Assault, Abuse & Violence - Counselling in Leeds
About Our Violence Counselling in Leeds
Sessions are available both in-person and online. If you do not live close by, online therapy offers convenience and flexibility from your own home(s). Alternatively, I offer a comfortable environment within my home where you may feel you can leave your feelings and struggles for me to ‘hold’ until our next session.
Sessions can address experiences of domestic and/or sexual abuse. We can look at how you see yourself as, for example, a victim? An aggressor? Something else? Perhaps you are struggling to move on from a recent or historic event or pattern of events? Perhaps you encounter violence regularly in your work place either directly or indirectly? You may be an emergency responder, an NHS worker, social worker, mental health worker, teacher, solicitor or a member of the armed forces. Whatever your background, I am here to help.
Why Insight? The Process and the Sessions:
Please email, text or call to arrange an initial, free phone or zoom chat about your needs. I will forward an assessment form to you as a guide to the sort of information we might discuss on the call.
There is no obligation to book a session. We might start by looking at when you first realised you were experiencing anxiety, stress or trauma related to specific life events and move on to explore the relevant relationships involved.
Types of Violence Counselling
Sexual Assault Counselling
Sexual violence is any unwanted sexual act or activity. There are many different kinds. Experiencing sexual violence can affect you in lots of different ways. I will work with you to understand what you want to get out of counselling.
Domestic Abuse Counselling
Domestic abuse counselling can play an invaluable role in helping people overcome an abusive situation. Having domestic counselling services readily available can make people in abusive relationships feel more confident about leaving an abusive partner.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No one discloses everything in the first session! There wouldn’t be time! We will work at your pace as our therapeutic relationship grows. Often, as sessions move on, clients identify issues they hadn’t, initially. I
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Clients vary quite widely in their presenting issues. Abuse can take many forms (physical, emotional, financial, sexual, psychological). It can be useful to look at the roles you see yourself in – parent/carer, child, spouse, partner, (link to parenting blog?) employee, business owner etc.
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If you need to cancel, please provide at least 24 hours’ notice as I would then be able to offer the session to another client. See our T&C’s here
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If you find your obligations and responsibilities quite changeable, there is no need to have sessions at the same time and day, or even every week. We can work around your life style and commitments.
What I Can Help With
Couples & Individuals
Bereavement and loss
Relationship difficulties
Parenting problems
Difficulties at work
Stress and anxiety
Separation and divorce
Illness
Abuse
Confidence and self esteem
Self-awareness
Current problems
Long-running issues
Behaviour patterns
Childhood issues