Antonia Gerlach-Charlton
When I was young, on a balmy April morning, my mother and I were outside in the garden, standing by three silver birches. She told me to close my eyes and listen to the sound of spring enfolding. In that moment, I learnt that in silence we can hear what cannot be seen. It was my first and most profound lesson in listening deeply.

With a Master’s Degree in Special Educational Needs and a Diploma in Gestalt Counselling, I draw on both professional training and rich life experiences across various cultures, including growing up in a small village in North Germany, moving to London and living in Bahrain throughout the Arab Spring. I am now settled in the Meon Valley where I see clients in person and online.

My exposure to different cultures and historical events has sensitised me to our universal need for being understood, having agency and dignity. I have experienced and witnessed the devastating, long-lasting impact on individuals but also communities when these needs are not being met.

Supporting my clients in expressing themselves and making them feel understood, restoring their capacity for agency where they might have felt powerless in the past, and reclaiming dignity where they have been shamed are therefore central to my approach.

For me offering this space is an act of hope and protection that continues long after our work has concluded.

”Supporting my clients in expressing themselves and making them feel understood, restoring their capacity for agency where they might have felt powerless in the past, and reclaiming dignity where they have been shamed are therefore central to my approach.

As part of my ethical and professional practice

I use regular supervision and engage in regular ongoing professional development.

My areas of study include:
  • Psychodrama/ Monodrama
  • Transgenerational Trauma
  • Working with suppressed Anger
  • Neuroscience in Counselling

BACP

I am a registered member of the BACP and adhere to their Ethical Framework.

DipHE

Humanistic Gestalt Counselling.

ICO

I am registered with the ICO.

DBS

I am DBS checked