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Frequent asked questions

Because each person has different issues and goals for therapy, therapy will be different depending on the individual. I tailor my therapeutic approach to your specific needs.

This is not possible to say in a general. Everyone’s circumstances are unique to them and the length of time therapy can take to allow you to accomplish your goals depends on your desire for personal development, your commitment, and the factors that are driving you to seek therapy in the first place.

No, they are not! Everyone needs help at some point in their life. You have the strength that you’ve used before, that for whatever reason isn’t working right now. Maybe this difficulty feels overwhelming and is making it hard to access your previous strengths. In our work together, I’ll help you identify what those strengths are and how to implement them again in what is happening now.

The difference is someone who has the training and experience to do that same thing professionally can help you approach your situation in a new way– teach you new skills, gain different perspectives, listen to you without judgment or expectations, and help you listen to yourself. Additionally, therapy is completely confidential. You won’t have to hear about others “knowing my business. “In therapy, you are in a safe environment.

We only see each other for a session a week. It’s the work you do outside of our sessions that will really help you see your personal growth and development.

If you are concerned about your relationship, and you would both like to work with me, I would initially work with both of you together. After this work, if one of you would like to continue in individual sessions, I could work with only one of you. It is not helpful to move from the individual into couple’s work with the same therapist because of potential trust issues.

As a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor, I Work with an Understanding of Existentialism.

For more info on Existentialism, please follow this link:

Understanding Existentialism

In the world of therapy, much focus is placed on understanding the mind, thoughts, and emotions.
However, an often-overlooked aspect of healing lies within the body itself.
This is where somatic therapy comes in as a powerful and transformative approach that recognizes the deep connection between mind and body.

Follow this link to find out more:
What is Somatic Therapy?

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also known as Tapping, is a powerful, evidence-based therapeutic tool that combines elements of acupuncture, cognitive therapy, and mindfulness to help release emotional blockages and promote healing.

Follow this link to find out more:
What is Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)?

Being a trauma-informed therapist means understanding that trauma doesn’t just affect the mind, but also the body and spirit. It’s an approach that prioritizes safety, trust, and empowerment. A trauma-informed therapist is not only aware of how trauma affects a client but is also equipped with the skills to create a space where healing can begin.

Please follow this link to find out more: What is a trauma-informed therapist?

Testimonials

Elsa was my supervisor for several years

Elsa was my supervisor for several years from before I qualified. She supported me through thick and thin, sharing her wisdom, helpful insights and ethical guidance. I appreciated her ability to step into a helicopter, where she had a far reaching view from above, giving me more clarity about my work. Thank you Elsa, I have learnt so much from you.

Elsa helped me begin to find positivity and light in my life again.

Elsa helped me begin to find positivity and light in my life again. I reached out to Elsa when I was struggling with an eating disorder and low self-esteem. This was a difficult moment in my recovery process because I had only begun to share my story with others and was on the waiting list for an appointment with the eating disorder service. I originally went to Elsa for advice on how to deal with my thoughts and feelings. Not only did Elsa help me through those thoughts, she showed me how to look at life from a different, more positive perspective. She helped me understand, manage and begin to take control of my disordered feelings. With Elsa support, I connected with my old self again reminding me of the happier times in my life. Without Elsa's wonderful support and wise words, I wouldn't be in the place I am today. I truly feel more free, happier and at peace with my mind and life. I absolutely recommend Elsa if you are struggling or need a friendly face to share your feelings! Thank you for everything Elsa!
Elsa offered me a consultation appointment online, to discuss my needs and to see if online felt comfortable (as I was apprehensive and thought I would prefer face to face). 
This worked surprisingly well; it meant I remained in my own home, where I felt comfortable and safe anyway, and being online did not detract from forming an easy, open, therapeutic relationship. 
 
I spent a year in therapy with Elsa. I was encouraged to trust the process (as I have had therapy before and thought I ‘knew what I needed’). 
  
Elsa is a gifted and highly skilled therapist, I trust her implicitly. She provided perspective I could not see, insight and understanding- I felt heard and seen thoroughly (sometimes that’s quite uncomfortable!)
 
So much healing has taken place and our sessions have impacted my life profoundly. I have been able to move forward significantly with the issues I arrived with and continue my healing journey, better equipped and with a much deeper understanding of myself. 
 
I recommend Elsa wholeheartedly, and feel grateful for the time and space I was given, and gave to myself through this beautiful, challenging, life changing process. 
 

It has always been a great pleasure working with you and I hope we will still maintain contact.  The assistance and support you have given to C has been wonderful and she has made great positive changes whereby she has been able to take on the senior support worker role recently. 

I went to see Elsa midway through 2020 due to my drinking. I’d been sober before for a long time, but decided to try drinking again (only a short time before lockdown) and 9 months later was in an utter mess - suicidal, frightened to go out, drinking round the clock, and losing control of my business and my personal life. I didn’t understand why it had gotten so bad so quickly, so I thought some counselling might help. What I didn’t realise at that time was that I was in a highly abusive, controlling and volatile relationship, that I couldn’t talk about my ex or my friends and family without bursting into tears, and I’d spent the last 4 years silently bubbling with anger, guilt, regret and emotion that I had no idea how to stop/overcome.

I thought I needed counselling to fix my drinking but I now release I was drinking because everything else (both inside me and in my life around me) was falling apart and I didn’t know how to cope except with a bottle. Bit by bit I learned how to like and then love myself, and put myself back together one piece at a time. I got sober (and will start 2022 by reaching my 1 year), I realised the awful relationship I was in and finally left him, I dealt with my past, and I put some things to rest that I am confident would still have been tearing me apart in 20 years if I hadn’t found Elsa. I also learned a huge amount about myself as a person (that explained SO MUCH of my behaviours and emotions!) that I will use, build on and carry with me for the rest of my life.

Some sessions were tough, I was used to not talking about my feelings and just trying to laugh them off or bury them because it was too painful, but I’m so glad I persisted because seeing Elsa has utterly transformed my life. I was going down a very self-destructive path and without Elsa’s warmth, kindness, knowledge and guidance, I would still be on that path and goodness knows where I would be. Elsa - thank you for being so patient, for never getting frustrated when I had the odd slip or a bad week, for being such a reliable and trustworthy and highly skilled counsellor, and most of all for believing in me before I could do that for myself. To say I highly recommend you would be an understatement. You have changed (and probably saved) my life and I will be forever grateful.

Thank you Elsa

Thank you Elsa for helping my son . I speak to him regularly and he is very pleased with your support . He says you are the best support he has received so far .
I thank you and may you stay blessed.

L 

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I worked with Elsa with some past trauma that has been with me all along triggering over reacting behaviors.
It took me 3 sessions to soft it up and started to work together with her. She is very intuitive and also very clever and professional. She is honest and effective person and professional and that helped me to trust her with my inner journey. She asked me to do some brilliant home work which unlocked many of the traumatic layers that I have been carrying out with me since I was a baby.
She is a highly regarded psychotherapist and life coach and I am so grateful to Elsa that she facilitate her huge expertise on my case. Now I am happily discharged and It makes a massive difference in my life to be able to speak the truth and let the feelings come and go without any Taboos.
Thanks Elsa for your wonderful services. You are doing a big job helping us to be a better person at ease with ourselves. Becoming one as a whole and including all our parts has been the best thing that happened to me in a long time.

SM

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It's so freeing to allow the feelings release from their internal prison, and let their inner child out to grow into strong men with help of an angel called Elsa. Grazie per tutti. Mia vita molta brava!

AV

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