I'm Andrew Parkinson, a qualified, experienced therapist. counsellor & coach. I'm committed to helping individuals overcome the challenges they face, and find greater happiness and fulfilment.
Everyone has the potential to change, heal and grow.
Our sessions together are a safe, supportive, non-judgmental environment where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and discover your own inner wisdom.
In our work together I will apply and integrate a variety of evidence-based techniques and approaches to support you in achieving your therapeutic and personal growth goals.
Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, or other concerns, the strengths, strategies and life-skills discovered and developed in sessions will be useful immediately, and can be applied when encountering new challenges at any stage in life.
Looking forward to collaborating and supporting you on your wellbeing journey of personal growth and development.
Sense of wellbeing can be affected by the quality of relationships with our selves, others, our environment, activities, health, and emotion.
Personal Growth is your individual journey of increasing wellbeing and becoming more authentically and comfortably, You.
Kindness & compassion towards yourself is essential to cultivate, along with self-regulation skills and increased resilience, to face and overcome challenges on the journey.
Sometimes it is also helpful to soften the impact of a past trauma, calm anxiety, or lift mood in order to move forward, faster.
We can collaborate on all of these elements central to increasing wellbeing, together. Setting personally meaningful goals & direction, making decisions, and taking actions that bring you closer to your preferred way of living, feeling & being.
Get 'unstuck' and Move Forward on Your Wellbeing Goals Everyone experiences challenges at times in their lives that can (temporarily) impact happiness and wellbeing. Coaching and Counselling can be helpful in creating new beginnings, and developing new ways of thinking, feeling, working, and relating.
Coaching and Counselling can be very helpful to... Improve sleep Manage difficult emotions Reduce stress and anxiety Accelerate Personal Development Increase self esteem / self confidence Increase positive thoughts and feelings Increase positive relationship experiences Discover more personal meaning and motivation Make Major Decisions (career, separation, marriage) Prepare for surgery or medical procedures (including childbirth) Discover or Reconnect with More of Your Inner strengths and Resources
Approaches and training that will support our work together include...