Tel: 07817 565837
Hello there! I am Riccardo, a Psychodynamic Counsellor based in Hexham. I just moved to this town and am looking to find a location to deliver face to face sessions. Right now, am working exclusively online through Google Meet, WhatsApp and by phone. Monday to Friday AM/PM
With 15 years’ experience of working with adults and young people, through my work I offer a skilful, warm and passionate approach to help and guide clients to make sense and explore difficult feelings and to achieve a better quality of life.
Whether you are dealing with anxiety, struggling in your relationships, experiencing low moods and a sense of isolation or perhaps you are not happy, not fulfilled and you feel like life goes on in autopilot. Whatever your reason, together we can make sense of it in a safe and non-judgmental space, and through counselling I will help you find meaning and understanding.
My way of counselling combines Psychodynamic therapy, which will help you understand how your current feelings and behaviour are shaped by your past experiences, with Person Centred therapy, which is a talking therapy approach aimed at helping you gain control of your life through finding the courage and self-esteem needed. By facilitating the expression of inner thoughts and feelings, our relationship will help you process and understand your emotions better. You will learn to find and recognise your emotions, to understand and accept them, and to act in ways that will influence them and change their intensity.
Working through and processing your life experience will empower you in coming to terms with the sources of distress, clearing up confusion and enable you to identify who you really are and, in time, fulfil your own emotional needs. Through this type of counselling, you will gain a better understanding of your relationships, allowing you to make sense of why you act and react in the way you do and it will provide long-lasting strategies needed for positive changes.
In these fifteen years, I have gathered extensive experience in working with:
I offer a free phone consultation where you can share the reasons for wishing to start counselling. Weekly sessions are 50 minutes long, however the initial session will be a longer one (up to 90 minutes at the same cost of a 50 minutes session) as it will give me the opportunity to ask several questions about your background and give you a significant opportunity to get to know me and experience how we both feel about working together.
Therapy is a beneficial resource for every individual. However, stigma is still attached to the concept of therapy. I believe it is important to challenge the misconceptions which sometimes tend to stop people from seeking the support they need.
Therapy is not just for those who are struggling with gruelling mental health issues. It doesn’t imply defeat or weakness. On the contrary, reaching out for support requires courage and the capacity to acknowledge our struggles. Seeking therapy means having hope that things can change for the better. It is an investment in our well-being and an act of self-care.
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