I offer counselling for adults and teenagers, for as long or short a time as you need, offering spacious listening to encourage recovery and growth. I chose the name Rallentando for my counselling practice partly because in music it means slowing down.

 

You may have experienced difficult events, leaving you struggling,  frazzled and tense, unable to breathe, This is where a space to talk can help. 

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Taking time to slow down and focus on the deeper picture of your life, the undertones, the things that are hard to give words to, can help you to become all that you can be. Letting the tough stuff become part of your growth and taking a gentle pace allows the unique rhythm of your life to be heard in all its richness.

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Coming for counselling takes guts, and to be able to face the painful and difficult aspects of life with courage and self-compassion is something precious. It can be lifechanging.

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I know the power of being listened to and really heard without judgment. I offer this quality of warm and spacious listening to clients, supporting you to face what is causing you pain, to recover and to grow.

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Together we explore the roots of what troubles you and its impact on your current thinking and feeling. Drawing on your strengths, interests and instinct for life, we work together as a team on your process of recovery and growth. 

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If it's something that appeals to you, I can use the latest research in neuroscience, creativity or mindfulness to assist you in your exploration of yourself and to support you in your life going forward.

 

Sessions are face-to-face in my therapy room (pictured above) at the Crichton, Dumfries, or over zoom. Sessions last for 50 minutes. There is parking at my therapy room for people with a disability and equality of access to all facilities there.  I keep some availability for clients on low or no income; please enquire about availability..