Life Therapy Centre

A Warm Welcome to Clients

Counselling Therapy Appointments are available face-to-face in Pell Street, Swansea

Ask us today how we can help you with what you are facing today - You are not alone.

To discuss your individual needs, please contact Susi  for help regarding specific or specialist therapy service and information 

about what we can offer you. Not all available Therapists are displayed here so please ask.

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A Warm Welcome to Clients

Therapy Appointments are available Face to Face in Pell Street, Swansea

Ask us today how we can help you with what you are facing today - You are not alone.

To find out more about Counselling Services available Face to Face 

Please call/Text Susi on 

07496 864 388

 or contact Counsellors directly regarding Appointments

Belinda Thomas

Registered with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP)

Accredited member of the National Counsellors and Psychotherapists Society (MNCPS, Acc)

MA Psychotherapeutic Practice: Humanistic, Graduate Certificate in Counselling Skills

BSc in Health and Care of Children and Young People

Certified Clinical Complex Trauma Professional (CCTP I&II)

Qualified Humanistic Psychotherapist 

& ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder trained Clinical Specialist

Working with Adults, Children, & Young People of all ages

Providing Counselling Therapy for Neurodiverse individuals relating to Autism, ADHD and ASD.

Accumulative Trauma and PTSD * Abuse * BAME Community specialism  *Prison related support 

* Anxiety * Depression * Grief * PTSD * Gender Identity 

*Behaviour Disorders * Self-Harm * Anorexia * Domestic Violence

Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP1&2)

Therapy Focusing on Trauma

I can provide therapy sessions working with Trauma specifically or alongside other life matters, which often blend together with anxiety or conditions of low mood, depression, currently being experienced or presenting from the past, with clients who have experienced Accumulative Trauma, Abuse, or PTSD.  I also offer specialist experience of working with the BAME community, 

What is Trauma?

Trauma is a unique individual experience that can be caused by a single life event or a series of enduring conditions which can leave us feeling unsafe in our world with a constant threat to life, body, sanity and integrity. Traumatic events can result in the inability to stay present, to make sense of what's happening, to integrate the experience or understand that it's over.  

How can Therapy help Me?

Unless trauma is processed, it can result in anxiety, depression, PTSD, and lead to problematic ways of coping, such as addiction or self-injury in an attempt to cope with life, numb feelings, and help us survive. Sharing your story takes great courage. To have someone listen to you and witness your traumatic experience can be both powerful and empowering. Integrating this with focusing on bodily feelings, incorporating grounding techniques, and applying mindful attention can help you process and adapt, allowing you to leave the traumatic experience in the past.

 I have 20 years’ experience of working in a Specialist Educational provision, supporting Children and Young People with Social, Emotional and Behavioural difficulties who have suffered Trauma and Abuse.

I offer a Consultation Call with no charge to talk through how I can help you, with no obligation.

Working with Neurodiverse clients relating to Autism, ASD, and ADHD 

I have worked with many Children and Young People relating to Neurodivergent matters, Autism, ASD, and ADHD for over 20 years.  Working creatively and with a tailored approach for  each individual's needs, chosen focus and goals.

I continue my  training in this field, since my dissertation on this topic of specific interest to me.  My ASD Clinical Specialist qualification relates to  ADHD/ASD/Autism.

Providing Counselling Therapy Sessions

I have walked alongside the most wonderful and brave clients with differing issues, some involving Anxiety, Depression, Grief, PTSD, Gender Identity, Behaviour Disorders, Self-Harm, Anorexia and Domestic Violence.  I have also had the privilege of supporting friends and family members of young men held in Prison.

Each time I meet a new client, I am humbled by their courage and commitment to improving their life. I provide talking therapy very much tailored to meet your needs, offering a warm, non-judgmental, safe space for you to talk through and explore experiences that only you truly understand.

If you are feeling lost and alone, or troubled by past experiences that continually seem to weigh you down, allow me to walk alongside you and share your individual experiences.

Together, we will try to make sense of them, helping you to feel unburdened and freer in your life ahead.

Fees: £50 per 50-minute session

Email: belindathomaspsychotherapy@outlook.com

Phone: 07880 843978

Matt Collins

Qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor

 Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Ad.Dip.Pyc C).  Reg. NCS (National Counselling Society)

I offer Face To Face Counselling Therapy Sessions for Adults at Life Therapy Centre Swansea

You are important!

