Services
People seek Pat's therapeutic counselling and holistic energy healing services for a variety of reasons, including:
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negative experiences intruding upon life
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difficulties coping
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panic or anxiety
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depression
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sadness, loss and grief
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difficulties with relationships including break-ups
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experiences of violence or abuse
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trauma e.g. car accident, a significant injury, illness, or event
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self-esteem concerns
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phobias and fears
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chronic pain or fatigue
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negative patterns of behaviour
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medical traumas
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complex trauma & PTSD
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LGBTQIA+ transitioning / coming out
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Sexuality, gender and relationship fluidity
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work issues or job loss
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midlife stresses
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retirement
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dissatisfaction with life
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'dark night of the soul' / spiritual awakening
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residual negative energy and emotions from the past
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professional supervision / debriefing
Pat specialises in trauma therapy and is trained in 'Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing' (EMDR) as an effective treatment modality.
As a qualified Couple and Relationship Therapist, Pat can also support and guide you towards better ways of relating to your partner to manage conflict, develop intimacy, and enhance relationships.
You may currently be seeking a counsellor to assist you to deal with issues that are pushing you beyond your normal ways of coping or preventing you from enjoying life. At some point in life people find coping with life’s challenges overwhelming, leading to unhappiness, stress and/or anxiety. It is normal to feel the need for support and help at these times. Professional counselling can provide that support.
Counselling helps you understand yourself better and identify what is important to you, your strengths, the source of your unhappiness and what you want for your life. The process of counselling explores the way your early experiences may have led to the development of unhelpful views, patterns and behaviour causing pain. With the right support, you can make more positive life choices and create a more balanced and enriched life.
Counselling is a great place to explore difficulties within a supportive and safe environment. It helps to speak with someone like Pat who can understand and help you work through life traumas and difficulties you face using a gentle and understanding approach.
Relationship or couples counselling helps you to address negative patterns with your partner. It provides a supportive environment where you can feel comfortable raising issues and sharing your feelings with one another.
By listening to each other with objective support, you and your partner can work together to identify misunderstandings, explore new ways of relating and bring new perspectives into your relationship – to help you achieve your individual and shared goals.
Couples often make the decision to come to counselling when relationship issues become stuck or difficult to navigate alone. But couples counselling can also benefit you if you want to deepen your bond, prepare for marriage, plan a family or be supported to separate where necessary.
Holistic energy healing can be useful in releasing difficult emotions, traumatic experiences and easing pain in the body. This holistic healing modality can be accessed in addition to counselling or as an alternative. This often involves minimal talking where the focus is on clearing and rebalancing the energy channels in the body.
Reiki involves using a compassionate and gentle approach, whereby the palms of the hands are gently placed on or over the body where universal healing energy is channelled. Reiki treatment is also available via distance. Sound healing on the other hand involves using instruments, music and tones to release, rebalance and heal the body, mind and spirit. Specialised sound frequencies are used to promote deep meditative rest, nervous system rebalancing, emotional release and self-healing.
Soul oracle insight sessions are also available online and in person. Readings offer gentle guidance and clarity on one's spiritual journey, purpose and overall life direction. This can help promote clarity, healing, and a deeper understanding of personal matters or life challenges from the perspective of ones 'True Self'.
Gift vouchers and multi-session packages are available for purchase for these offerings. See 'gift vouchers' page in menu or attached for more details.
Professional or clinical supervision is available for helping industry professionals and is an important aspect of professional practice that meets the requirements for professional development, accountability and support. Supervision can help you to become better skilled by reflecting on your social work or clinical practice, whilst helping to manage challenging work issues in a safe and confidential space.
Having worked over twenty years as a social worker, clinician and manager, Pat brings a wealth of professional experience and wisdom to her professional supervision practice. Pat uses a reflective, critical, intersectional, systemic and strengths-based approach to professional supervision practice. She supports social workers and other helping professionals by:
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setting clear goals and contracting
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tailoring supervision to individual needs
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creating a safe and supportive environment
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supporting reflective practice
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openly sharing information, experience and resources
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ensuring ongoing review and evaluation