Azalea Counselling Counselling from Eastleigh near Winchester
with Vicky Mould

Counselling can offer a safe and supportive relationship to attend to your mental health and wellbeing

Anyone can experience mental health issues, yet the effects can be debilitating and distressing, which may leave you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, a lack of a sense of coping or control over life. 

Mental health issues can impact different aspects of your life, how you perceive yourself and others, trigger self-harm and/or thoughts and feelings of suicide and a loss of hope or fear for the future. 

Access to support can be helpful, yet it may feel challenging to find the right kind of support, open up to family or friends, or even ask for help. 

I hope you'll reach out to me (and that I make that process feel easier). Counselling can help whether you've experienced mental health issues for a long time or a recent change in your mental health.

I am a depression and anxiety counsellor near Southampton and Winchester, yet also experienced in other mental health issues. 

Over the years, I have worked successfully with people experiencing depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia.

I have been counselling since 2011, yet my experience in adult mental health spans further, including volunteering for Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, being a Support Worker on an NHS psychiatric ward and a Support Time Recovery Worker for Together for Mental Wellbeing. 

I'm down-to-earth and friendly-natured, and as a person-centred therapist, I work with sensitivity, compassion, non-judgment and understanding. 

I won't contribute to feelings of stigma or shame around your mental health, and I don't see a mental health diagnosis as defining the person you are or limiting the potential you have within you. 

Counselling with me can offer you the safety and support to find your sense of wellbeing and continue with a healthier or more fulfilling life. 

Counselling sessions

I can offer individual sessions online (using Zoom, FaceTime or WhatsApp) or over the phone, and I am happy to explore these options with you. 

I can help us establish a counselling relationship where you feel safe, supported and empowered.

In counselling sessions with me, you will be welcome as you are, and we can work together at your pace to explore troubling thoughts, feelings, emotions, voices, images, memories or beliefs. 

If you're struggling with suicidal thoughts and feelings, exploring them together can help you gain some control and rediscover feelings of hope. 

Offering compassion, acceptance and attentive listening, you will be heard and understood. 

I take a trauma-informed approach to my work, which includes an awareness that any mental health issue can be a symptom of and a natural response to trauma. I can work with you to safely explore experiences that may have impacted or be contributing to your mental health, including: 

• Bereavement or loss
• Surviving sexual or domestic abuse
• Carer stress
• Work-related stress
• Loneliness or social isolation
• Relationship issues or changes
• Pregnancy, childbirth or parenting issues
• Chronic illness
• Disability
• Bullying or harassment
• Discrimination.
  
  Where trauma may be relevant, I can work with you to gently process what has happened to you and how you feel about it and develop feelings of trust, self-worth, confidence and self-esteem. 
  
  But we don't have to rely solely on talking - we can use art or other creative mediums to help you express yourself and gain clarity or new insights. 
  
  My aim in our counselling relationship is to help you find your sense of wellbeing and continue to strive towards a healthier or more fulfilling life. 
  
  I offer a low-cost, one-hour online or phone consultation to explore counselling together.
  
  If you're a student or on a low income, including Universal Credit or Pension Credit, I can also offer a reduced fee for any subsequent sessions. 
  
  If you'd like to arrange a consultation or ask questions about counselling, please email me through this site or call or text 07729 193629.
  
  

Coping in a crisis

I am trained in crisis counselling and can offer you support in sessions, yet if you are feeling overwhelmed now, you can call or text a helpline, use the StayAlive app or contact an NHS service.

You do matter.

Talking can help.

Being listened to can make a real difference.

There is hope.

Samaritans
The Samaritans offer confidential emotional support 24 hours a day. You can call 116123 free of charge and also use their Self-Help app.
www.samaritans.org/

Shout
Shout offers a confidential text service 24 hours a day. You can text SHOUT to 85258.
giveusashout.org/

SignHealth
SignHealth is the 24-hour crisis text line for deaf people. You can text DEAF to 85258.
signhealth.org.uk/

StayAlive app
Stay Alive is a confidential suicide prevention resource for you or someone you know.
www.stayalive.app/

NHS Services
The NHS Advice Line is available 24 hours a day. You can call 111 and press option 2 for mental health support. In a life-threatening emergency, go to A & E or call 999.
111.nhs.uk/

Papyrus Hopeline UK
Papyrus offers a confidential helpline for young people (under 35's). You can call 0800 068 4141.
www.papyrus-uk.org/

Suicide Prevention UK (SPUK)
SPUK offers a supportive listening service. You can call 0800 689 5652 in confidence.
www.spuk.org.uk/

Switchboard LGBT+
Switchboard runs a confidential helpline for LGBT+ people. You can call 0300 330 0630.
switchboard.lgbt/