an agency supporting survivors (both female and male) of sexual assault and abuse, and domestic violence, including historical child sexual abuse. I have also supported clients who have experienced different forms of abuse such as emotional, psychological and physical abuse, and coercive control; * grief and loss work - I have worked with a bereavement agency where I received training to support people who are bereaved. I have been able to apply my knowledge and experience from this work to the many different types of losses that people experience during their life; * workplace issues - where people may be struggling with issues such as bullying, discrimination, workplace stress or redundancy.