Working with Liz

Hello I'm Liz​

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I am a Leeds based Therapist and Counselling Supervisor.

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I am a visually impaired mum to 2 amazing children who have different needs and it was through wanting to have more capacity to meet their needs that I found a purpose outside of family life and a career in Counselling. 

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As well as being a Counsellor, I have trained in a number of different holistic therapies and worked for 7 years supporting young people and adults with high levels of risk from self harming to feeling suicidal ​​​within Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service on their Crisis Helpline, face to face in Dial House as well as within Touchstone support Here for You Service.  

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Through having my own counselling I can appreciate how hard it can be to acknowledge you need help and also to reach out for it.  I was able to process my own past childhood trauma's and the impact it had on me and the ways I responded to it.  It enabled me to put boundaries in place to manage difficult relationships better, and build stronger helpful connections.  I am able to communicate and be assertive not shut down or becoming defensive.  Other impactful changes include that I am no longer on high alert all the time and daily life feels calmer.  I can sleep and the most important thing is I am able to be there for my children so much more than I was able to before.  I want these and other positive changes for you too, which is one of the important reasons I became a therapist.

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How I use my experience within sessions is by being curious about what is going on for you and what has happened to you, looking from different perspectives.  I allow space for mistakes because I know I am not perfect, and that is ok, you don't have to be perfect either.  Just as I won't judge you, I am open to feedback myself.  I will bring a down to earth, compassionate, respectful and calm approach to our time together.

 

My aim is to be your trusted companion on your journey to answering those difficult questions which have kept you up at night, support you to understand why your struggling, build healthy helpful coping strategies, develop ways to prevent escalation of and manage intense emotions so that everyday life can feel calmer and when you look to find energy in your stores it there when needed.  

 

Together we can work towards creating the changes you want and need.  I know it is really scary being at the start of the journey but you won't be alone I will be beside you, I have faith you can do this.  I know what it's like to feel different and for this reason our sessions will be as unique as you.  They will go at your pace because you are in control of them. They can be flexible and creative full of out of the box thinking and activities or calm and talkative.  I am open to looking at however the sessions needs to be to accommodate your needs.

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My current hours of work within Towards Tranquility Therapy is weekday evenings and Saturday mornings as I work during the week daytime within Schools.  Offering Counselling to young people and parents helping them to understand more about why they feel, behave and communicate in the way they do and build on the strengths they already have to move through their distress.  

 

Towards Tranquility allows me to support Young People and Adults experiencing a variety of struggles, with flexibility and without the restrictions on the quantity of sessions.

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If you would like support so that your life isn't so negatively impacted by your life experiences or

if you have a child who is struggling and trying to communicate through difficult behaviours or is feeling anxious a lot of the time please get in touch

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I can support you to 

• understand who you are as an individual, why you respond the way you do to things

• develop self esteem,

• pin point triggers that make you feel unsafe 

• find alternative healthy, helpful ways to manage and regulate those moments of overwhelm when a feeling of safety is lost.

• build positive, helpful connections along with healthy boundaries

• provide psycho education so you understand how your body and brain work together

• move through feeling stuck

• advocate

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Get in touch to find out more and understand how we can work together and help you move towards tranquility.

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If you would like a free no obligation chat with a kind and understanding Therapist, click the button below to book.​​

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