Counselling for you
Hello… I’m Tracey, a person centred counsellor
Online appointments are available this week
A counselling space where you can be yourself, without judgment or bias.
A counselling place where you can feel truly heard and understood when you share your experiences.
To find clarity, meaning, and direction.
A therapeutic space to BE YOU.
In our everchanging challenging world, I can offer counselling sessions online via Zoom, WhatsApp, or Teams, by telephone, and also work face to face in Telford, Shropshire.
Read more about how I can help with counselling for:
Counselling for Transgender Transitioning
Both personally and professionally I have been involved in supporting transgender people in their lives. Changes to their personal identity, lifestyle, and relationships can be huge and terrifying. Whilst transitioning, the transgender person is coming to know the new person they wish to become whilst at the same time saying goodbye to their former self.
Parents. partners and loved ones are also coming to terms with saying hello and goodbye. This can bring very mixed emotions that are difficult to process. But understanding our gender identity and if that leads to any form of transitioning in our lives, we need the space to process and come to terms with our new selves.
This process is not always a sad one. There is a lot of joy, happiness, and celebration to be had and enjoyed. It would be a real pleasure to be able to share this experience with you as you transition and come to terms with the new you.
Gender Identity and Diversity Aware
I am proud to call myself an LGBTQ+ ally. I am here to support anyone who feels that they sometimes are on the outer edge of a group of people looking in, rather than being included. There is no lonelier place than being alone in a crowd.
Being part of the LGBTQ+ community can give us support and friendship with people who are like-minded. Problems often occur with those closest to us, friends are family in particular. It is often our loved ones, partners, siblings, and parents who often find our choices the most difficult to cope with.
I would like to be here for you to listen to your personal story and help you understand how your life choices have affected you and others around you and help you come to terms with the changes that these choices might bring.
Misuse of Alcohol and Addiction
Problems with misusing alcohol can happen at any age and stage in our lives. Many of us use alcohol to relax and socialise but also to help relieve stress and mask emotional pain. But alcohol has a huge effect on our bodies from top to toe. From our brain to our toes and everything in between, but also it can become problematic in our relationships and our working and social lives, and also our mental and physical health.
If you believe that your consumption of alcohol is affecting your life or your relationship with others, or is affecting your health and your day-to-day living then I may be able to help you understand your relationship with alcohol. It may be a case of completely needing to take alcohol from your life altogether for some, or for others reducing the units of alcohol we drink each week can be another manageable choice.
Dealing with Debt
I understand dealing with debt in your life can be a life-changing experience. It can affect your life in so many different ways, eg changing your lifestyle, not being able to make ends meet, intrusive letters, phone calls and emails coming into your home that’s normally your safe place can be very scary.
Dealing with debt can strip you of your self-belief and dignity. Your life as you live it may need to change drastically and may affect your relationships, adding further stress in marriages and parenting et cetera. I know it can also have a big impact on the way we feel about ourselves.
We may have feelings of failure and being unable to cope. Debt problems can happen to anyone in any walk of life, in any culture, any age bracket, and in any social class. Debt problems do not discriminate.
Where it will never be my place to give advice I hope I would be able to share with you my experiences and help you find some ways to manage your situation.
Mid life questions
Have you ever asked yourself the question ‘is this the best my life is ever going to be?’ and felt unhappy or disappointed in response? This can happen to so many of us as we approach midlife, but also at other stages in our lives of course.
So many changes happen around the middle of our lifetimes for example our children leaving home, divorce, change of career, health concerns, menopause, etc.
It can be so helpful to reflect on our lives up until now.
This can help us understand our present situations and relationships as we look forward to what comes next in our lives. Midlife can be such an exciting time for us all. If you feel that exploring your next steps would be helpful then we can do
this together
Counselling for Anger issues
Anger in itself is not a bad thing. It is a natural reaction that we all feel. How we show our anger however can cause problems. If you feel that the way you show anger in your life has become a problem, we can explore this to understand your anger further.
There is such a lot of emotion and energy attached to anger. So to step back and take time to understand your own process around the way you express anger can be very helpful.
Anger and violence are often uncomfortable partners in crime and admitting to yourself that you have a problem is a huge first step in managing your anger.
Grief and Loss
We will all experience some kind of grief and loss during our lifetimes. For some, the grief can be short-lived while for others it feels never-ending. Grief and loss are not only about the death of another or the loss of a person or a relationship.
Loss can be about so many things in our lives such as the loss of a home, the loss of a friendship, losing a job and so many other things that mean so much to us. Talking through your feelings about your loss can help you to understand and process your feelings while at the same time coming to terms with moving on.
Anxiety and Depression
Depression and anxiety are often linked together. But depression and anxiety are often two ends of a scale. Depression can lead to low mood, low energy, or no motivation, whereas anxiety is almost
the other end of the scale, often leaving us feeling on edge, our brains constantly switched on, overthinking, and our body is unable to relax.
If you suffer from anxiety and depression you often feel these polar feelings in your brain and body simultaneously. We can all experience periods of depression and anxiety in our lives. Sometimes they are fleeting, sometimes they are long term and
sometimes they are lifelong and part of our personalities. I hope to help you recognise the feelings and behaviours around anxiety and depression and find your own personal ways to accept, manage and come to terms with how they affect you individually.
Kink and Alternate Lifestyles
It feels important to tell you that I am kink and alternative lifestyle aware. If anyone is in a relationship not considered ‘normal’ or incorporates kink into their life, their relationships with others often look different.
I am aware that alternate lifestyle living and kinky relationships are not always monogamous and often have different rules than traditional relationships have. Therefore a completely different array of emotions and relationship difficulties can arise.
I believe the last thing you need is to educate a counsellor on your choice of lifestyle. Please feel safe that there will be no judgement from me regarding any of the lifestyle choices that you make. I hope I can offer you a safe place to explore your alternate choices in life and love.
Autism/Aspergers aware
I have a lot of personal experience in understanding Asperger’s syndrome and the autistic spectrum.
I have spent over 30 years coming to understand autism, so you can be assured that I will have at least some knowledge of how you may be feeling or the difficulties you may have in expressing your thoughts and emotions.
Domestic Abuse
Discussing domestic abuse, whether, in the past, present or future is an incredibly brave step to make. There are so many feelings involved when abuse happens inside our own homes and in personal relationships where we are supposed to feel most safe.
If you feel that this is the right time for you to discuss your feelings and emotions around any domestic abuse you may have suffered, or if you have been an abuser yourself, talking can help you unpack your thoughts and emotions around your experiences.
There is no shame in admitting that you were, or are in, an unhealthy or unsafe relationship. Please note if you feel in danger currently please seek emergency advice.
Building Self-Esteem and Confidence
Self-esteem is so important to us all. Low self-esteem or negative talk about ourselves can hinder us from moving forward and achieving so many things in our lives. We often believe the negative or bad things that people tell us about ourselves but brush off compliments and praise. There is so
much talk now in health and well-being about self-love, but this is a difficult concept to understand if you don’t feel good about yourself.
So many messages in our past and growing up, or in relationships have all built a picture about how we see ourselves. If you feel that promoting your self-esteem and
building a positive picture of the person that you are can be helpful then we can work together to help you understand yourself better. Feeling good about yourself and embracing your uniqueness is so wonderful and empowering.
Let’s learn to cheer for ourselves every day and know our own value.
Contact Us
Get in touch to arrange a free confidential 15-minute counselling consultation where I can answer any questions you might have.
Telford, England and UK
I work online and face to face.