Thank you for visiting Summer House Counselling Services
As qualified Person-Centred therapists, we focus on creating a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental space where together we can explore life’s challenges, build resilience for personal growth, and develop coping strategies for change. We can offer therapeutic interventions to help process your life difficulties in a creative and holistic way, facilitating healing and hope.
Working With Us
As a counsellor, our role is to create a safe and supportive space for your journey of self-discovery. We are to here to help you explore your life and make new, meaningful choices.
Our Approach
Our approach is person-centered, which means we offer empathetic, non-judge-mental emotional support. We provide an opportunity to reflect on the challenges you’re facing in a confidential environment, free from the pressures of everyday life.
The Next Steps
Together, we can explore your situation in a way that opens up fresh perspectives and a deeper understanding of yourself. Counselling isn’t about offering solutions or advice, but rather empowering you to make your own changes.
We predominantly work with:
Feelings of stress or anxiety
Grief, loss or bereavement
Abuse
Confidence issues
Difficulties in work or retirement
Young people’s issues
Relationship problems
Trauma & PTSD
Depression
Anger management
Family issues
Free Initial Consultation
As members of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists we understand the importance of offering clients a 30-minute free consultation is important, as it is during this consultation that you will get the feeling of whether we are the right Counsellor's for you.
There is no obligation following this consultation to accept or book a session, the decision is purely yours. But should you to choose to feel we can work together our fees are as outlined below.
Sessions and Fees
• Face to Face sessions are £45 per hour session.
•Concessionary fees are £35 per hour session.
Please note that if you want to cancel an appointment I require 48 hours’ notice; otherwise you will still need to pay for any sessions missed. I accept payment in cash or by bank transfer.
Location
Summer House Counselling is located in Standish, Wigan.
Our practice is easily accessible from the surrounding areas of Lancashire, Standish, Wigan, Chorley, Parbold and Greater Manchester.
Get in touch
Feel free to contact Summer House Counselling if you have any questions about how counselling works, or to arrange an initial assessment appointment. This enables us to discuss the reasons you are thinking of coming to counselling, whether it could be helpful for you and whether we can help.
Email us at: summerhousecounselling@gmail.com
All enquires are usually answered within 24 hours, and all contact is strictly confidential and uses secure phone and email services.
Frequently asked questions
Counselling is typically an effective way to address a current issue, allowing for discussion and hopefully resolution within a limited number of sessions. Over the weeks, clients often gain a clearer understanding of their problems and identify a way forward. Therapy, on the other hand, delves deeper into more significant life challenges that can have a lasting impact on the client. It generally requires a long-term commitment, making the number of sessions more flexible.
The best option depends on the individual and the specific difficulties they are facing. In some cases, counselling may serve as a viable long-term solution, while therapy might resolve an issue in just a few sessions.
Everything shared in the counselling room is confidential—this is a key distinction between counselling or therapy and conversations with friends or family. Once you become comfortable with the structure of weekly sessions and the safe environment they offer, you’ll likely appreciate the freedom to speak openly.
It's important to note that if there are concerns about your safety or the safety of others, the law requires me to notify the appropriate authorities. In such cases, I may not be able to guarantee complete confidentiality. However, breaking confidentiality is extremely rare and will only occur after discussing it with you first.
I often hear this question from people who feel anxious about starting counselling or seeking support for visiting a therapist. This nervousness is completely normal. A crucial part of therapy is feeling safe to discuss whatever issues are important to you. Having someone else present can
make it harder to open up, so I prefer to meet with clients alone and do not allow friends or family to accompany them.
The duration of counselling varies from person to person and depends on the complexity of the issues being addressed. For some, just a couple of sessions may help clarify their problems and prepare them to move forward; for others, a more open-ended approach may be necessary.
My goal is to schedule your first appointment, known as an initial assessment, within 1-2 weeks. After that, we’ll set up a regular schedule for counselling sessions at a time that works for you and fits my availability. The start of these sessions will depend on the availability of that specific time slot.
