Chloë Gracey
Grief & Loss Counselling & Coaching
Counselling
A safe space to understand what’s happening beneath the surface.
Sometimes life becomes too much to untangle on your own.
You may know that you’re struggling, but not really understand why. You may be experiencing grief, anxiety, anger, low mood, overwhelm or changes in how you see yourself and the world around you.
Counselling gives you the time and space to explore those experiences with someone who will listen without judgement.
What is counselling?
Counselling is an opportunity to talk openly about what you’re experiencing in a confidential, supportive environment.
Together, we can explore your thoughts, feelings, emotions and behaviours and consider how your experiences may be affecting you now.
Depending on what feels helpful, this might include looking at what is happening in your life today, as well as experiences from your past that may still be having an impact.
You don’t need to arrive knowing exactly what you want to talk about.
We can start wherever feels right for you.
What can counselling help with?
I work with adults and young people aged 16–18 across a range of experiences, including grief and bereavement, anxiety, stress, overwhelm, low mood, anger, life transitions, relationships, self-esteem and trauma.
You don’t have to see your experience on a list before asking for help.
If you’re struggling and wondering whether counselling might be useful, you’re welcome to get in touch and we can talk about it.
For some specialist areas, I may recommend another practitioner or service if that would better meet your needs.
What will our sessions be like?
There isn’t a script for counselling.
Some sessions might involve talking through something that has happened recently. Other times, we might explore a feeling, thought or pattern that keeps coming up.
Sometimes you may not know what you want to talk about at all.
That’s okay.
My approach is integrative, which means I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches and adapt our work to you rather than expecting you to fit a particular model.
We’ll work collaboratively, at your pace.
You are in control
Starting counselling can feel daunting, particularly if you’ve never experienced therapy before.
You don’t have to tell me everything straight away.
If I ask about something you don’t want to discuss, you can say so.
We’ll regularly review how things are feeling and whether the support we’re offering is still right for you.
And if you decide that counselling isn’t right for you at this point, that’s okay too.
Counselling after loss
Grief is one of the main areas of my work.
If someone you love has died, or you have experienced another significant loss, counselling can provide a place where you don’t have to protect other people’s feelings or worry about whether you’re “coping well enough”.
You can talk about the difficult things.
The sadness. The anger. The guilt. The changes. The memories. The uncertainty about the future.
There is space for all of it.
My approach
I believe therapy works best when you feel safe enough to be yourself.
My approach is compassionate, warm and non-judgemental. I don’t believe there is one formula that works for everyone, so I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches and tailor our work to your individual needs.
My training includes person-centred, psychodynamic, CBT, Gestalt, solution-focused and Transactional Analysis approaches, alongside other therapeutic training.
How do I know if counselling is right for me?
You don’t need to know before you contact me.
The free exploratory call is there for exactly this reason.
We’ll talk about what’s happening for you, what you’re looking for and whether I might be the right person to help.
If we decide to work together, we’ll then arrange an initial assessment before agreeing how we’d like to move forward.