AJ Quarmby

Hello, I'm A.J. I am an inclusive counsellor, working confidentially with adults and
children of all ages since 2005. I will help you feel welcome, believed and understood, so you can adapt to life’s knotty stuff.
My specialisms are: young people’s therapy; neurodiversity; domestic abuse and sexual abuse; loss and grief; and surviving faith issues. I’m here for those times when emotions seem frightening, and I can help them be a source of strength in future; and I work in an identity-affirmative way. I’m also trained to provide pre-trial therapy to victims of crime who are trial witnesses.

There are three good reasons why counselling helps…
It helps you find words. There might have been a time in your life when you couldn’t talk… it felt scary, or impossible… but with a trustworthy therapist, you can find the words – your words – to describe your experiences at your pace, in your way.

When you’re with someone you trust who’s focused on you and ‘gets you’, your mind becomes rewired – so you feel readier to deal with life’s surprises.

It's you who decides what to talk about, and when to talk about it. As your therapist, I’m trained in how the mind works, and this helps best when you are free to take the lead; and so, counselling becomes a practice for feeling in charge in the rest of your life.

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