Integrative psychotherapy - changing lives for the better

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Do you have feelings, experiences and problems that are too difficult to handle on your own?

depression ~ anxiety ~ trauma ~ stress ~ low self esteem ~ grief ~ relationship issues ~ life transition ~ lack of purpose ~ eating disorders ~ alcohol issues ~ unexplained physical ailments ~ life crisis ~ unresolved childhood issues ~ suicidal thoughts ~ abuse

If so, then counselling or psychotherapy could help you. 

A message from Gill Sweeting MBACP (Accred)      

Welcome to my website. I hope that you will use it to find out more about how counselling and psychotherapy can help you to solve your problems and experience a new, more fulfilling way of life. On this page you will find a list of the types of issues that I, and other counsellors and psychotherapists, have helped people with.

If you are wondering what the experience of counselling or psychotherapy is like and how it can help, then click on "About psychotherapy" for information that you will find useful.

If you are looking for a counsellor or psychotherapist in the Peak District of Derbyshire, then click on "About Gill Sweeting" and find out if my way of working interests you. If you would like to make an appointment, then click on "Contact" to get my phone or email details. Otherwise, you may find useful addresses on the "Links" page. I wish you luck in finding what you need.

Here's more on those feelings, experiences and problems that may be too hard to handle on your own. Do any of these statements ring true for you?

depression

You may be feeling really low and finding it hard to cope with the challenges of life, and have withdrawn into a lonely and desperate place.

anxiety

You may be generally anxious or feel fear or panic in certain situations and you don't understand what triggers this extreme and scary reaction.

trauma

You may be traumatised by a particularly painful experience, and find that you can't leave it behind you.

stress

You may be feeling less and less able to manage the stress of responsibilities at work and at home, and feel that you are on a treadmill with no possible escape in sight.

low self esteem

You may feel unappreciated or wish that you could be different or better or that more people would like you.

grief

You may be overwhelmed by grief after a bereavement or separation, or be facing the approaching death of someone you love, and having your physical and emotional wellebing undermined by unbearable loss.

relationship issues

You may feel emotionally drained due to problems in a relationship and may be realising that you've been here before and wondering why this always happens to you.

life transition

You may be going through a stressful life transition, such as becoming a parent, being made redundant from work or retirement, and be struggling because previous ways of dealing with life don't seem to apply any more.

lack of purpose

You may be looking for a sense of meaning or purpose in your life and feel that "there's more to life than this" but you don't know how to get it.

eating disorders

You may have decided to lose weight, or to use food as a way of feeling better, and then fallen into patterns of eating that are unhealthy, yet seem impossible to break.

alcohol issues

You may have used alcohol to numb the pain, and found it helped, but then started to feel that the alcohol is controlling you and you don't know how to stop or cut down.

unexplained physical ailments

You may have been to the doctor with a number of different minor ailments, for which there appear to be no medical explanation.

life crisis

You may be struggling with issues of mortality or existence, be feeling that life is passing you by without you making a mark, or simply have lost touch with who you are.

abuse

You may be living with someone whose behaviour has become intolerable. Life at home is impossible, yet you are too attached to leave. You may also have survived abuse in your childhood and be wondering why your life is full of people who treat you badly.

Sometimes talking to family or friends can help, and you may be lucky enough to discover that is all you need. However, you may find instead that people don't understand your problem - you may get told to "pull yourself together" or to "snap out of it" or you may get other reponses that seem to miss the problem or trivialise your experience. So what can you do?

Choose another way - try psychotherapy

Click on "About psychotherapy" to find out what this will be like.

I wish you well.

Gill