Steve Cox Counselling The main aim of my practice is to allow people to be and become themselves, to enhance their self-acceptance and awareness and harmonise the relationship between themselves and the world. By engaging in a process where empathy, understanding, valuing and authenticity are experienced at high levels, positive transformation tends to take place. Ordinarily this sort of interactivity is rare in people’s lives, yet when a client and skilled therapist work together with focussed attention, life-changing possibilities emerge. My job is to facilitate your ability to function more fully, to listen and communicate as deeply as possible; paying attention to the whole person and thus promote a relationship whereby you can explore and discover your own growth. Most people come to counselling/psychotherapy for help when there is pain and confusion in their life, to embark on this form of self-help takes courage. The terms ‘counselling and psychotherapy’ are interchangeable – I work with the same high degree of attentive focus and presence, regardless of what name I give to therapy.The process of therapy is not simply a matter of therapist-offered conditions, but one of connection – the client with the therapist creates the therapy interactively and each bring their worlds with them. Professional Experience I have been a counsellor/psychotherapist since 1994 and I have a wide of range of experience that includes: Mental health organisations in Hampshire and the surrounding area: The Priory, Mind, Rethink (the former National Schizophrenia Fellowship), and Parklands Psychiatric Hospital. I was also the Chair of the Southampton Mental Health Forum for six years Further and Higher Education institutions: Southampton City College & the University of Southampton Alcohol and Drugs Agencies: Options and Turning-Point General Practice: private practitioner Working with death and bereavement: St. Michael’s Hospice, North Hampshire Hospice. My roles as a therapeutic practitioner have been; counsellor/psychotherapist, supervisor, consultant, facilitator, trainer, manager and academic. I have also worked as a private practitioner since 1999 counselling, supervising and facilitating therapeutic groups and educational groups, workshops and seminars. As well as my own private practise, I was the therapy team leader of the adult psychiatry department at Southampton Priory. Before this I was the lead psychotherapeutic practitioner and Manager for St. Michael’s Hospice (North Hampshire) Bereavement Services. My Qualifications: Advanced Diploma Counselling, Diploma Psychotherapy, Diploma Counselling Supervision, Diploma Case Work Supervision, Master of Science Degree in Person-Centred Psychotherapy & Wider Applications. Specialisms: Individual counselling, Relational counselling (couples and groups), Bereavement, Drugs and Alcohol, 'Mental health' issues i.e. depression, anxiety, trauma etc... Workshops: Working with Bereavement Death and Dying. Encountering Suicide Exploring counselling within a medicalised mental health society. Four vistas of Therapy Men’s Issues Relational connection Supervision Counsellors and professionals who engage in emotionally challenging relational work have particular developmental requirements. Organisations that run services or teach counselling or helping professions have a particular responsibility in this area. Find out more about the wider applications of development activities by viewing ‘Services Offered’ All the developmental activities listed in ‘services offered’ share a common practice philosophy and are all intended to maximise human potential.

I am a qualified and experienced psychoanalytic psychotherapist, using the insights of modern relational psychodynamic psychotherapy and interpersonal neurobiology. I am experienced in working with people with mental health problems, substance dependencies, and life crises. I have worked with people from all walks of life, ethnicities and backgrounds, from senior civil servants to rough sleepers. I also work with work-related issues, including development and leadership; I have experience as a director of a multi-million pound not-for-profit organisation. My practice is based on the concepts of the importance of relationships, and on self-development, recovery, and discovery - finding out what is really going on for you, and what resources you have to work your way through it. Therapy can be challenging, but it is rewarding, and lasts long after the therapy itself ends. It is about helping you find your own vision to light up the rest of your life.

Brief Therapy for most major mental health issues and life-crises. Psychotherapy in London and West Berkshire for Anxiety, Stress, Panic, Depression, Trauma, Obsessions and OCD. Also working with emotional problems, relationship issues and sexual dysfunction. Coaching available to improve resilience for confidence issues, low-self-esteem and crisis management. Approaches available: Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, EMDR, Brief Solution-focused Therapy, NLP Therapy and Reverse Therapy.

My work focuses on on relationship issues. I work with individuals, couples and families and all the issues that that includes, anxiety, separation, escalating rows, communication to name but a few. I am a professionally qualified and experienced therapist with a private practise in Twickenham and Staines. I have an Master of Arts degree in Relationship and Family Therapy in addition to my private practise I also work with Relate at several locations. Whether you are looking for help for yourself, your marriage, your children or your whole family, I can offer you confidential, professional help rooted in my experience and training. I can provide you with a safe, confidential space in which to talk about and explore the issues which are troubling you. It may seem hard to find the right counsellor or therapist or even know quite what you are looking for. Please feel free to call or e-mail me with any questions you may have without any obligation at all. I'll be more than pleased to answer any queries you may have so you find what is right for you. What people say about me: "Many thanks I feel like me again. I would not hesitate to come back and see you again if I needed to" (Individual) "I thought we were going to sit in silence for an hour but we both found having you there helped us to talk and more importantly listen to one another and once we started talking we couldn't stop!" (Couple) "For all of us to sit down together and talk was amazing - I cant remember the last time we did. We would so recommend you to our friends." (Family) When we first meet: During our initial consultation we will discuss the reasons you are seeking help and you will have the chance to ask any questions about what happens in therapy and express any worries or concerns you may have. This first meeting also gives us the opportunity to think about working together, we will also go through the frequency and length of time that you will see us for. How can counselling help? Sometime it is hard to manage the feelings that you have and talking things through with a therapist can be truly liberating. Sometimes admitting that you are finding things too much gives you what you need to seek help and start to address what is bothering you. We look together to develop your autonomy and if you are in a relationship at rekindling respect and trust of each other. Other areas of counselling I deal with Young People Counselling. We currently work with Young People aged between 8 and 18 and together we look at the issues they are dealing with from their parents separating to behaviour issues, self harm, school refusers - we work at their pace to improve their lives. The work is confidential and the young people decide if they would like a parent present in the sessions. Post IVF Counselling. There are often relationship issues which arise from an unsuccessful IVF treatment and couples often do not realize until too late the issues that they are facing because of IVF - we look at these issues together and resolve a lot of the unspoken issues of loss and gender differences which the relationship faces because of this. Family counselling . We can help create a safe and neutral space for you to come as a family and talk about what is bothering you - it may be you are a blended family, it maybe one of you just is not getting and your arguments are escalating and causing increasing distress for you all. Whatever it is counselling can give you another way of looking at things and a safe place to discuss what is bothering you. Published articles Changing our focus - dealing with anxiety The stages of loss - What you might be feeling