TEL: 07508 526482
Lisa Spencer Counselling
Collective / Individual Wellbeing: Counselling and Coaching Service for Adults
TEL: 07508 526482
Lisa Spencer Counselling
Collective / Individual Wellbeing: Counselling and Coaching Service for Adults
About Lisa Spencer Counselling
About Me
My Intention
My Intention
I have trained in a humanistic, integrative way, creatively drawing on various therapeutic approaches and am on my own challenging ongoing development and healing journey. By sharing my knowledge and experience of complexity within us humans I feel that I can help you find meaning and purpose in life whilst building resilience to manage better relationships with self and others, balance home and work life, move through difficult times with a focus on overall wellbeing.
I aim to support to build on desired areas such as increased self awareness, holding, feeling and exploring difficult emotions and stuck thoughts, expanding or developing critical thinking which societal ways does not give us opportunity to do. Whilst supporting acceptance of the inevitable challenges that unfold in life of who we are; inviting unique individual expression, encourage faith and hope to BE and LIVE more fully through various challenges.
I see everyone as unique, complex, capable of flourishing and change where desired for self, and feel relationships offer potential for growth.
As well as supporting understanding and holding of uncomfortable realities and feelings within life’s challenges, recognising areas of unresolved issues, becoming closer to truth / reality, individual and group needs and dynamics, creating dialectical conversations and inviting new solutions to naturally emerge.
My experience involves working with people who have experienced suicide attempts and ideation, self harm, personality diagnoses, autism, ADHD, addiction, loss of identity, bereavement, complex PTSD, dissociation, anger, domestic violence, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, stress, burn out, fibromyalgia, eating complications, body image struggles, anxiety and depression.
I have worked with people within the probation service, prisons, and within mental health charities including refugees and migrants. As well as development and facilitation of wellbeing / educational (person focused) groups.
I am fully qualified with a Diploma L4 and Bachelor's Degree in Therapeutic Counselling. In addition to this I have valuable lived experience, and have completed numerous further training for more depth within the therapy field as well as ImRoc Peer Support training.
I am a BACP member, hold enhanced DBS and have been vetted for security for specific areas of my work. I am dedicated to ongoing professional and personal development and I am currently very much out of my comfort zone studying leadership and management alongside my work.
My Intention
My Intention
My Intention
I aim to offer you a professional, client led service to support your needs. Being culturally sensitive, respecting your background and beliefs and how this relates to your race, ethnicity, religion, spirituality, sexual orientation, gender, and other important aspects of your narrative / identity. Also offering exploration around these as desired with consideration of how you might fit in with families and social groups.
I work in a trauma informed way, meaning that I recognise the and am sensitive to the numerous aspects, signs, symptoms and widespread impact of trauma, past and present, on individuals, families and communities. I am also dedicated to collaborate with other relevant professionals, practitioners, pastors, family members to support a deeper holistic approach to your wellbeing, if this is required; but will also encourage autonomy where beneficial.
I will empathically work with you so together we can hear, see and understand you. Supporting your unique needs to enhance your mind, body, emotional and inner being connection; safely inviting opportunity for consideration of all layers and aspects at your own pace. Flexibly offering useful tools as empowering interventions and to recognise personal and social responsibility as beneficial and signposting or referring, where appropriate. I will encourage and ally with you so that you can achieve your goals and build on your strengths whilst developing your capacity to hold and build resilience towards distress. I’ll encourage your choice, drawing out authentic truth.
I consider everyone to have potential to be courageous and find their personal way through challenges and distress with support and remember to dance with life.
I will work within your best interests by practicing in accordance with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) ethics.
“Finding freedom within”
RULER, an acronym for the five skills of emotional intelligence (Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing, and Regulating),
Professor Marc Brackett
Book below by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga How many different ways might this title be interpreted?
“When Do You Feel Smart: When You’re Flawless or When You’re Learning?”
Carol Dweck
Consider: What is your highest weakness? What is your best strength? How can you use these to support yourself and others?
Wellbeing Service
Individual counselling, coaching or wellbeing support can be offered at one session (50 minutes) per week at the cost of £50. Sometimes I can offer lower rates. Payment for session needs to be made at least 24 hours before session begins.
I will first offer a free 10-15 minute call where we can decide whether we both feel we can work together. This is important as the relationship is key to your process of development and growth. We can also discuss whether you prefer face to face (Southend area), online or telephone sessions.
Short, mid and long term support as well as one off sessions are offered; I will always be honest with you regarding your expectations of therapy or support. Breaks will be incorporated into any long term work as this will be important for our relationship and both our wellbeing.
By creating a safe, calm environment I can support the relief of distress; enable you to find unique ways to self soothe to manage feeling and accepting difficult emotions and sensations within the body; help you to understand the natural responses and defences of how your mind and body copes in distress; support you to develop a growth mindset; develop a deeper self awareness; recognise patterns of thinking and actions and how they impact you; explore a variety of perspectives to understand your beliefs, values and needs and develop a more open mind.
If there is a need to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team such as other mental health professionals or family, this can be arranged but there may be further costs that can be negotiated.
Your confidentiality will be respected (apart from few limits necessary to ensure safety that will be discussed during our negotiation) and only information that you agree to be shared with others, will be.
I am supported by a highly qualified and well experienced supervisor.
Some examples of what I can support you with (but feel free to contact me to discuss any presentations / adaptations / experiences)—
Anxiety / Depression
Loss & Bereavement
CPTSD / PTSD
Relationships
Overwhelming Thoughts / Intense emotions
Existential challenges / Life transitions
Suicide or Self Harm
Neurodivergence
Stress Management
Self-Esteem / Self Worth
Personal Growth
Addiction
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