GESTALT COUNSELLOR
Together not alone
Antonia Charlton Counselling
Hello and a warm welcome to my practice,
A space created for you with you to find shelter from the daily demands and expectations. A space for you to pause, find your breath and settle, even if it is just for a while. From here you can explore the many layers of what it means to be you.
As you are telling your story, I am here to hold you in your complexities as a human being, not to make you easy to be with for the convenience of others.
Instead, it is a space for you in your contradictions, quirks, doubts and fears – your sadness that might include your anger or even rage and fury. It’s also a place in which your hopes, strengths and aspirations, your joy can root and unfold.
A place, so you can feel seen, heard and understood. A place, so you don’t have to be a stranger to yourself.
You, whose story did not start with yourself but can only be continued by you.
As you are being listened to, you give yourself an opportunity to connect with all your emotions, thoughts, feelings and actions.This includes the unwanted ones or those that need protection and hiding because they feel too precious.
As time goes by you might find that they can inform you. Rather than keeping you lost, stuck or going around in circles they can guide you as you navigate your life going forward.
Together, not alone.
If any of this resonates with you or you have further questions, please feel free to get in touch for an initial free conversation. I am here to listen and explore potential options with you.
There is no charge for an initial phone conversation. Subsequent sessions are charged at a rate of £70 per 50 minute session. I offer support for adults through face to face and online counselling.
I can help you with:
- Anxiety – My heart is racing. My breath is shallow.
- Stress – I feel overloaded.
- Depression – I have no energy. I lost motivation. I am closing down.
- Loss and Grief – Someone or something I had is gone. It has left an emptiness that hurts.
- Trauma – If I was a house, I wouldn’t be able to use all the rooms. Instead, I might shut some off. I might even have to leave. I feel numb.
- Shame – I am unloveable. I am a mistake.
- Difference – The way I am is leaves me feeling isolated and vulnerable. I wish I was more like others.
- Self-esteem – I am not good enough
- Stuck-ness – I am trying hard to find a solution, but I keep going around in circles.
- Confusion – My head is in a muddle. I don’t trust myself. I need time and space to think.
- Loneliness – I feel separate. I do not fit in. There is no one I can talk to. No one understands me.
Availability
Monday to Friday
Health Space, The Square, Bishops Waltham, Southampton, SO32 1AF
Corhampton, SO32