Welcome to Peterborough Counselling
My name is Shirley Hemmings and I started my career as a
Humanistic and Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist.
Gestalt therapy remains at the heart of my practice.
I believe that each of us has the tools that we need, to enable us to
live our life to its fullest potential.
After working as a counsellor and psychotherapist for several
years, I understand that talking about our feelings is essential. I
have also come to understand that sometimes, just talking is
simply not enough to access what is held at a deeper level in our
brains and bodies.
Because of this, I have trained in several alternative, treatment
type options, which are described more fully on a separate page.
Peterborough
Counselling
Main issues with which I currently support clients, both male and female:
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Trauma, including PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). A traumatic experience is one
that was too big for our brain to process, at the time that it happened.
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Behind Anxiety, Depression and Addiction are often unprocessed traumatic memories
or experiences that are held in the memory networks in a raw, unprocessed form, how
ever long ago they happened
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Nightmares and disturbed sleep are our brain’s way of letting us know that something
held in our neural networks is unprocessed and stuck
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Rape and Sexual Abuse, including Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse and Incest
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) for a range of conditions.
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Somatic Experiencing and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for reconnecting with the body
that you may have disconnected or dissociated from.
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I provide a range of treatments to relieve the effects of painful memories
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