I understand that if you are struggling and at a difficult time of your life, it is often difficult to ask for help or to 'brush it to one side'.  I would like to remind you that you are important, to family and friends but most importantly yourself! It is never too late, be too busy, too difficult to take the time to help yourself.

My aims as a Counsellor are

​- To provide a fully confidential Service​ and provide a safe and secure environment for my clients​

​- I pride myself on being professional and non-judgemental in all aspects of my practice​

​- Each session will be individual to my clients and their needs.  I do not believe that 'one size fits all' and we will work together to identify the most appropriate treatment plan.

I have studied and qualified in Person Centred Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Humanistic Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and believe that in providing a multi-disciplinary service I am able to fully personalise each session, working toward helping my clients heal and become the best version of themselves they can be.

FEES - ​​£45.00 per 50 min hour session 

(Discounts available for blocks of six sessions+)

Contact:  07876 777636  

matthew.collins81@hotmail.co.uk

​I follow the National Counselling Society Ethical Framework to keep up to date with all relevant policies and procedures.  I am committed to Continued Professional Development and regular supervision sessions with colleagues, to ensure that my skills and practice are the best they can be.

Michael Carley

 Humanistic Integrative Counsellor MBACP

Offering Counselling Therapy Sessions for Adults at Life Therapy Centre Swansea

After extensive, wide-ranging experience in mental health and social work and criminal justice, in 2015 I graduated with a BACP-accredited Counselling Degree.

I have subsequently offered individual client-sensitive counselling therapy: both short-term solution-focused and longer-term �?depth’ work for Adults.

My practice is informed by the best practice understanding of current neuroscience research allied to the established and validated psychology-based approaches of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy [CBT].

I have particular expertise in the areas of addictive and compulsive behaviours, anxiety and depression and relationship work, including neurodiversity: specifically ADHD & Autism. 

I believe that Mindfulness and Compassion-based counselling therapy provide highly effective therapeutic approaches to self-regulation and self-change.

I offer an initial no-fee telephone consultation.

£40.00 per hour

Michael: 07446 169110

Call or Text to discuss how I can help you

I offer sessions of an hour or an hour and a half, to suit, 

with consideration for clients on limited incomes.

Caryl Holmes 

MBACP Registered Integrative Counsellor 

I offer Face To Face Sessions for Adults

Swansea-based with 12 years experience

I am an approachable professional providing a discreet and no-judgemental counselling service in a safe environment and am passionate about helping people to explore how they can live happier lives.  Life can throw us difficult challenges and it can sometimes help to speak with someone independent in a safe, non-judgemental, confidential environment.

The issues I specialise in are shown below but the list is not exhaustive so if your issue is not shown below please do not hesitate to call me:

* Bereavement * Anger * Anxiety * Depression  * Bullying

Phone, Text or Email  07881 099 272 

 carylholmes@hotmail.co.uk

No obligation initial consultation

I work to the ethical guidelines of the *BACP

(BACP British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) https://www.bacp.co.uk

Pamela Verdugo

Qualified Counsellor

I am highly qualified in 

Adult and Young People therapy, Family and Couples Therapy and Group Therapy

I’ve been trained to assess and work with adults and children 

 with over 20 years of clinical experience working 

with Individuals, Couples and Family Therapy, overseas and the UK working face-to-face. 

I have a different cultural background since I am Latin American and I was trained in different countries around the world, 

including recently passing my Masters in Clinical Psychology and Mental Health here in the UK. 

I’ve been working for many years with several mental health problems, assessing and overcoming  anxiety, depression, drinking problems, domestic violence and abuse trauma, and personality assessments for Children and Adults (Rorschach Test; Luscher Test; WAIS or WISC) 

Due to my training also work with relationship difficulties as in marriage counselling, communication difficulties, vital crises, remarriage, parenting and separation. 

I also work with group therapies using Psychodrama, which is a technique to express emotions, beliefs and body experience in a creative way. Sometimes, I use this technique with individual or couple therapy, as a resource to communicate and learn. 

My approach is systemic, which means we are a team working towards our goal, creating ways to understand and training to do things differently.

