Hello and welcome. My name is Hali, a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor in private practice, with bases in West-Dorset , East-Devon & West-Kent.

Thank you for visiting my website. I work with adults (18 plus), and my aim as a counsellor is to help you to navigate a way to deal with any challenges, worries or life changes that you may be experiencing. I work in an open and relaxed way, respecting your autonomy, and aim to build a trusting, safe and respectful therapeutic relationship, which enables you to gain an awareness of what is going on for you and why life has brought you to this point.

I understand how challenging life can be, and it was through taking that first step to seek therapy myself many years ago, and finding the right counsellor for me, that personally changed my life. It also planted a seed, that one day I would like to train to be that person, sitting alongside another, holding space for them and encouraging them to discover the answers that they may be seeking. I am truly passionate about supporting people on their wellbeing journey and feel honoured to have found my purpose in being of service to others and through being a counsellor.


Everyone is welcome. I work with and can help with many different and challenging life concerns, including - Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Low Self-Esteem/Self-Worth, Grief/Loss, Bereavement, Relationship Issues/Separation/Divorce, ADHD/ADD, Autism/Aspergers, OCD/Intrusive thoughts, Life-Transitions, Menopause, PTSD and coping with Traumatic Life Experiences/Events.

Counselling is your safe space. I will work with you, at your pace. I am not there to fix, direct or tell you what to do. Instead, I will empathically and actively listen, with curiosity, to what is and what isn’t being said. I will be fully present, allowing you to feel understood and heard, to enable you to explore underlying emotions and thoughts, which can help you to gain understanding and clarity, as well as coping strategies that may help you.

I hope to hear from you, when you feel ready.

Thankyou.

FAQs

What should you expect in your first counselling session with myself?

In our first session together, we will go over your counselling assessment, to give me a more detailed account of what brings you to therapy, including any health conditions, family history and any other relevant information that would be helpful for me to know.

In this session, I will also go over the counselling agreement with you, clarifying confidentiality, time/day/frequency of sessions, fees and other important information. This will have already been emailed to you prior to our first session for you to review and sign.

Once we have completed your assessment, the session is yours to use as you wish and is your space entirely to be able to speak freely and in confidence. I am there to listen empathically, free of judgement and to offer guidance where needed.

Do I specialise/work with any specific areas of counselling?

I work with many different life concerns, as detailed in other sections on this website.

Through training and both work and lived experience, I have a particular interest in working with clients with anxiety, depression, grief/loss/bereavement, and life-transitions.

Whatever the worry/difficulty/concern is, that brings you to counselling, I would be honoured to help you.

How many counselling sessions will we have together?

I offer open-ended and short term therapy. We can discuss this in our first assessment session together and this is reviewed periodically. I usually suggest a minimum of six weekly sessions to begin with and then have a discussion of how things are going and take it from there.

There isn’t a limit to the number of counselling sessions I offer. The frequency of sessions can also be altered, if need be.

If you felt at any stage that you didn’t want to continue with your counselling journey with myself, please let me know and we can bring the sessions to an appropriate ending. As your counsellor, it is important that you are able to speak to me freely about anything. I will be led by you and it is entirely your decision, if you would like to continue with sessions.