well established WILTSHIRE Counselling service

Evidence-based approaches to anxiety, depression, trauma & CPTSD

If this matters to you, it matters to us. Therapy is structured support: anxiety, depression, panic attacks, PTSD symptoms...

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Let's demystify counselling and why it might feel different here....

When life fractures through grief, illness, burnout, or the quiet collapse of a relationship the nervous system doesn’t simply react; it remembers, protects, and often misfires. What follows may feel disconnected from the event itself: a cascade of racing thoughts, sudden numbness, an uneasy hyper-alertness, or a bone-deep exhaustion that defies explanation. For some, all of this unfolds simultaneously, the body staging its own unspeakable protest.

What matters is not how something should feel but how your system is speaking right now. And we listen.

Our work is anchored in the science of the nervous system not just in what happened, but in how your body learned to survive it. We pay attention to the adaptations: the signals your body sends when words fail, the protective reflexes that once served you but now complicate healing. You won’t be asked to decode it all at once. Instead, we meet what arises gently, collaboratively, and with a deep respect for the intelligence your system has always carried.

Who We Are

ABOUT Counselling in Swindon & Who is helped by Counselling & EMDR

Ever felt like something unseen is holding you back? Perhaps anxiety shadows your days, depression dulls your edges, or panic visits uninvited. Maybe you carry a quiet sadness or battle the relentless undercurrent of low self-worth. These aren’t merely symptoms they’re signals. Indicators that your system is working hard to manage what feels unmanageable.

Counselling is more than conversation. It’s a restorative process that helps you decode the emotional patterns shaping your lived experience. It invites you to observe, rather than judge, the internal narratives you've long carried. Through this lens, therapy becomes a space not just to cope, but to evolve.

At its core, counselling is a transformative partnership. It offers a place to untangle the thoughts that bind, revisit decisions that loop, and soften habits that wound. It can be a sustaining force particularly for those emotionally bruised by life’s harsher chapters.

Counselling Wiltshire provides accessible, one-to-one therapy for adults and couples through self-referral. Change doesn’t emerge from willpower alone it comes from expanding your self-awareness. As you begin to understand your own responses, you gain clarity, choice, and agency. Together with your therapist, you’ll trace the emotional contours of your experiences, gently naming the feelings that accompany them. The process is paced by you, rooted in safety, and shaped by your readiness.

You may be navigating harm caused by others, or wrestling with an internal weight that resists definition. Perhaps your life is coloured by anger, guilt, regret, compulsions, or an inner critic that never falls silent. These emotional states can fragment our sense of self, keeping us locked in cycles of distress or self-doubt.

Counselling helps trace the origins of these symptoms depression, emotional shutdown, numbness, anxiety, insomnia, low confidence, disordered eating, indecision back to their psychological source. To the client inside the storm, it can be hard to tell where the rain began. That’s where therapy becomes a compass.

Our clinic is grounded in trauma-informed practice, with specialist experience in complex emotional distress. We integrate evidence-based methods focused on regulating the nervous system empowering you with tools that live beyond the therapy room. When you can self-regulate, you begin to understand yourself not as damaged, but as adaptive.

We support a broad range of concerns relationship breakdowns, grief, suicidal thoughts, health-related challenges, addiction, identity shifts each holding space in therapy’s wider frame. Whether the pain is recent or deep-rooted, our work honours the full spectrum of your experience.

As a former Primary Therapist on Janina Fisher PhD’s clinical team in the UK, I’ve witnessed first-hand the profound impact of her neurobiologically-informed approach to complex trauma including dissociation, emotional dysregulation, and identity fragmentation. While her model continues to shape my practice, I draw from multiple therapeutic frameworks, tailoring every session to the client’s unique needs in the moment.

We also offer EMDR therapy, which can be especially effective for:

Traumatic memories
Panic and phobias
Somatic symptoms
Chronic pain
Grief
Self-esteem struggles

However, EMDR may not be suitable for individuals with certain eye conditions, active psychosis, epilepsy, or where ego stability and readiness for deep processing are limited. In such cases, alternative stabilisation methods may be more appropriate before trauma-focused work begins.

In the spotlight...

As featured in The Sun Newspaper

Our most recently published comments were published in The Sun, about Generation X .

A spokesman for Counselling Wiltshire said: "Raised in an era where personal boundaries and expressing needs was not heard of, has left many to navigate their relationships without these crucial tools.

"Recognizing unmet needs and respecting each other’s boundaries is crucial development for everyone.

"For Generation X it is about evolving how we respect and connect, paving the way for deeper more fulfilling relationships, the reality is that sometimes that means starting over."

Generation most likely to separate after seven years revealed as 'seven-year itch' confirmed | The Sun

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Rated Therapies

Why Rated Therapies Exists

Rated Therapies was born from a simple but urgent idea: therapy should not only be accessible, it should be accountable, transparent, and measurably effective.

Unlike many mainstream directories, where the focus often ends with proof of certification, Rated Therapies asks deeper questions. Where did your therapist train? What modality were they qualified in? What year did they qualify? And most importantly: how do clients actually feel after months of work? On most platforms, these crucial insights are invisible. There’s no facility to view actual training certificates, no structured way to track client progress, and little clarity around therapeutic outcomes.

And yet, this information matters. Because therapy isn’t just about credentials it’s about transformation. And transformation demands accountability.

The First Directory That Puts Progress First

Rated Therapies reimagines what a therapy directory can be placing outcomes, transparency, and ethical practice at its heart.

Here’s how we’re different:

We go beyond job titles, offering a clear breakdown of each therapist’s training pathway, specialist focus areas, and theoretical orientation so clients can make fully informed choices.
We normalise meaningful feedback by inviting verified, anonymised client reviews that are also visible to the therapist’s clinical supervisor. This supports reflective practice and continuous growth.
We support progress tracking through client self-assessments, symptom monitoring, and structured feedback tools, enabling both clients and therapists to observe emotional change over time.
We enable ethical transparency, giving clients insight into how their internal world is shifting and giving therapists real-time data to inform treatment.
We foster professional development through peer-reviewed tools, research collaborations, and a community grounded in integrity, curiosity, and ongoing learning.

Whether you’re a therapist committed to ethical excellence or a client seeking safety, clarity, and growth, Rated Therapies exists to elevate the standards of care - for everyone involved.

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Support

Crisis

If you or someone you know is suffering from a mental health crisis the best thing option is to call 111 and speak to someone who can help you find the right level of support you need. If anyone is in immediate danger the number to call is 999.

Samaritans 116123

Child line 08001111

Victim Support 0808 1689111

Rape Crisis 0808 8029999

Mind 0300 1233393

Anxiety UK 03444 775774

Calm for men 0800585858

Intensive team 01793 836820 Mon to Fri 9am to 10pm

PALS - Patient Advice and Liason Service GWH.PALS@nhs.net 01793 604031

Our Services

We offer a variety of counseling services to meet the unique needs of our clients, including individual therapy, couples counseling, and group therapy. We also offer specialized services for issues such as addiction, anger management, and grief and loss.

Our Approach

Our team of experienced therapists uses a client-centered approach, working collaboratively with our clients to identify their goals and develop a customized treatment plan. We also place a strong emphasis on building a trusting and supportive therapeutic relationship.