Counselling & Psychotherapy
Counselling and psychotherapy are forms of “talking therapy” in which a trained professional helps you explore and overcome personal difficulties in a confidential, non-judgmental, and safe space. The counsellor’s role is to listen, provide emotional support, and help you develop self-awareness and new coping strategies, rather than simply offering advice. This type of therapy can support individuals dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, low self-esteem, and many other emotional challenges.
What Counselling Can Help With
Counselling can support individuals experiencing bereavement, relationship difficulties, stress, anxiety, low mood, low self-esteem, or challenges related to habits or behaviours. It can also assist with work-related stress and issues involving sexuality or gender identity.
What Happens in Counselling
Counselling involves open and honest conversation about your thoughts, feelings, and experiences with a trained counsellor. The process encourages self-exploration, helping you gain clarity and a deeper understanding of the challenges you face. The aim is to help you discover your own solutions and develop effective ways to cope or manage difficulties. Sessions are confidential, providing a safe and supportive environment to express yourself freely.
How Counselling Can Be Delivered
At Addlestone Therapy, we offer one-to-one counselling, providing a private and personal space to work directly with a dedicated therapist.
Helena Woodgate
What is Therapy?
Psychotherapy and counselling help improve self-awareness and autonomy, supporting a more fulfilling and authentic life. Therapy provides a space to explore worries or concerns—no issue is too big or too small. The focus is on understanding how challenges affect you and finding new ways to relate to them. It offers support so you can live with your experiences without feeling overwhelmed.
Therapeutic Space
The therapeutic environment is safe, non-judgemental, and supportive. It offers an open space where you can express your thoughts, feelings, fears, and desires freely. A free 20-minute initial consultation is available to help determine whether the therapeutic relationship is the right fit.
Experience
Helena has a background as a teacher in a women’s prison, where she supported individuals dealing with trauma and mental health challenges. She has volunteered with organisations focused on addiction recovery and women’s counselling services. She currently works in private practice and with a charity providing counselling for women in prison.
What I Can Help You With
Helena does not specialise in a single area; instead, she welcomes any issues you wish to bring to therapy. Her work is grounded in trust and the development of a strong therapeutic relationship.
About Me
Helena is a warm, approachable, and supportive therapist. She is qualified in psychotherapy and phenomenology and draws from a range of therapeutic approaches tailored to each client’s needs.
Therapeutic Approaches
Her work incorporates existential, phenomenological, person-centred, and psychoanalytic perspectives.
Common Themes in Therapy
Repeating Patterns of Behaviour
This may include choosing partners who disappoint you, missing out on promotions, or experiencing constant conflict with loved ones.
Multicultural Counselling
You may be struggling with cultural differences at home, school, or work, or facing challenges in cross-cultural relationships.
Anxiety and Dread
Feelings of constant fear, difficulty finding meaning, or fear of change are common themes that may be explored in therapy.
Abuse, Neglect, Shame & Guilt
Helena supports those dealing with childhood or adult experiences of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse or neglect, as well as complex feelings of shame, guilt, or anger.
Relationship Difficulties
Challenges may include not feeling valued by others, fear of abandonment, lacking personal space while growing up, or constantly trying to prove your worth.
Available instore only transactions over £300
Nikki Della-Rocca
What to Expect
You will be offered a free 15-minute phone call to discuss your reasons for seeking counselling. If you decide to work together, regular sessions will be arranged and a counselling agreement will be established. Sessions can take place weekly or fortnightly, either face-to-face in Addlestone, remotely, or as ‘walk and talk’ sessions upon request. You will have a consistent, safe, and supportive space where you are heard and respected. Your progress will be reviewed regularly, and therapy will continue for as long as you need. Nikki works at your pace, helping you reach your personal goals.
Issues I Can Help With
Nikki supports individuals experiencing relationship difficulties and repeating patterns in relationships, depression and feelings of being stuck, anxiety and overwhelm, and grief or challenges processing loss. She also helps with issues related to motivation, procrastination, low self-worth, and challenges in living authentically or feeling disconnected and unfulfilled.
About Me
Nikki is a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist. She is a Registered Member of BACP (MBACP) and an Accredited Registrant of NCPS (MNCPS Acc). Her integrative approach is tailored to the unique needs of each client, and she is committed to providing a safe and supportive therapeutic space for all who work with her.
My Experience
Nikki has over eight years of volunteering experience with Samaritans, where she developed deep listening and support skills. She has volunteered for the NHS, offering short-term therapy lasting six to twelve sessions, and she currently volunteers with The Counselling Partnership, providing low-cost therapy and conducting client assessments.
Specialities & Areas of Study
Her specialities include trauma-informed care, inner child work, grief (including therapeutic writing for grief), anxiety, depression, codependency, addiction, sandtray therapy, suicidal ideation, and social anxiety. Her therapeutic training includes Person-Centred Therapy, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Sandtray Therapy, Writing for Grief, and trauma-informed practice. She is also currently training in Couples Counselling.