If you have any enquiries about my work or you want to arrange a meeting, please contact me:

pspamelaverdugo@gmail.com 

WhatsApp:  07934 488722

Leigh Williams 

Humanistic Counsellor (BA Hons) 

Offering Face-to-Face sessions for Adults 18+

I am a passionate and approachable individual with my own practice offering face-to-face, online, and telephone counselling therapy and support. I offer a willingness to listen and provide adults with the time and space they need to enhance their well-being. My non-judgmental, person-centred and empathic approach enables me to deal sensitively and constructively with adults 18 and over.  All my clients are treated individually, and therapy is tailored to meet their needs.

I worked in ChildLine for 8 years as a volunteer counsellor, and as a sessional supervisor managing a team of volunteer counsellors, ensuring they effectively met the children and young people’s needs, whilst also maintaining the organisation's safeguarding guidelines.

My Therapy Model

In 2018, I started my journey as a full-time student and gained my Degree in Humanistic Counselling at Swansea University. I studied person-centred therapies such as

Psychodynamic, CBT, Mindfulness, and Gestalt therapies, which specifically focus on thoughts and feelings in the here and now.

Issues that I work with

I have extensive knowledge working with issues such as Emotional Problems, Domestic Abuse, Anxiety, Depression, Panic Disorders, 

BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder), Bipolar Disorder, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Bereavement, and Trauma.

My Fees & Booking Information

FEES FROM - £45.00 per hourly session (concessions available, please ask me)

Phone, text, or email your enquiries to 

07975 590012 

Email: leighwilliams800@gmail.com

I welcome enquiries about my work, a meeting, or a free of charge Consultation

I am insured, DBS checked, and a member of NCPS (National Counselling and

Psychotherapy Society) and I work to their ethical guidelines.

Laura Haughton Hill

Life Coach for Adult Clients

MBPS (British Psychological Society)

Certified Law of Attraction Life Coach, BA Counselling Studies and Psychology

VAWDASV Specialist (violence against women domestic abuse sexual violence)

Laura is a Life Coach who specialises in post-traumatic growth. 

When people experience traumatic events or incidents, it changes them. They may feel they have lost 'the person they were before' so 

I am here to show every person that you can create a new you, a Better You.  Go from survivor to thriver. 

How I can Help You?

Removing Obstacles

We all have places in our life where we are blocked.  Working together, we will identify those blocks and find ways for you to overcome them. Learn to change negative thought patterns and self-limiting beliefs and start using the law of attraction to manifest the life that you desire.

Be Your Best Self

Learn how to master the art of manifestation through the Law of Attraction.  You can truly live the life you have only imagined.  

With my guidance, I shall be with you every step of the way. 

Live Your Dreams

When you choose to live a dream, you need a plan to make it come true.  My job as a Life Coach is to help you stick to it and get around any obstacles.  Are you ready to make a commitment to yourself and your future?

Laura offers a free-of-charge 30-minute Discovery Call

for you to find out how she can help you discover your new self.

FEES - £55.00 per session

Www.loa-lifecoaching.com

077580291018

enquiries@loa-lifecoaching.com

Abeigail Baker

Wimberry Counselling & Consultancy in Swansea

Accredited Member of the National Counsellors and Psychotherapists Society (MNCPS, Acc).

Masters in Psychotherapeutic Practice: Humanistic. 

BSc in Psychology and Counselling.

Cruse Bereavement Care Volunteer - 2 Wish Counsellor. 

My style of working will be adapted to suit what you really want, provided in a safe, confidential and non-judgmental space. Don’t worry, there is no brown leather sofa- this is a myth!

I am a qualified Integrative and Humanistic Counsellor, using a range of person-centred therapies with over 10 years of experience working in the counselling world, offer counselling therapy in Swansea. 

I am able to work with a wide range of topics, ages and will work with you on your journey until you no longer need me.  We can work together to establish more manageable ways of coping with the difficulties that you are facing, through creativity, alternative perspectives and expanding your toolkit to enable you to feel in control and develop your skills, in the way that you feel comfortable. 

I will review your sessions with you to ensure that your needs are met. I want to ensure that your counselling therapy experience is a positive one and encourage you to express your needs. I look forward to working with you. 

CONSULTATION & SESSION FEES

I offer a free telephone consultation with no obligation. 

Face-to-face counselling Therapy Sessions in Swansea & Online Sessions available. 

Fees- £45 per session 

Concessions are available, please ask.

