https://www.sophychetwood.com/home daily 1.0 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0bc8001a487634ce6c73d/1589299494380-XBY0HF1KR4TBQNSKS0WI/IMG_1140.jpg Home - “Using my experience I can help you to find ways to feel more positive, to move forward and to have hope for the future.” https://www.sophychetwood.com/about daily 0.75 2020-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0bc8001a487634ce6c73d/1589300885911-AGS1I1B43PEYH76COMXQ/IMG_1140.JPG About Sophy https://www.sophychetwood.com/couples daily 0.75 2024-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0bc8001a487634ce6c73d/1588867891650-RI2C78RBNVET0XTHKHAM/wim-van-t-einde-fAA-NKhBGZE-unsplash.jpg Couples - Couples I support couples who may have started communicating through anger, silence or resentment. We can often become isolated in relationships and feel misunderstood. One of us may be emotional, able to discuss thoughts and feelings; the other may be more black and white, more pragmatic. With these differences blocks can start to appear. We stop communicating with each other, resentments build up, anger and bitterness. We stop talking. When couples come to me for counselling, I can provide a space for each person to express how they really feel, and together we can negotiate why things are falling apart and how better to communicate with each other so that each person feels understood. I can help to provide clarity and an opportunity to change or to improve a relationship. https://www.sophychetwood.com/addiction daily 0.75 2024-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0bc8001a487634ce6c73d/1589402731203-ISVTWB0JM0PMQJK5Y6LX/tree.jpg Addiction - Addiction I support people who are trying to give up an addiction or substance dependency. I also help couples where one person is an addict. I am trained – and have wide experience – in supporting anyone with addiction issues (e.g. alcohol, drugs, gambling), either of their own, or of other family members. I can explore with you why the addiction has occurred and the impact it is having on your life, or that of family and friends. With my support and experience we can work out strategies to give up the addiction and to look forward in a positive and optimistic way to a better and more fulfilling life. Addiction counselling is structured with specific goals and weekly targets and success rates are high. I also support couples where one person has been an addict and we work together to rebuild trust, communication, love and affection. https://www.sophychetwood.com/young-people daily 0.75 2020-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0bc8001a487634ce6c73d/1588867952963-4UVUDWLHBV1XOO1KIII4/filip-zrnzevic-QsWG0kjPQRY-unsplash.jpg Young People - Young People I give young people hope and the tools to change things for the better. I see young people whose lives at home might be challenging and complex. I help them too if they’re going through difficult times at school or college – perhaps with friendships, keeping up with academic work or pressure from exams and future uncertainty. I help children and teenagers find ways to deal with feeling isolated or being bullied – either at school or online – and with the less positive aspects of social media generally. I also help deal with gender issues, depression, family separations, domestic abuse, alcoholism and drug addiction (for the individual or amongst the family). Whatever the issue, if you’re a young person you may have lost your confidence, be feeling anxious or low. Perhaps you’re having panic attacks, self-harming or experiencing signs of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). Or maybe you’re feeling angry or ashamed. Feeling like this is totally understandable. But there is hope and you can change. https://www.sophychetwood.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-12-11 https://www.sophychetwood.com/general-counselling daily 0.75 2024-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0bc8001a487634ce6c73d/1588868255923-XUIDD97K5UEW565Y0W8Z/annie-spratt-LtxbHVUhp90-unsplash.jpg General counselling - General Counselling I have worked for many years supporting clients with a range of issues including: anxiety low self-esteem grief and loss relationship issues depression addiction domestic abuse trauma OCD panic attacks self-harming I am also a couples’ counsellor, both for heterosexual and same sex couples. I work with children and young people too on all sorts of concerns, such as anxiety, anger, bullying, sexuality, abuse and family splits. I provide a safe and impartial space to explore whatever is going on in your life. By talking things through, I can help you to find ways to change the way that you think and feel: and also to move forward with hope and a more positive outlook.