Hi, I’m Deborah. I’m a Chartered and HCPC Registered Psychologist. I offer counselling, psychotherapy and coaching in person at Cemaes Bay. I work with adult individuals and with couples. I also work online with people who are further afield.

Why might you come to see a therapist? Most people get in touch when they’ve been trying to work on a problem and they’re not making progress on their own. The kind of things that people bring to therapy: anxiety and stress, social anxiety and loneliness, problems in relationships, low mood, poor self-esteem and self-dislike, anger and irritation, difficulties adjusting to stages of life and health conditions, loss, grief and difficult life circumstances. Some people get in touch when a feeling catches up with them – feeling flat, tired or regretful, and maybe they can’t put it down to any particular thing, but they have a sense that there is something surfacing that can’t be ignored. They have a sense that they should take stock, before too many years go past.

Others come as a couple – and if one of you is more keen to talk than the other, you should know that is very common! Sometimes couples get themselves into a negative spiral and they start to feel hopeless and lost. They feel whatever they say goes wrong. They want to find a way back to understanding each other, understanding themselves as individuals and as a couple. Most couples have already tried to talk it through but they end up in the same fights, stirring up the same resentments. They want to bring in a fresh perspective.

And some people come along for coaching when there is nothing really wrong but perhaps they feel they could be doing better or could achieve more. Sometimes after years of work or family commitments, it feels like time to focus inwards. It can be helpful to go through a life review, clarifying what really matters, what gives value to life, what brings joy and energy, and making sure that life is full of those important things.

The thing that everyone has in common is they want to feel better. They want to feel strong and free and make the most of life. If any of this sounds like you, get in touch to arrange a free call. An initial talk helps to get a sense of whether we’d be a good match working together. Have a look at this description to see what therapy will involve.

THERAPY

Therapy gives you the space to understand yourself and others.

COACHING

Coaching helps you build your confidence, optimise your performance and grow your sense of wellbeing.

HYPNOTHERAPY

Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis within a therapeutic framework.  But what is hypnosis?  You can think of hypnosis as a focused state of absorption, when you become detached from the outer world.  Everyday hypnosis occurs when you’re drawn into a book or film or are so engaged in some practical project that you don’t realise that hours have flown by.  Clinical hypnosis helps you to achieve that same absorbed focus. 

---