Claire Maxwell Therapy

10/12/2024

10/10/2024

You may already know that Thursday was World Mental Health Day- a day dedicated to raising awareness around looking after our emotional wellbeing, encouraging us to check in with ourselves and those around us. Maybe you sent your kids off to school wearing yellow that day or you might have spent a bit of time reading/hearing other people’s stories on TV and on social media about the journeys they are on or have experienced.

You might be coming through a difficult time yourself or perhaps you feel like you’re in the thick of it right now. As life continues ‘lifeing’ around you, I hope you can find a moment to think about what YOU need for your wellbeing this weekend. Whilst ‘Two weeks in the Seychelles’ might be an immediate response (!) there may be more immediate and achievable actions you can take to look after yourself today (and every day) … going for a walk, reading, connecting with a friend, watching some comedy, sitting in silence or getting amongst some noise(!), eating something you enjoy… finding something that works for you and brings a bit of a reset or rebalance. And if things feel heavier than you’d like them to, reach out if you can, and share what is going on for you.

If you feel that you need space to do that, away from your family and friends and in confidence- therapy can offer you that space. I currently have some availability for new clients.

I’m here for you. Get in touch.

16/07/2024

Hello everyone. I’m really pleased to let you know that I am extending the capacity of my practice to create more availability. This feels exciting and is also a great time for a rebrand and to launch my brand-new website!
Please share if you can, I would really appreciate it. And of course, if you know of anyone looking
for therapy, please pass it onto them too, so that they can take a look and decide if I am the therapist for them.
Thank you all xx

Therapy offers a space for you to come as you are. It gives you the opportunity to explore the things that might be causing you difficulty or worry - or that you just feel you want to look at in more detail.

07/09/2023

‘How was your summer?’
I’m wondering how many times you’ve been asked that question this week and how honest, detailed and full your answer has been.
Whatever words you may use in response to the question- for example ‘It was …. ‘great’ ‘fine’, ‘long’, ‘lovely’, ‘hard’, ‘quick’, ‘busy’, ‘quiet’, ‘full’, ‘exhausting’, ‘refreshing ‘… I wonder what thoughts and feelings you might have that remain unsaid for you.
Maybe you’re feeling a need to emotionally ‘decompress’ after a summer with the family; maybe the juggle of work and home life throughout the summer has been hard and has brought up all kinds of thoughts and feelings that you’d like to explore; perhaps the return to work post-hols has highlighted areas of your life that you’d like to evaluate or change… Maybe you’re feeling a sense of new beginnings but you’re not sure what those ‘new beginnings’ look like or how you want them to be…
Talking these things through with someone outside of your family/friendship groups can offer you the freedom to express these thoughts and feelings without judgement, enabling you to process, and really understand, what is going on for you.
As we enjoy the last days of summer sun and a new chapter of the year is upon us, maybe it’s a good time to focus on you, to reflect and to talk and connect with someone in a safe space- someone who is there solely to listen to YOU.
If you feel this could be helpful to you and you’d like to get in touch you can contact me at
clairemaxwellcounselling@gmail.com or find out more here:

https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/claire-maxwell

14/07/2023

You may be wondering if ‘just talking’ about things can help. In my experience it really can. Feeling able to speak freely, at your own pace, in a warm, non-judgmental, safe environment- outside of family and friendship circles, can be useful and powerful. It offers the space to explore how we truly feel about ourselves and our relationships, our experiences and patterns of behaviour. Sharing problems in this way can make us feel less alone and the awareness counselling brings can make change feel possible.
If you are interested in starting counselling with me, sessions are fifty minutes, and the fee is £50. I work with both time-limited and long-term clients in my comfortable first floor therapy room in Newport Pagnell. I also offer online and telephone sessions.
Our next step would be a short conversation via telephone or video call, which is free. We can use the time to discuss if counselling with me would be appropriate for us both and for you to have the opportunity to ask any questions.

14/07/2023

I currently have availability for face to face sessions in my lovely light therapy room in Newport Pagnell. (Please note the room is on the first floor and access is via a flight of stairs.) I also offer telephone and online sessions.