bestselftherapy.co.uk
Therapy on The Wirral & Online
🌿 When life feels difficult, and you’re not quite sure what to do with it all.
Perhaps you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, exhausted from overthinking or struggling to feel like yourself.
Maybe you’re dealing with something from the past, finding relationships difficult, questioning your confidence or noticing the same patterns appearing in your life. Or perhaps you can’t quite explain what’s wrong. You just know something doesn’t feel right.
I’m Del, and I offer individual counselling where we can talk openly about what’s happening, make sense of things together and explore what might help.
INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS
£60 · 50 minutes
Birkenhead ⦁ Walk & Talk ⦁ Online.
☎ Book Your 20-Minute Consultation
A chance to have a chat, ask questions and see whether working together feels right.
🌿 What Happens in Individual Therapy?
If you’ve never been to therapy before, you might be wondering what actually happens when we sit down together. There’s no script to follow, and you don’t need to arrive knowing exactly what you want to say. Some sessions might focus on what’s happening in your life right now. Other times, we might explore past experiences, relationships or ways of coping that have become familiar over time.
I might ask questions, help you notice patterns or invite you to look at something from a different perspective. And sometimes, you might simply need someone to listen while you talk things through.
It’s not about me having all the answers. It’s about us working together to make sense of your experiences and explore what might help.
🌿 How I Work With You
I’m an integrative therapist, which means I draw on different therapeutic approaches rather than assuming one way of working suits everybody. My approach is warm, curious and down-to-earth. I’ll listen carefully and take time to understand your experiences, while also being interested in the things you might not have noticed about yourself.
Sometimes I might gently challenge something, ask a question you haven’t considered or invite you to look at a situation from another perspective. Not because I know your life better than you do, but because another perspective can sometimes help us understand things differently. And although therapy can involve some difficult conversations, there’s room for humour, too. Sometimes laughter can be part of the process, even when we’re exploring serious things.
🌿 Understanding the Patterns We Fall Into
Sometimes the things we’ve learned to do to cope with life can eventually become the very things that leave us feeling stuck.
Perhaps you’ve become so used to putting other people’s needs first that you’ve lost sight of your own. Maybe you avoid difficult conversations because conflict feels uncomfortable, but then find yourself feeling unheard or resentful. Or perhaps you’re constantly overthinking, trying to get everything right because making a mistake feels difficult to tolerate.
These ways of coping often develop for understandable reasons. They may have helped us through difficult experiences.
In therapy, we can begin to explore these patterns, understand where they might have come from and consider whether they’re still helping you. It’s not about blaming yourself for how you’ve learned to cope. It’s about understanding yourself and recognising that there may be different ways forward.
🌿 What Might Change Through Therapy?
Change doesn’t always arrive as one big breakthrough. Sometimes it’s noticing that you’re being kinder to yourself, recognising a familiar pattern or feeling more able to express what you need. It might be finding a different way to approach a difficult conversation, feeling less caught up in overthinking or beginning to understand why certain situations affect you so strongly.
For some people, therapy is about working through a particular difficulty. For others, it’s about developing a deeper understanding of themselves and their relationships. There’s no single outcome that everybody needs to achieve.
We’ll explore what’s important to you and what meaningful progress might look like in your life.
⏳ Individual Therapy Sessions: £60 per session · 50 minutes
I offer three ways for us to meet.
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In the Therapy Room — Face-to-face counselling in a private, comfortable setting in Argyle Street, Birkenhead, Wirral.
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Walk & Talk Therapy — If you’d prefer to be outdoors, we can take our conversations into nature while walking together at an agreed location on the Wirral.
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Online Therapy — We can meet via Zoom from a private space that works for you.
Therapy can be short-term or longer-term, depending on what brings you here and what you’re hoping to explore.
We can discuss what might suit you during our initial consultation.
🌿 A Few Things You Might Be Wondering
What if I don’t know what to talk about?
That’s okay. You don’t need a perfectly organised explanation of what’s happening in your life. We can start with whatever feels most important, even if you’re not quite sure what that is.
What if I get upset or emotional?
Emotions are a natural part of therapy. You don’t have to apologise for becoming upset, and there’s no expectation to talk about something before you feel ready.
Can therapy work for me if I’m neurodivergent?
People experience and process the world differently, and I recognise that traditional expectations around communication, emotions and relationships don’t fit everyone. We can discuss your individual needs, preferences and any adjustments that might make therapy more accessible for you. You don’t need a formal diagnosis to have a conversation about your experiences.
How many sessions will I need?
There’s no set number. Some people come with a particular issue they’d like to explore, while others want more time to understand themselves and their experiences. We can review how things are going together.
🌿 Areas I Can Help With
People come to individual therapy for many different reasons, including anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, depression, grief, difficult relationships, past experiences and life changes. You don’t need to fit neatly into a particular category to come to counselling.
If there’s something specific you’d like to understand more about, you can explore my individual support pages.
Shall We Have a Chat?
If something you’ve read here resonates with you, perhaps we could start with a conversation.
A free 20-minute consultation gives us an opportunity to talk briefly about what brings you to therapy, ask questions and see whether working together feels right.
☎ Book Your Free 20-Minute Consultation
Available by phone or Zoom.
No obligation to continue
Prefer to get in touch directly?
Email: hello@bestselftherapy.co.uk | Text or WhatsApp: 07743 440664
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