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.
Counselling & Psychotherapy services based in Peterborough

Peterborough

Counselling

Main issues with which I currently support clients, both male and female:

• 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. • 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 • Nightmares and disturbed sleep are our brain’s way of letting us know that something held in our neural networks is unprocessed and stuck • Rape and Sexual Abuse, including Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse and Incest • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) for a range of conditions. • Somatic Experiencing and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for reconnecting with the body that you may have disconnected or dissociated from. • I provide a range of treatments to relieve the effects of painful memories
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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.
Counselling & Psychotherapy services based in Peterborough

Peterborough

Counselling

Issues that I have worked with clients on

• 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. • 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 • Nightmares and disturbed sleep are our brain’s way of letting us know that something held in our neural networks is unprocessed and stuck • Rape and Sexual Abuse, including Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse and Incest • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) for a range of conditions. • Somatic Experiencing and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for reconnecting with the body that you may have disconnected or dissociated from. • I provide a range of treatments to relieve the effects of painful memories
Copyright © 2025 peterboroughcounselling.co.uk - All Rights Reserved.