Hi, I'm Georgina, a Counsellor who helps women to understand what is holding them back from being happier and more confident in their life and relationships.  www.georginasturmer.co.uk

I specialise in supporting women through the challenges that they may face during different parts of their life, including relationship difficulties, pregnancy, infertility, miscarriage, postnatal depression, domestic abuse and loss. 

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SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ME

I have a real passion for helping women to build their confidence and to strengthen their relationships.  I have experience supporting clients through a wide range of life’s difficulties, including relationship issues, domestic abuse, bereavement, miscarriage, illness and postnatal depression.  I’ve had counselling myself and I know how powerful it can be. 

I believe that we can all benefit from having a safe and comfortable space to take a break and explore our feelings, without judgement.  We work together to build a relationship where you can feel comfortable.   I am not here to advise you or to tell you what to do; although I may occasionally offer tools that might be useful in everyday life.  I value a ‘non-directive’ approach, as I believe in giving people the opportunity to get to know themselves and to find their own solutions.

I work from a person-centred base, with an interest in Attachment and Transactional Analysis, and I’m always happy to chat in detail about what this means.  Essentially, my training has covered a range of different theories about what makes us tick, and how we can overcome challenges in our lives. 

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Why Counselling?

There are all sorts of reasons why you might be considering counselling.  Perhaps you're struggling with:

- Anxiety, worry or fear.  This might be around specific situations or it could be a general sense that follows you all day long
- Depression, numbness or disconnection from your feelings
- Coping with a loss or relationship breakdown
- Poor self-esteem
- Navigating changes or transitions in life, including menopause, career change or retirement
- Reproductive loss, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, IVF, fertility challenges or PMDD
- Pregnancy, birth trauma, postnatal depression, or parenting
- Relationship patterns, challenges with trust or 'people-pleasing'
- Domestic abuse, whether it's physical, emotional or financial
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed and unable to focus
- Past memories or traumatic events that you have kept bottled up.  Maybe they lie dormant inside.  Or perhaps they make themselves known in outbursts of anger, sadness or frustration
- Having a voice in your relationships with family, friends or colleagues

Maybe you can’t quite put your finger on it, but you feel stuck.

You don’t like how you’re feeling or how you’re behaving, or life just isn’t how you want it to be.  

How does Counselling help?

Counselling is individual, there really is no one-size-fits-all approach.  But I know it can be daunting to imagine what counselling might involve. 

So here are some examples of what we might achieve together.  

- Developing coping strategies to cope with feelings in everyday life, perhaps including anger or anxiety

- Understanding your boundaries and your relationship with trust.  How you deserve to be treated in your relationships.  This might be at home, with your family or friends, or it might be in the workplace

- Voicing feelings, stories or opinions that you find it difficult to share

- Exploring your past, and learning about how your past experiences have impacted on who you are and how you feel about yourself

- Developing your self-esteem by reviewing your expectations for yourself and for others

- Challenging fears and negative thought patterns

- Connecting with your emotions.  Exploring, naming and understanding how you feel.  Learning more about your past and present experiences to help you to understand how you feel

- Noticing how your mind and body connect

NEXT STEPS

If you’d like to learn more, please get in touch. 

The first step is for us to book an appointment for a free 30-minute chat via Zoom or over the phone.  I’ll explain a bit about how I work and how I might be able to help you.  Click here to book this: https://calendly.com/georginasturmer/book_a_free_introductory_chat

I won’t record any personal details at this stage, it’s just for me to understand a little about what brings you to counselling. Most importantly, it gives you a chance to see whether you feel comfortable with me, and with my approach. 

Counselling is a two-way process, where we commit to building a relationship together.  If it turns out that I can’t offer you what you are looking for, then I will do my best to signpost you elsewhere for support. 

After our initial contact, it's up to you. 

If you decide that you’d like to work with me, then we will agree a time for us to have a regular weekly session.  I offer open-ended therapy, where we work together for as long as you feel that you need.  We'll talk about how I will protect your confidentiality.  

You may want to work to a specific goal or timeframe.  Or perhaps you just want to start working together and see where our work goes.  In any case, I work flexibly with my clients, and I will work with you at your own pace. 

www.georginasturmer.co.uk