Louise Brignell

Louise Brignell


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Contact information

Phone number
07507632358

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Therapist - Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells TN2
07507632358
Sessions from £55.00

Features

  • Flexible hours available
  • Concessionary rates

Availability

My working hours are,

  • Tuesday - 9-30am - 11.30am.
  • Wednesday - 10.00am - 16.00pm.
  • Thursday - 13:00pm - 19:00pm.
  • Friday - 10:00am - 19:00pm.  

I have some availability for new clients.  

Currently I will be on summer vacation from the 8th - 18th July 2023.  I will provide between 7 to 14 days notice of any unplanned holidays or days off and reschedule your next appointment accordingly.

About me and my therapy practice

Do you feel unheard? Maybe you’re experiencing anxiety or depression. Perhaps you are living with past or present trauma, bereavement?

Reaching out for counselling can feel scary and my role as your therapist is to really listen and to guide you through this process with care, compassion and courage.  You can expect a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space to share whatever you are experiencing. We can explore at a pace that you are comfortable with.

I am a creative counsellor and I practice humanistic integrative counselling. I am a registered member of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ and I am ICO registered. I hold an up-to-date DBS certificate.

I use Gestalt and Existential models within a person-centred approach (happy to explain what this means if you want to understand this a bit more) and sometimes I may introduce creative skills to help us identify personal values/motivations and ideas.

My Experience

I have a wealth of experience working with a whole range of clients.  I spent a good deal of time working for a local hospice counselling people living with terminal illness and coping with bereavement and loss. I have seen first-hand the many levels of trauma often caused by these big life events. Alongside this I spent time as a volunteer, giving over 100 hours of counselling, working for a well-known charity supporting unpaid carers. 

I am currently working with Wellbeing in the Arts giving low-cost counselling to people struggling with mental ill health in the creative industries and I am also a therapist for the Betterhelp organisation providing counselling for a range of clients internationally.  Alongside this I run my private practice here in Tunbridge Wells.  Even with extensive experience in counselling I am forever learning about people and it keeps me challenged and excited to go to work everyday.  

Practice description

I provide 1 - 1 counselling online, face to face or by telephone and

I trained using 3 core models of counselling, Person-Centred, Gestalt and Existential.

Areas I work with include:

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Relationships

• Trauma

• Marriage

• OCD

• ADHD

• Anger

• Greif

• Addiction

• Abuse

• Terminal illness

• PTSD

• Sexuality

• Redundancy

• Work related issues

• Health issues

• Self esteem

• Self-harm

• Sexuality

• Women’s issues

• LGBTQ+ Counselling

• Men's issues

• Identity issues

• Eating disorders

• Phobias

• Autism 



My first session

After our initial contact over the phone or via email if we decide to move forward I will forward you the contract to read and sign and send back to me along with 2 other documents (to be explained in our initial contact). We will also take this time to find a time and day that suits us both for your assessment.

Your assessment is a little bit different from a normal counselling session as I will be taking notes through to ascertain you emotional, social, financial and physical health to guide me in how best I can help you.  If there's time we will also complete 9 core questions based on your mental well-being. In total this will all take 50 minutes and there after each session will last this same duration.

Types of therapy

Behavioral, Creative therapy, emotionally focused therapy, Existential, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Person centered, Phenomenological, Play therapy, Relational.

Clients I work with

Adults, Older adults, young people

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone therapy, Time-limited

What I can help with

Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Addictions, Anger management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Depression, Disability, Health related issues, Identity issues, LGBTQ+ counselling, Loss, Menopause, Men's issues, Obsessions, OCD, Post-traumatic stress, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Vegan allied, Women's issues, Work related issues

Types of therapy

Behavioural, Creative therapy, Emotionally focused therapy, Existential, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Person centred, Phenomenological, Play therapy, Relational

Clients I work with

Adults, Older adults, Young people

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone therapy, Time-limited