North Vista Therapy

I offer a warm, non-judgemental counselling approach so together we can explore your issues and help you to feel better.

I am an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist who can help you with strategies to address and manage whatever difficulty you face.

I am currently offering in-person sessions, video counselling and telephone counselling. I am a registered AXA psychotherapist so I also take private referrals.

Engaging with therapy can feel daunting - it might be something you never imagined yourself having to do. But if you are on this website, you have already taken the first big step in recognising that you need to talk to someone - that you need to start to look after yourself.

I run North Vista Therapy service - based in North Shields and Tynemouth. I see private Adult clients Monday to Friday.

Reasons why you might need help

Do you find yourself putting on a cheerful façade to the outside world, pretending to be OK: when inside you are silently struggling, secretly coping with unwanted intrusive thoughts and feelings?

It might be that you feel you 'should' be grateful for what you have in your life, but in actual fact you feel empty, guilty or lonely.

You may feel as though you are holding it together for everyone else - your family, your job, your friends - but inside, you are in need of help yourself.

You may be constantly reliving a distressing time from your past. You may feel held back by things that happened when you were younger.

Issues I work with include:

Trauma

States of anxiety, stress, depression, lack of motivation

Intrusive thoughts

Difficulties at work or in a relationship

Loneliness

Identity – gender, religion, sexuality

Feeling disconnected with yourself or friends and family

Loss, grief and bereavement

Life stages – empty nest or separation and divorce etc.

Feeling caught in the same behaviour patterns

Feeling 'stuck' or 'trapped'

Feeling held back by experiences from your past

Low confidence and self-esteem

What you can expect from our counselling sessions

For a number of years, I ran the counselling service for a city council in Tyne and Wear. During that time, I treated hundreds of clients with many different reasons for coming to counselling.

All sessions last 50 minutes and the first one is an initial assessment session to talk through what you want to get from therapy and what has brought you here. It gives you a chance to make sure you feel comfortable moving forward.

In subsequent sessions we will follow the agreed aims or topics. I may start to draw on various theories and therapeutic techniques to help us such as:

  • CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy)
  • Sandtray and imagery
  • EMDR (eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing)
  • Transactional Analysis theory
  • Attachment theory
  • Relationship counselling theory

Sessions can be weekly or fortnightly and short term, long term and open-ended.

I can help you to:

Express your inner most feelings of sadness, guilt, anger or fear

Find ways to improve your poor sleep; low self-esteem; your lack of energy and motivation; your anxious thoughts and panic; your burn-out

Work through long held memories and feelings relating to your past

Develop a greater understanding of yourself so that you can find different ways of dealing with painful situations you are experiencing today

Gain the courage and strategies to make different choices in your life

Come to terms and find peace surrounding the loss of a loved one or the loss of a hope for the future

I also believe it is important to notice what strengths we do have and I encourage my clients to acknowledge what natural abilities they do possess to cope with life's challenges and difficulties. Many of us never look back at how far we have come and what we have achieved to get to where we are today. 

Where sessions are held

I am the owner of Chapter House – a discrete therapy practice on Preston Road in North Shields. I have an additional counselling room within a private Victorian residence in Tynemouth. Both are within easy reach of Newcastle by car and public transport and have free parking near by.

Get in touch

My main consultancy room is situated within Chapter House, 11 Preston Road, North Shields, NE29 0LU. There is a free parking within a 2 minute walk

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how counselling works, or to arrange an initial appointment. You can also call me on +44 7974 934 661 if you would prefer to leave a message or speak to me first. I am happy to discuss any queries or questions you may have prior to arranging an initial appointment.

All enquires are usually answered within 24 hours, and all contact is strictly confidential and uses secure services.