"If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.”
– Toni Morrison
Sharon Green, BA (Hons) MBACP (Accred) Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor
Are you struggling to work through a difficulty?
Do you feel overwhelmed by your thoughts and feelings?
Are you feeling depressed and isolated from others?
Do you need help to make sense of what's going on for you?
I offer you support in working through your difficulties, with the aim to free you to experience life more fully and with greater self-acceptance. As an Integrative Therapist, I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches, including Person Centred, Psychodynamic, Gestalt, Existential, Solution-focused and CBT informed theoretical approaches, allowing me to work flexibly, in supporting you.
I can work with you in a long-term, open ended way, or within a short-term solution focused framework, dependent on your needs. I offer online and face-to-face sessions.
I am a registered therapist and accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). As a therapist, my practice is guided by the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
About the Therapy
As an integrative psychotherapeutic therapist, I offer a flexible way of supporting you, with the benefit of being able to draw on a range of therapeutic approaches to meet your personal needs. I have been trained to work with Psychodynamic and Humanistic (Person Centred, Gestalt and Existential), and also use Solution focused and CBT informed approaches. I offer face-to-face, online and telephone counselling.
I can work with you in a long term, open ended, or short term solution-focused framework; this is dependent on the issues that you are seeking support with. I generally recommend that we meet for a number of sessions and then review the therapy to decide how we move forward.
Sessions take place on a weekly basis, which supports the building of trust and containment in the therapeutic space, supporting the process of therapy. They can be held face-to-face, online or via telephone. I offer a FREE 30 minute consultation, without obligation, which is an opportunity for us to discuss your support needs and for you to find out more about how I practice, to help us to decide if we are happy to work together.
How it works
The quality of the relationship between counsellor and client is central to integrative therapy and the process of healing. As trust develops in the therapeutic relationship, the client is able to reflect on difficult experiences, with the counsellor alongside, providing non-judgmental, consistent and empathic presence.
Counselling can offer new perspectives and help the client to gain insight into the ways in which their difficulties are connected to life experiences, life choices, or the ways in which they relate to others.
Some Benefits of Counselling
- One to one support at a difficult time in your life
- Increased self-esteem and self-confidence
- Greater self-acceptance
- Improved awareness of yourself and how you relate to others
- To be able to move forward, making life choices from a position of greater self-knowledge
- Increased resilience to help you to deal with life's challenges and to cope with change
- Raised energy and motivation levels
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." - Carl Rogers
What issues can counselling help with?
I offer support with a range of issues and life experiences, which include:
- Abuse
- Anxiety
- Bereavement & loss
- Birth and parenting
- Chronic health issues and terminal illness
- Cultural issues & cross-cultural relationships
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic abuse and coercive control
- Family and relationship difficulties
- Fertility issues
- Identity
- Loneliness and isolation
- Low self-esteem
- Loss of life direction, or motivation
- Mid-life issues
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Trauma - including childhood & developmental trauma
- Work related issues & retirement
Get in touch
I offer an initial FREE consultation session of 20 to 30 minutes, without obligation. This is an opportunity for us to meet to talk a little about the issues that you would like help with, You can ask me any questions you have about the therapy process and I can also explain how I practice, so that we can decide if we are happy to work together.
Please feel free to contact me by phone (07976 237814) or email (sharongreencounselling@gmail.com). I will aim to respond to your contact as soon as possible; please allow up to 24 hours for a reply to your message, or your call. If you contact me over the weekend, I will get back to you by Monday.
Online and Telephone Counselling
For online counselling sessions I use a video conferencing platform called Zoom. Please feel free to contact me, if you would like to know more about working therapeutically online, or by telephone.
Ensuring your Privacy During Sessions:
To protect your privacy, I recommend that clients do not use a shared or public computer, or device for online sessions. Be mindful of the space in which you choose to hold a telephone or online counselling session, avoiding public areas where you may be overheard by others.
In an Emergency:
Please note that Counselling is NOT an emergency support service; if you are in crisis, you should go to your GP or your nearest A&E department.
My location
I am based in Bookham, near Leatherhead, Epsom and Guildford. I also see clients from Dorking, Cobham, Ashtead and surrounding areas.
Fees & availability
- Individual Counselling Session: £65 - 50 minutes
- Individual Supervision Session: £65 - 50 minutes
- Group facilitation: please contact me for further details.
Please contact me to discuss reduced rates if you are on a low income or unemployed. I also offer concessions to trainee counsellors.
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
- James Baldwin
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