Engage Counselling

Engage Counselling Bespoke Counselling service that offers in-person, online, and telephone counselling Engage Counselling offers face to face, online, and telephone counselling.

People come to counselling for all sorts of reasons, relationship breakdown, bereavement, anxiety, depression, trauma, sexuality, irrational thoughts, to name a few. Sometimes, you might find yourself with a mind fall of noise and confusion, with a feeling of uncertainty, and no way of understanding all the thoughts at once. The mind can be a scary place, especially when society, family, and frien

ds might be telling you who you should be, how you should look, and what you must feel. However, with a little support from a counsellor, you can be taught the skills and tools, to get you back to your true self, so that your mind is a little less scary. Friends might give you advice, family might do the same, when all you might want is for someone to listen to you. Here at Engage Counselling there is no judgement, no advice, no telling you what to do, instead, you are given a safe space to organise your thoughts, with a qualified and experienced counsellor, that will walk with you on your journey of self-discovery. No issue is ‘silly’, not issue is ‘irrelevant’, if an issue is effecting you to the point of it having a negative impact on your life, then it is relevant. We specialise in person-centred counselling, which is a talking therapy, as well as offer an integrative range of therapies to fit the individual client. We work seven days a week supporting clients, and we do our best to fit in with the clients lives. Services:

In-Person Counselling – An important part of counselling, is the therapeutic relationship between the client, and the counsellor. We believe that this relationship is important for positive therapeutic change, and in-person counselling can help this to happen. This type of counselling will give the client that opportunity to sit with a qualified, and experienced counsellor, in a safe, warm, and calm environment. Together with the client, the counsellor will use their counselling skills, empathy, unconditional positive regard, honesty and no judgement, to support the client to organise their thoughts, and understand what it is they are feeling. Online Counselling - Online counselling is available to anyone that has access to the internet on a computer or smart phone, anywhere in the world. Clients choosing online counselling maybe facing difficulties with mobility, travelling or the pressures of work and family life, which can make it difficult to be able to commit to in-person counselling, therefore, online counselling allows them to access counselling that will fit with them, and their lives. Telephone Counselling: This type of counselling is accessible to anyone that has access to a phone. Telephone counselling enables the client to talk with a qualified, and experienced counsellor over the phone at an agreed time, allowing for ease, privacy, and the ability to happen anywhere. Training and Qualification:

Master of Science in Counselling
BA (Hons) Degree in Youth & Community Services
Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Studies
Training for Bereavement Counselling with Dr John Wilson PhD

Memberships:

British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP)

Areas of counselling I deal with:

Affairs and betrayals, Alcoholism, Anger management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Bullying, Cancer, Carer support, Depression, Disabilities, Discrimination, Dissociation, Divorce, Emotional abuse, Forms of abuse, Family issues, Feeling sad, Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), Health anxiety, Hoarding, Irrational thought, Infertility, Loneliness, Low self-confidence, Low self-esteem, Miscarriage, Panic attacks, Passive-aggressive behaviour, Pregnancy and birth, Racism, Redundancy, Relationship problems, Self-harm, Separation and divorce, Sex problems, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Suicidal thoughts, Trauma, Work-related stress.

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What is Generational Trauma?

Generational trauma is the passing down of traumatic effects, such as anxiety, PTSD, or altered gene expression, from trauma survivors to their descendants. It occurs through both biological (epigenetics) and social means, including shared environments and learned family behaviour’s.

Counselling can support a person to process inherited emotional burdens, and learn new healthy coping skills.

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Happy Pride Month to all of the LGBTQ+ community 🏳️‍🌈🥳 We are your ally!!!

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Do you ever feel confused to why you have made certain choices? Do you ever wonder why you end up experiencing the same or similar pitfalls? Or do you back down on plans without understanding why? If this resonates with you, perhaps it might be helpful to explore your core beliefs.

Core beliefs are deeply ingrained, absolute assumptions about ourselves, others, and the world. Usually formed in early childhood, they act as an invisible lens through which we interpret every life experience, driving our surface-level thoughts, emotions, and behaviour’s.

Core beliefs about yourself: Unhelpful core beliefs about yourself can be damaging, especially when you are unaware of it. The reason we don’t identify them is that sometimes these beliefs are nearly as old as we are and so ingrained, it is very difficult to know we have them, and even more difficult to realise these beliefs aren’t really ours. Core beliefs about ourselves may have been instilled in us from our parents or caregivers from a very young age. Sadly, some people may have been told explicitly that they are ‘stupid’ or ‘lazy’ and this might be a belief that they carry with them even though it isn’t true. Even indifferent or positive messages from others about who we are can skew our identity and the path we take in life.

Core beliefs about others: We can be told things about other people when we are young and impressionable which understandably stick and stay with us for a long time. For example, we may be led to believe that there are lots of ‘dangerous’ people out in the world. Whilst it is important we are taught not to trust everyone we meet, going too far the other way can mean that we end up with trust issues and we can end up feeling isolated.

Core beliefs and the world: Core beliefs about the world can include messages regarding what you can and can’t do in the world, for instance: ‘women don’t do science’, ‘you need to have a degree to be successful in life’ or ‘the world is unsafe’. Like the other things you are told from an early age, they are often fed to us implicitly or explicitly from our family/parents or caregivers. Sometimes they can be due to the insecurities or experiences of our caregivers.

Have a think and reflect on your own thoughts and behaviour’s. Can you recognise any that actually don’t belong to you? That you can see come from a parent or caregiver? If you can and would like to give those beliefs back, access counselling and talk them through with a qualified counsellor

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Self-sabotage refers to conscious or unconscious thoughts and behaviors that create problems in daily life and actively undermine your own goals and well-being.

It is essentially the act of "getting in your own way" or working against your best interests.

In counselling, self-sabotage is rarely seen as a desire to fail. Instead, it is treated as a protective mechanism.

Common psychological roots explored in counselling include:

Fear of failure: Avoiding risks or tasks to protect your self-esteem from the perceived shame of not succeeding

Fear of success: Subconsciously pushing things away because achieving a goal brings on new expectations, visibility, or changes you feel unequipped to handle.

Low self-esteem: Internalising core beliefs (e.g., "I don't deserve to be happy") that drive you to ruin good situations to match your expectations of yourself.

Past trauma: Using outdated, learned coping mechanisms to avoid vulnerability, pain, or rejection based on past experiences.

If this sounds familiar, perhaps counselling would benefit you.

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Sometimes we worry about the future, the what if’s, the possibilities, the things that might go wrong. But why worry about the things you cannot control?!

Worrying about the future can cause anxiety, the fear response, but why be scared about something that hasn’t even happened yet? Breathe……

Focus on the here and now, focus on what you can control in the moment and allow that to help you to get to where you would like to be

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Why go to counselling??There are endless reasons why clients access counselling, and on the picture you can see just a f...
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Why go to counselling??

There are endless reasons why clients access counselling, and on the picture you can see just a few of them.

No reason is too small, because if it is affecting you, if it is bothering you, then it matters!

Please access counselling if you feel you may benefit from it.

It is great when you have people around you that you can talk to. Having a support network is important. However, talkin...
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It is great when you have people around you that you can talk to.

Having a support network is important. However, talking with a counsellor and talking with a friend can provide you with different things.

Talking to a qualified counsellor allows you to talk about the things that are bothering you, without judgement, without feeling like you are “bothering” someone, without holding back, exactly how you need to say them, knowing that anything you say will be kept in the room as it is a confidential space.

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Bromsgrove

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