UK Therapy by ZOOM and Skype

Remember that counselling sessions are a professional engagement. Even though you're at home with easy access to your fridge, comfy pyjamas and footstool, aim to behave as if you would be meeting your counsellor in his office. Sharon and Alan’s training in cognitive behavioural practice and their ongoing supervision has helped us develop and maintain our skills in the complex area of workplace mental health. Online counselling also allows us to work together in a secure and confidential virtual environment. We will use video conferencing to connect, and this means that we can see and hear each other in real-time. This can help to create a more personal connection, even though we may be miles apart, and can help to make the counselling process more effective.
Clients should be made aware that you will not record and will not allow recording of sessions without prior discussion and consent in place. You can read more information about our Parent Adolescent Child team’s workhere.We are back working with children and teenagers face to face if needed – just email Zoom Counselling UK or call us. To access support and to find out what support might be appropriate for you register with Student Wellbeing. You are based in a country with specific counselling licensing which regulate the provision  of counselling, and which are incompatible with the UK legal and regulatory requirements.

Your therapist will be a trainee counsellor or psychotherapist on clinical placement. Each of our trainees are handpicked by our Directors and are fully supervised during their time working with you. All our therapists are fully insured and members of a relevant professional body.
But let’s not underestimate the power of telephone counselling. It may be a good idea to create a bit of time immediately before your session as a kind of ‘virtual commute’ – as if you were travelling to the appointment, making a space in between the counselling and the rest of the day. Similarly, when the session is over, it could be worthwhile just taking a quiet moment before resuming your day. Your therapist will leave you a contact number or email address, in case you need to cancel a session. For all our clients your therapist is only available during your appointed counselling session. The most important thing in all counselling is to form a relationship with your counsellor where you can feel heard and understood.
Screentime can be draining, as can the energy it takes to stay emotionally connected. Think about your background too, ensuring this is tidy but also that nothing is present that you wouldn’t want clients to see such as family photos (or laundry!). Make sure  you have a clock visible so you can keep sessions to usual timings too . Wearing earphones keeps the client’s voice out of the equation, but your side of the conversation will be revealing too. Are you taking calls by an open window where neighbours can overhear?

I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a new approach to working through emotional blocks, fears etc. I offer online counselling to clients throughout the UK, enabling you to get the effective, high quality support you need, when you need it. It will be your responsibility during a Telephone or Zoom counselling session, to find a time and place where you can speak freely. This can sometimes be difficult if you live with other people.
Looking back I felt as though I was 'allowed' to have the feelings I had - it was ok to react in the way I did, however small the problem - I was allowed to have my own emotions without any raised eye-brows! I got to know myself for the first time and stopped worrying about how others saw me - as long as I was doing my best, that was enough. I learned to 'own' and  take responsibility for my feelings and not get contaminated by other peoples' views.

Such distractions may include unexpected guests popping over, or household members making a lot of noise. If you are accessing therapy in-person this isn’t something you would have to manage. With online therapy, I can only limit potential distractions on my end. Digital therapy is more than just convenience, then, and instead, it is an opportunity for people to dip into a practice they might have preconceived notions of. But, Fosh stresses, therapy doesn’t always have to be really intense and eye-opening. Part of her reasoning for starting Therapisied was to “take the stigma out of therapy” – to break down the belief system that says having a therapist means you are completely broken, or twisted, or suffering.
For some people, even just one single session can be of benefit. Counsellors don't provide advice, but nor will they leave you to figure it all out on your own. We aim to build trust, and allow you to find words to express things that may have gone unspoken for some time during your lifetime. This website uses a secure server to encrypt all information passed between myself and my clients. Please do contact me to discuss any concerns you might have regarding using online methods.