Mrs Jackie Charley - counselling

I believe the most effective gift I can offer you is a willingness to listen deeply and pay careful attention to your concerns. Although my background is in the psychology of human communication, followed by psychotherapy and counselling, none of that matters unless you feel valued and genuinely heard. Experience tells me that connection between one real, honest, compassionate person and another is the soil in which a truly healing relationship can grow. My recent discovery of being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) has been a wonderful point of self-discovery which continues to inform the sensitive way I work with clients.
I know that counselling can sometimes feel like trying to unravel a tangled ball of wool. You’re not sure where the end is, and have no clue how to begin. Often you don’t know how you got here, or where you’re going. But you just feel something needs to change. I will sit with you in the chaos, the uncertainty, or the fear, and hold fast to the belief that, whilst I may be an expert in some things, you are the expert in You. I will endeavour to see the world as you see it – through your eyes – so that together we can start to make sense of, and draw meaning from the things that trouble you.
My approach is integrative-relational-developmental. ‘Integrative’ because I draw on different theories to provide the best clinical practice for you; ‘relational’ because I believe healing is largely found within a compassionate, stable relationship, and ‘developmental’ because we cannot divorce the things that happen to us from the things we find within us as a result of our journey through the normal developmental stages of life.
I am no stranger to adversity myself, but have discovered that it is possible to live a happy and fulfilled life. This means I know that you can too.
If you would like an initial free 15 minute chat to see if we might work well together, give me a call (07704 535210) or drop me an email: jackiecharley@live.co.uk. I’d be delighted to hear from you.