About
Counselling offers a safe, confidential space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences with the support of a trained professional. It is not about giving advice or fixing problems for you — instead, counselling provides the time and space to understand yourself more deeply, identify patterns, and make meaningful changes at your own pace.
People seek counselling for many reasons: anxiety, depression, grief, stress, relationship issues, trauma, low self-esteem, or simply feeling stuck or overwhelmed. Whatever your reason, the therapeutic relationship is central. Having someone who listens without judgement, who accepts you as you are, can be powerfully healing.
Our approach is rooted in the belief that everyone has the potential for growth, healing, and self-discovery. Through open conversation, gentle reflection, and a collaborative process, counselling can help you gain insight, process difficult emotions, and move towards greater clarity, confidence, and inner stability.
At Riverside Natural Health Centre, our counselling service offers a compassionate and grounded space for emotional healing, self-understanding, and personal growth. We recognise that no two individuals are the same, and our therapeutic approach is tailored to meet your unique needs, experiences, and pace.
Our work is rooted in three core modalities:
Psychodynamic Counselling
This approach explores how early life experiences, unconscious patterns, and relational dynamics influence your present difficulties. By bringing these into awareness, you can begin to make sense of your inner world, break free from limiting cycles, and find new ways of relating to yourself and others.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Offering greater depth and continuity, psychodynamic therapy allows space for long-term exploration of identity, meaning, and emotional complexity. Through the therapeutic relationship, you are gently supported in working through core issues, emotional wounds, and longstanding patterns of distress.
Trauma-Informed Somatic Therapy
For those impacted by stress, anxiety, or trauma, this body-aware approach helps regulate the nervous system, release stored tension, and re-establish a sense of safety in the body. It integrates gentle somatic techniques with verbal processing, respecting both psychological and physiological responses to past experiences.
Our counselling sessions are confidential, non-judgemental, and grounded in trust and respect. Whether you’re navigating a life transition, feeling emotionally overwhelmed, or seeking to deepen your self-awareness, we’re here to walk alongside you with empathy, professionalism, and care.
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”
— Rumi
Your counselling appointment at Riverside Natural Health Centre is designed to offer a calm, confidential space where you can feel safe, heard, and respected. Whether it’s your first time in therapy or you’ve had support before, we’ll begin by exploring what brings you to counselling and what you hope to gain from the process.
In your initial session, your therapist will gently guide the conversation to understand your current circumstances, emotional landscape, and relevant personal history. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions, express concerns, and begin to get a sense of how the therapeutic relationship feels for you.
Each session lasts 50 minutes, and appointments are typically held on a weekly basis to provide a steady rhythm and continuity. There’s no pressure to share more than you’re comfortable with — the pace and depth of the work are led by you, within a supportive, boundaried environment.
We offer both short-term counselling for specific issues and longer-term therapy for deeper, more exploratory work. Your practitioner will discuss options with you and help develop a supportive path forward based on your individual needs and preferences.
Whether you are seeking clarity, support, or lasting change, your counselling appointment is a space where healing conversations begin.
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