WELCOME TO WAY AHEAD COUNSELLING
How can Counselling help me ?
I am an experienced and professional BACP accredited counsellor offering support and talking therapy to individuals who need a safe, confidential and completely non-judgemental space to talk things through.
I specialise in supporting individuals through difficult times, with particular interests in generalised anxiety, food and eating issues, body image, self-esteem and confidence, bullying at work, relationship breakdown and mid-life crisis.
If you have been feeling anxious or overwhelmed about a problem or issue, especially if it is one of long-standing, I invite you to have a look at some of the resources on my website or just to get in touch via the form on the Contact page and we can arrange a phone call or meeting as soon as possible.
Face to face in-person and zoom sessions now available from my home practice in Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury SY3 5AG, Wednesdays through Fridays 8.00 am to 5.00 pm, and from September, Mondays 1.00 pm til 7.00 pm.
I will be working from a quiet and private ground floor, purpose built practice room.
Subject to weather, I offer outdoor walking counselling in my local area, or areas of open space.
Please note: PRACTICE IS CLOSED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES FOR ANNUAL LEAVE:
Friday 16th and Monday 19th February 2024; Monday 4th March 2024; and Thursday 11th and Friday 12th April 2024.
Helen Stone Dip Couns MA PG Dip Psych MBACP (Accred) MNCPS (Accred)
Supervisor & CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner
why choose us
Your sessions will be conducted in a relaxing, safe and quiet place in my practice close to Shrewsbury.
You may request a telephone or zoom call for free, lasting for approx 10 minutes. It’ll give you the opportunity to discover how counselling could help you to deal with the problems that are impacting on your quality of life so that you can work on how you wish to move forward.
Qualified Professional Counsellor
I am accredited with both BACP and NCPS and hold insurance with Balens.
Speak with a Human Being
There’s no shame in finding life hard sometimes; the best time to seek help is when you feel that way.
No Long Waiting List
You’ll usually be able to get an appointment without much delay.
Unlimited Number of Sessions
You decide how long you wish to stay in counselling for, and block booking of sessions is also possible.
Happy To Help
It might seem like a big step to consult a counsellor :
….. but if you are feeling drained or defeated, or even persistently low from being caught up with something, counselling can be a great place to start to find that way forward again.
- Unwanted thoughts
- Feeling alone in relationship
- Stuck in old patterns
- Often put upon or overwhelmed
- Relationship turning sour
- No place for your anger
General Questions
Every client has their own unique combination of needs and hopes for their own emotional wellbeing and freedom from psychological pain.
Clients may feel better in a handful of sessions if the problems are relatively new, of a less ingrained nature and of the type that may respond well to short term therapy, such as making a decision around some life event or work choice.
I do not share any details or anything you tell me in our sessions with anyone else with the exception of if you were to tell me that you were considering self-harm or harming another person. In that rare circumstance
About Me
My Diplomas are in Psychosynthesis and Psychodynamic Counselling and I also studied Homeopathic Medicine for a time. I am influenced in my work by the practice of Mindfulness, NLP, Emotional Freedom Tapping and Personal Coaching. And I am a life-long advocate for having whatever level of Yoga practice you can manage.
Much of my work now is around facilitating the recovery of my clients, who may have suffered in narcissistic and emotionally abusive relationships. Other issues that clients bring through the door concern work place psychology and bullying, disordered and erratic eating patterns, social and relationship difficulties, the complex feelings that arise at midlife, and the need for support through transition, change and loss.
Helen Stone Counsellor
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WAY AHEAD COUNSELLING
10 Shelton Gardens, Bicton Health, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 5AG
helen@wayaheadcounselling.co.uk