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Being a parent brings its own challenges, and it can be hard to prioritise your own mental health and wellbeing.
Our trained counsellors offer online counselling sessions and in-person sessions in certain locations to help you navigate life’s more challenging moments.
Counselling offers one-to-one time and space to work through issues, whether that’s related to parental pressure, work stress or relationship dynamics. Our trained counsellors understand the realities of balancing care, work and personal wellbeing. Each session they put your needs first – helping you explore, process and gain self-awareness around issues that are challenging you.
Some ways counselling can help:
£70
for each one-to-one 50 minute session with your counsellor.
Online & in-person
Available in-person in Cornwall and Blackburn at our Wellbeing Hubs or online from anywhere in the UK.
Led by you
There’s no commitment. You’re in control of how many sessions you need.
You might need support with one specific issue or want to talk through the many things you’re juggling right now to reclaim some control. Whatever you’re struggling with, our counsellors provide a safe space to work through it.
Our counsellors draw on person-centred therapy. This means that you guide each session based on what matters to you. Your counsellor will help you explore the issue and your feelings and beliefs to become more self-aware and work through to find solutions.
Once you’ve got in touch, our counselling coordinators will organise your first session. After your first session you can choose to continue for as many sessions as you need.
All our counsellors are BACP-registered and work within Brook’s safeguarding and ethical frameworks. They’re trained in person-centred therapy which focuses on empathy, authenticity and understanding.
Our counsellors have extensive experience and work from our Wellbeing Hubs in Blackburn and Cornwall. Each counsellor brings their own expertise and after you enquire we pair you with the counsellor best suited to your situation.
Victoria is qualified in integrative relational Counselling and Psychotherapy which focuses on creating a caring compassionate space for you to truly be yourself, feel heard, respected and supported. Through a warm, trusting therapeutic relationship, they work collaboratively with each person to explore concerns, build insight, and encourage meaningful change. Drawing on the various theoretical approaches in which they have trained, they thoughtfully integrate techniques to reflect each client’s unique needs, goals, and circumstances.
Nicola is an experienced therapist and supervisor who has worked in numerous settings. She tailors her approach to each individual, working with the person and not the ‘problem’. Nicola will help you explore what has brought you to counselling, what you would like to achieve and how she may support you during your sessions. She is happy to work with a wide range of issues, and she has particular interest and experience with parenting, adoption and family breakdown. She is also experienced in the area of LGBTQIA+.
Pete is a psychotherapist with a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychotherapy and Counselling. His theoretical framework is “integrative” and he uses a variety of approaches such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), person centred counselling, solution focused brief therapy and single session therapy to match the needs of his clients. Pete has a strong background in public health, men’s health and working with young people. He is a former District Charge Nurse and Men’s Health Specialist and was a major contributor to the book “Men’s Health: How To Do It”. Within his sessions he utilises creative approaches such as music.
Brook may be best known as the largest sexual health charity in the UK, but our work goes beyond supporting adults and young people in clinics and schools. Each year, our counsellors see over 800 young people at our two Wellbeing Hubs (Blackburn and Cornwall). The young people we see come to us with a broad range of health concerns, including mental health, relationships and familial pressures.
This valuable experience means our counsellors have a strong understanding of what young people are facing today. They know how these issues can affect families and relationships and can support if you’re worried about your child and their behaviour, finding it hard to communicate, or unsure of how best to help them. We’re here to support you through whatever you’re experiencing- whether that’s related to your child or not – our holistic approach means we look at the whole picture.
We are able to offer evening counselling sessions. Please get in touch and we can work out if we can work around your schedule.
Yes, the counselling relationship is crucial to the work in counselling so once your sessions start with one counsellor, this is who you will have each session with. However, if you find you are not working well together and would like to change to a different counsellor, we would be able to look at pairing you with a different counsellor.
Once you enquire we will be in touch quickly to let you know next steps. We endeavour to book you in for an appointment quickly from your first enquiry but this may be limited by counsellor availability.