Hello, I’m Ingrid. I am an experienced counsellor based in Bristol and Portishead. I aim to help hidden parts of you to find a voice, a voice that may have been lost long ago to bravery and silence through shame, guilt and fear.

By helping you explore your difficulties we can uncover the key meaning underneath - perhaps a need to stand up for yourself, to express parts of you that have remained hidden, or to be allowed the feelings you have had to hide for so long. By untangling the threads and feeling into what is really going on you may be freed up to feel differently about yourself.

This can help with a wide range of issues, such as:

• Anxiety, fears, low self esteem

• Exhaustion, depression, lack of motivation

• Loss of direction / sense of meaning

• Trauma, loss and bereavement

• Abuse - sexual, physical, mental or emotional abuse and neglect

• Conflicted sense of identity including gender identity

• Relationship problems including difficulties with intimacy and sexuality

Deciding to come to counselling takes courage. Just turning up may be a big step. Sometimes we do not understand why we are feeling rageful, fearful, low, lost, or lacking in meaning. We may feel very unsure. Sometimes we know there are things in the recent or more distant past that we need to acknowledge and come to terms with in order to move forward in life.  Times of crisis and uncertainty can be a turning point but some things must fall away to give space for new growth.

What does this mean for you I wonder? What is your soul calling for?

I know from personal experience - both as a client and as a therapist - that talking therapy helps very many of us to feel more connected, more alive, more at one with ourselves, and more able to make choices that take us in the direction we want to be going.  Contact me to find out more.