07840116046

Abeigail.baker@gmail.com

Abeigail at Wimberry Counselling Website 

Sharon Jenkins

Counselling Therapy for Individual Adults & Couples

NCPS senior accredited therapist. 

MSc Masters Systemic Counselling with  Clinical Supervision

BSc Hons Counselling 

EMDR Specialist Therapy

[For EMDR Therapy information please see the BACP link which outlines information about the use of this treatment - 

https://www.bacp.co.uk/about-therapy/types-of-therapy/eye-movement-desensitisation-and-reprocessing-emdr/https://www.bacp.co.uk/about-therapy/types-of-therapy/eye-movement-desensitisation-and-reprocessing-emdr/]

Couple Therapy

I have trained and have qualified with a Masters an Intermediate Family Therapy Qualification and I’ve been working with couples for 10 years

and overall working in Private practice for 15 years 

My additional areas of interest in my work are Bereavement, Relationships and Trauma 

in addition to working with anxiety, depression and work stress matters. 

My Therapy Session Fees

£45.00 per Individual Session

£50.00 per EMDR Session

£60.00 per Couple Session

Call or Message - 07769 309314

sharonjcounselling@outlook.com

Holli Yeoman

Therapy for Individual Adults

Holli, one of our experienced counsellors, has space for new clients with an immediate start, and can offer support with a variety of issues.

Anxiety and depression are on the rise. You may or may not use those words to describe your experience. Perhaps you are feeling lost or confused, or looking for a sense of belonging. Maybe the world doesn't make much sense to you right now, or you feel like something is missing in your life. 

Many people face real inequalities that can make life difficult, or have trauma that has a big impact on their wellbeing.

Counselling is a really good place to explore transitional moments in our lives, to access support while we wrestle with our values and beliefs, or simply to find a deeper place of self-acceptance.

Contact Holli on 07458590116 

holliyeoman@mail.com 

for an initial chat or to book a session, or find more information at

www.justasyouaretherapy.com

Susan-Marie Meredith

BA (Hons) Humanistic Counselling, Diploma Pet Bereavement Counselling, QCF Level 3 Health and Social Care, MBACP

Therapy for Adult Individuals

I am an integrative counsellor, offering a warm, gentle, compassionate approach to help you navigate your issue in a confidential manner.  The Modalities applied will be person-centred, gestalt, emotion-focused therapy and transactional analysis.

My approach will help you feel at ease and comfortable exploring different aspects of your issue with no judgement, applying the most appropriate therapy to suit you and your needs.

The therapeutic relationship between counsellor and client is imperative to progress by supporting you to explore self-awareness, perspectives, decision making and taking action towards your ideal outcome.

Therapy Issues

 I deal with a range of issues with my specialisms being depression, anxiety, relationships, bereavement, LGBTQ+ as well as offering one-to-one adult sessions.

I have experience of working with older adults providing dementia/older adult support and working for a Mental Health Charity providing counselling for adults 18+ working with a range of mental health issues.

I offer a 15-minute free telephone consultation, where we can discuss how I can help and how we can work together.

Fees:  £40.00 per session

Call or Text: 07709 947244

Email:  smcounselling83@gmail.com

Website: https://susan-mariemeredithcounselling.com

Kieran Richards

PGDip, BSc (Hons), MBPsS, MNCS Accred

Psychotherapist & Counsellor for Adults, Children & Couples

 Offering Face to Face Sessions at Life Therapy Centre Swansea

Integrative; Emotion Focused Therapy, Gestalt, Person Centred, Humanistic, CBT, Transaction analysis

As a trained and accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist, I work with most mental well-being issues from several theoretical modalities and individualise therapy to meet your individualised psychological well-being needs.  I set no expectations, nor do I hold any judgement on your life.  I welcome you into therapy as an equal and do not believe in holding the power imbalance of the therapeutic relationship but will often view you as the expert of your own life and experiencing.  

I offer a confidential and safe space to work our way through any issues that you may be facing. This can develop deeper awareness and help you to process emotions. This new clarity and understanding can help you develop new meanings and provide you with solutions to help develop positive mental well-being.  Throughout this therapeutic process, emotional and cognitive experiences can shift to provide positive outcomes and help you feel transformed.  

I look forward to walking alongside your journey to self-discovery.

