Welcome …
…. and thankyou for visiting my space here. It’s a brave thing to do, to reach out for help, and a big decision to take, finding someone who you can develop a trusting, open relationship with. I hope these words will help you make the right decision for you.
What I can offer you?
I can help you explore – offering a safe, warm, non judgemental space, so you can take the time to find out what is really going on for you. Together we can explore your behaviour, thoughts and feelings and what you want from life so you have the chance to develop more awareness, connection, pleasure and enjoyment – moving from merely surviving to thriving!
The counselling room can be exciting, rewarding, challenging, illuminating, inspirational and life changing. Sometimes it can be tough going, but you are never alone as working together we face and explore your difficulties and challenges. I can give you the chance to be heard, seen and respected, perhaps for the first time. In that space you can develop a deeper awareness of yourself, your patterns and your wishes and desires for the future, as well as a deeper appreciation for who you are.
We can look at what you want to achieve or change and what stops you. Some of the things you might explore are:
- significant relationships from the past and how they have impacted on where you are today;
- how you can explore doing things differently in the present.
- patterns of behaviour which are limiting you
- Self understanding, acceptance and nurturing the real you, not who you think you ought to be.
How I work
I weave together three different therapeutic ways of working – Gestalt, Transactional Analysis and Person Centred – to help meet your unique needs. I can also draw from hypnotherapy, relaxation and visualisation skills, motivation and coaching to support you. Everything we do we decide together – so you are not ‘done to’.
What’s on your mind?
You may bring specific issues, or a sense of not really knowing what is bothering you. Some areas I can offer support with are:
Abortion | Abuse | Affairs and betrayals | Addiction | Anger management | Anxiety | Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | Bereavement | Bullying | Career counselling | Carer support | Death and loss | Depression | Discrimination | Emotional abuse | Family issues | Health | Infertility | Life changes | Loneliness | Low self-confidence | Low self-esteem | Miscarriage | Narcissism | Trauma | Pregnancy and birth | Redundancy | Relationship issues | Sadness | Seasonal affective disorder | Self harm | Separation and divorce | Sexuality| Sleep issues | Stress | Spirituality | Suicidal thoughts | Trauma | Work related stress
Location and Availability:
I work on line and face to face in Brackley town centre at the Wellbeing Centre in Croft Lodge.
I am available Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Thursday afternoons in Brackley for face to face appointments and Tuesday to Thursday for online appointments.
Fees (from 1 January 2025)
The initial assessment session is free, but thereafter my fees are £60 per session (each session lasts 50 minutes). I may offer concessions for student counsellors and those on a low income (£35), at my discretion. Payment is by bank transfer or in cash.
Get in touch
I am always available for counselling and related enquiries. If you want to talk, please contact me using the form below.
Testimonials and inspiration
Thankyou for being my guiding light over the last couple of years or so. Because of you, I feel more connected to myself than I have ever been. Our time together has been rich, powerful and enlightening. You have not only helped me heal but you have given me the tools and guidance that make me feel confident enough to continue this journey myself. I cannot thank you enough. AF.
"Lorraine asked me to write a testimonial for her counselling website which I gladly accepted. But, dear reader, please bear in mind it is completely biased as I know Lorraine. I have known her for maybe 15 years or more. I have seen her develop, train, and grow during that time, meeting all sorts of obstacles and personal challenges along the way. I also have the great good fortune to have co-counselled with her over maybe a decade now. So I have plenty to say, maybe far too much. But if I waxed lyrical for a couple of hours I guess I would have only scratched the surface of this amazing woman and what she has to offer. You can expect clarity of understanding, seemingly magical insights and intuitions, great advice (should that be required), and the sense that you have found someone that you can rely on, trust and can be there for you.
Contact Lorraine with confidence as she will be more than you could have ever hoped for. The rest is up to you."
Grahame Rourke
Midway along our road of life I woke to find myself standing alone in a dark wood.
Dante Alighieri
Within this fathom long body is found all of the teaching, is found suffering, the cause of suffering, and the end of suffering
The Buddha
People travel to wonder
at the height of the mountains,
at the huge waves of the sea,
at the long courses of the rivers,
at the vast compass of the ocean,
at the circular motion of the stars,
and they pass themselves by
without wondering
Saint Augustine
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony
Mahatma Gandhi
I'm very brave generally, only today I happen to have a headache
Tweedledum (Lewis Carroll)
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed
Carl Jung
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say
Ralph Waldo Emerson
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
Eleanor Roosevelt
By cultivating one's nature one will return to virtue
Chung Tzu
Since everything is none other than exactly as it is one may well just break out in laughter
Long Chen Pa
Consciousness is coloured by the states that visit it
The Buddha
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