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Specialises in

• Counselling
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)

• Motivational Interviewing
• Psychotherapy

• Short Term Psychodynamic Therapy
• Transactional Analysis (TA)

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

About my practice

Hello, I am Sophia. I am a highly experienced integrative therapist, having supported many hundreds of individuals through my private practice since 2017; in person from my light and airy Hampshire base as well as online for those further away, or preferring their own safe and secure space- we can work together wherever you are in the world.

Counselling offers a positive intervention that can be both rewarding and satisfying at times in our life when we most need it. Having the right support can help us gain a shared and wider perspective on our difficulties, this clarity can often bring some sense of relief and help us begin to feel better quite quickly. I work in support of individuals navigating uncertainty and opportunity around change, as well as those of us facing struggles with a wide range of personal issues including ; identifying and manage stress and anxiety, in its many forms, unprocessed childhood trauma, coping with illness and the grief and loss of loved ones, relationship issues; including handling conflict, improving communication and enhancing harmony as well as moving forward from an relationship breakdown. I support individuals navigating both workplace opportunities and challenges ; building confidence in interviews, presentations and public speaking through to coping with workplace changes and redundancy. , Common theme across the work can lie in exploring and challenging unhelpful and self limiting self beliefs, reducing fear, strengthening our resilience and sense of self worth.

As a registered, accredited member of British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy MBACP (Accred) I have demonstrated I have a high standard of knowledge, experience and development that is widely valued throughout the industry NB my competences and practice are aligned to Column B of the SCoPEd Framework, a shared standards framework for professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists working with adults.

How counselling can help

There are inevitably times in our lives where we face difficulties, we may find we feel ill equipped to face the challenges we are presented with and we can be unsure where to turn at such times and what steps we should take, You may be reading this as you face a particular issue, dilemma or situation you can readily identify that you know is the cause of your worry or distress. Perhaps you are caught in negative thinking patterns, coping with difficult feelings that are impacting on your emotional wellbeing. Whatever your situation, we can explore it together, and working together we aim to find the best way forward for you.

Please do visit my website to read more detail on how I may be able to help or contact me for a initial no obligation conversation.

Areas of interest

Types of client
Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Areas of counselling I deal with;
Anxiety; Abortion;Abuse;Affairs and betrayals;Anger management;Attachment disorder;Bereavement;Bullying;Burnout;Cancer;Career counselling;Carer support;Childless not by choice;Chronic llness;Depression;Disabilities;Discrimination;Domestic abuse;Emotional abuse;Family issues;Feeling sad;Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) Health anxiety;High sensitivity;Infertility
LGBTQ+ counselling;Loneliness;Low self-confidence;Low self-esteem;Menopause;Mental health;Miscarriage;Money;Narcissistic abuse;Narcissistic personality disorder;Non-monogamy;Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD);Older people's counselling;Panic attacks;Passive-aggressive behaviour;Perfectionism;Phobias;Physical abuse;;Pregnancy and birth;Redundancy;Relationship problems;Self-harm;Separation and divorce;Separation anxiety;Sex problems;Sexual abuse;Social anxiety;Spirituality;Stress;Suicidal thoughts;Trauma;Work-related stress

Medical secretaries

• Sophia Anne Jakeman
• chestnut cottage axford RG252DZ Hampshire RG25 2DZ
• 07703 361007
• 07703 361007
• sophia@chestnutcounselling.co.uk