Please contact me on:  07931 703979

Email: kieran.psychotherapy@gmail.com

Fiona Richards-Buckle

Person Centred Humanistic Integrative Counsellor BACP FdA;

MBACP Registered. Dip Social Work; Regulation of Care Services Award; BA (Hons) Art History & Theory

Registered Social Worker with Social Care Wales

Providing Face-to-Face Sessions for

Individuals, Couples, Children & Family groups 

Welcome to my Counselling, Therapy & Social Work Solutions.  

I offer a safe, affordable, warm, healing, compassionate, confidential and non-judgmental therapy and counselling space.

Through my Counsellor role & previous qualified social worker jobs as a Child & Family worker for NCH Action for Children,  Senior Child & Family Social Worker & Inspector for Children’s & Vulnerable Adults Care & Social Services I have over 20 years experience of applying counselling skills & working therapeutically.

Issues I work with & Specialisms

My experience includes working with issues arising from relationships, anxiety, depression, mental illness, stress, addictions, fears, anger management or from historic life events such as sexual abuse & other traumas, bereavement, separation, fostering & adoption.

My Specialisms include adoption, fostering and parenting.  My experience of working for NCH Action for Children as a child & family worker included facilitating parent/child activities to help improve relationships between family members, carrying out direct work with children individually or in groups.

CONSULTATION

I offer a 15-minute phone Consultation free of charge

FEES from £45.00 per Counselling Therapy Session in Swansea

Phone/Text 07810 431846

fionarichardsbuckle@yahoo.co.uk

 I offer some places with concessions for some circumstances, so please do ask about this.

Christine O’Leary

Christine O’Leary BA Hons Psychology

PGCE, NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer, Systemic Family Constellations Facilitator

I work with Individuals and Couples

Hello, I am Christine, I am an experienced facilitator and personal development coach. 

My work is informed by Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Parts Work, Systemic Family Systems Constellations, and Non-Violent Communication (NVC).  

My experience includes helping people with feelings of anxiety when facing significant life changes including Menopause, Redundancy and Relationship Endings, Difficult Issues at Work, Work Life Balance, Relationship Issues, Weight Loss, Chronic Indecision, Creating New Habits and Increasing Confidence.  

When you work with me, we will explore your issue, and how you are thinking about your issue, where you are putting your attention and perhaps what you are not seeing. This work can loosen up those areas of your life where you feel stuck, and it can bring unhelpful beliefs and assumptions into your conscious awareness. When these shifts happen, new possibilities emerge, and you will be supported to make positive changes. 

My coaching is aimed at helping you experience yourself and your world in more helpful ways. NLP is very much about resourcing you to find the answers within yourself. 

Systemic Family Constellations looks beyond you as an individual, and offers a systemic view, placing you and your issue within the broader context of your birth family, current family, or your work organization. The issue you are grappling with may be systemic rather than personal, and it may therefore require a systemic resolution. 

My Systemic and NLP coaching includes working somatically with your embodied experiences. I am trauma-informed and understand the importance of a well-regulated nervous system. 

I am an NLP Master Practitioner and Certified Trainer. I studied NLP with John Seymour in Bristol and have also trained with Judith De Lozier one of the early founders of NLP. 

I am a Professional Member of the Association of NLP (ANLP).     

All ANLP members must meet the following requirements: 

• Qualifications: All member’s qualifications and certificates have been checked and verified by ANLP staff. 

• References: All members provide external references from either previous clients or supervisors to validate previous work that they have done. 

• Code of Ethics: All members sign up to and adhere to our Code of Ethics, which state that they will practice NLP in a responsible, ethical, and congruent way. 

• Complaints Procedure: All members are accountable via the ANLP independent Complaints Procedure, in the unlikely event that an issue should arise. 

I trained as a Systemic Family Systems Constellations Facilitator with the Centre for Systemic Constellations (CSC), based in London and Bristol. The CSC was formed in collaboration with Bert Hellinger the founder of Systemic Constellations work. 

You can read more about my work and these modalities on my website: christineoleary.wales

TO BOOK YOUR SESSION

Consultation Call (No Charge)

. I offer a free 15-minute exploration call to anyone who wants to find out more about working with me. 

50 minute session £50.00 /  3 x 50 minute session - £138.00

90 minute session £85.00 /  5 x 50 minute sessions - £235.00

Reductions for booking a series of sessions: 

Call Christine: 07737794378
e-mail – christine@christineoleary.wales

Life Therapy Centre

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