Counselling and Psychotherapy

Counselling and Psychotherapy
We would begin by exploring what has brought you to therapy at this time and what you hope to gain from the process. Together, we would decide on the most suitable frequency of weekly sessions. Each session lasts 50 minutes.
I work in an open-ended way, allowing you to move at your own pace. As well as focusing on your current concerns, we may also explore how past experiences and relationships influence your thoughts, feelings, and behaviour today. Our therapeutic relationship becomes an important part of this process, helping to bring awareness to unconscious patterns and create opportunities for growth and change.
My approach is psychodynamic and attachment-based, encouraging your personal development and integration of the whole self — emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual (in whatever way that holds meaning for you).
Starting therapy can feel like a big step. If you’d like to take things further, we can arrange a brief telephone or email conversation to discuss what you’re looking for and to see whether I’m the right person to support you at this time.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

I abide by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Ethical Framework

Confidentiality

Under normal circumstances, nothing you say goes beyond the consulting room unless you want it to, and you say so explicitly.
I may only pass on information in exceptional circumstances:

1. Where I have your express consent to disclose the information.

2. Where I believe you, or a third party is in serious danger.

3. Where I would be liable to civil or criminal court procedure if the information was not disclosed (such as terrorist activity).

Fees

£80 per 50 minute session.
Please note all missed sessions are chargeable.

Anon – January 2021

“I’d like to thank you sincerely for the huge changes you’ve helped me make in my relationship with myself which feels better than it ever has at the moment. Long may it last!”

Anon from Cardiff

“Tina is extremely supportive, caring, professional and discreet. She quickly identified the main cause of my anxiety, and really helped me to address it. I am glad to recommend Tina as a counsellor and therapist.”

Kath from Worcester

“My therapy with Tina was quite life changing. We worked together for a number of years and for several of those we met twice every week. Meeting more frequently made it much more possible for me to do the work when I was in such a vulnerable place. Here are some of the things I […]

M from Cardiff

“I received counselling from Tina over 12 months and she helped me through a time of acute distress. I would enter her room, take a deep breath and let it all out. Then I would put on my mask and enter the world again. Tina taught me to take each day at a time, to […]

Will from Worcestershire

“Working with Tina has been a beautiful and gentle revelation. Her approach is kind, considered and hugely helpful. Her immense experience as a therapist shines through in every conversation. The range of ways she has helped me are hard to list, they are so many and varied. That said I feel abundantly free, optimistic and […]

A from Monmouthshire

“I undertook therapy with Tina for two years, being counselled for moderate anxiety and clinical depression. Tina is sensitive , non-judgemental, kind, caring and when necessary warmly assertive. I felt she was someone who listened to, acknowledged and understood my issues, who cared about me and who had my best interests at heart; genuinely wanting […]

Tina Abbott Counselling