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Time For Personalised therapy - because one-size does not fit all. We don't ask to be born into this world, and yet here we find ourselves. Especially if we're young.

With over 30 years experience in the mental health arenas, I can offer tailored work to suit your needs - counselling, hypnotherapy, lifeline rewrites, stress reduction, trauma recovery. Sometimes the situation in which we find ourselves feels instinctively 'wrong', unfair, but the only option open to us is to manage as best we can. Or old. Or any age really. When the 'managing as best we can' lea

ves us drained, or unsure of who we are, feeling guilty for 'not doing better', or angry at the world in general, that's the time to seek support and help to make sense of what is going on. If your experiences have included being outright abused, neglected, ridiculed, bullied, ignored and dismissed, or you have witnessed trauma the like of which no one ought to see or feel, then getting support can prove to be a lifeline. Just because you may be able to look around and see others apparently doing better, seemingly having a good life, or having it 'worse' than you, this does not mean that your efforts are failing. Or that your difficulties are in any way irrelevant or too small to trouble someone with. If you have been told you have depression, anxiety, PTSD, BPD, DID, or any mental health diagnosis, you will be welcome here - I don't automatically exclude anyone because of a label. Knowing that there is someone here who not only cares about your situation, but also how you are, and who could also help you to gain some level of peace of mind and a life that feels better, I hope gives you some hope. If you feel you want some help, get in touch. I have years of experience of helping fellow human beings to battle their demons, regain their equilibrium, put down the burdens carried for others, and feel better. Live better. You can do this. And I could help you - because I've been there.

Sharing........ because why reinvent the wheel?When the words have been found and shared elsewhere, it's good to keep th...
21/04/2026

Sharing........ because why reinvent the wheel?

When the words have been found and shared elsewhere, it's good to keep the sharing going 👍

Spending 'down' time doing something that brings a smile.The satisfaction of making a Thing, with the plan of using the ...
19/04/2026

Spending 'down' time doing something that brings a smile.

The satisfaction of making a Thing, with the plan of using the Thing, is a big bonus in a world that reduces us to consumers and numbers.

What skill do you have?
When was the last time you practiced that skill and you smiled?

Kindest,
Ros

The mental illness industry most often pathologises and shames normal human survival responses to abnormal experiences. ...
18/04/2026

The mental illness industry most often pathologises and shames normal human survival responses to abnormal experiences.
The industrialisation of care is harmful in this respect.

When we are able to view everything we did to survive was a trauma response, a survival skill, what our environment taught us and demanded from us, there need not be shame. We did what we had to do to survive.

When we're safe enough, we can learn new ways that improve our quality of life.

But only when we're safe enough, and that takes connection, trust, and reliability of others.
And that takes time.
To prove reliability, honesty, and faith in being heard and seen.

It takes more than the 6 weeks of weekly technique- focused statutory care. "Get fixed in 6" or go to the back of the queue again......

I work towards building that connection, and fostering a safe enough space where difficult things can be raised and considered.

For as long or short a time as you need.

Contact in confidence.
contact@timeforcounselling.co.uk
07906260310

More often than not, it becomes clear that those who are consulting me are being treated not only for 'psychiatric' situ...
17/04/2026

More often than not, it becomes clear that those who are consulting me are being treated not only for 'psychiatric' situations, but also physical conditions at the same time.
Quite apart from the question that may arise around whether the physical is fuelling the emotional distress, oftentimes the physical conditions could well mean that the other drugs prescribed could do with a knowledgeable oversight.

Sadly, it's true that not all GPs know everything about everything, and psychiatry can become for them something or somewhere that they refer to - an 'out-there', different place. Or somewhere or something that doesn't affect physical care....

Drugs are drugs, all have side effects and all have the potential to interact with other drugs.
Having this (pictured) as a reference point, from one of the most prestigious and respected care places in the UK, gives us an idea of where concern might be reliably placed, as well as reassurance where concern need not live.

This one book costs £30. And will be updated and republished in due course, and that updated edition will need to be purchased...

This is just one small thing, and is offered as assurance that the fee I ask is based on actuality - the necessities to enable me to best serve you 🙏

16/04/2026
From another place..... and it just made sense."When you’re attacked online, your nervous system responds as if you’re i...
15/04/2026

From another place..... and it just made sense.

"When you’re attacked online, your nervous system responds as if you’re in real danger, because, neurobiologically, you are."

Because..... attacked is attacked.
Online. Over the phone. By neighbourhood gossip. By text. In person.

The danger is still there.
It's not always possible to simply walk away and ignore them....
Not according to the brain/body experience.

And that's very real.

This.This just makes sense to me.What do you think?
15/04/2026

This.

This just makes sense to me.

What do you think?

Kitchen window view 🪟 Weather front incoming.....😬
15/04/2026

Kitchen window view 🪟

Weather front incoming.....😬

Candle lit on hearing the news of the departure of a loved fellow human.Be at peace, good soul.You have left smiles and ...
13/04/2026

Candle lit on hearing the news of the departure of a loved fellow human.

Be at peace, good soul.

You have left smiles and memories 🙏🌈

After being hurt directly the first time, we can find ourselves frequently retraumatized by the very organisations that ...
13/04/2026

After being hurt directly the first time, we can find ourselves frequently retraumatized by the very organisations that we're told are there to help us. Police , courts, healthcare, and even the media (especially social media) can invalidate, discredit, delay, deny or even ridicule disclosure.
This secondary harm often hits harder and more deeply than the initial event.
This is because it interferes with meaning-making, safety, and social repair.

This is why I have resisted the pressures to report any disclosures that others have entrusted me with.
It's not my story to tell!

Because, knowing how the large machinery of the State can crush people, ignore their experience, and ultimately blame them for "inviting the abuse", I will defend the right for the author of their own story to retain control. If I take away that control, by ignoring the very real need to have trust, then I am no better than a gossip. A harmful gossip who's just wrested control away from you yet again, and ignored you in the process - just as the abuser did in the first place.

I will not be just the next abuser.

Contact in confidence.
Your work is private and confidential*

07906 260310
contact@timeforcounselling.co.uk

*as far as UK law allows. Direct and immediate harm, crime, urgent risk to self or others, must be divulged.

(Picture - Honesty growing in the garden here at TF HQ)

Noticing the newness and regrowth of Things.The balance between inactivity and growth shown in the plant life.What newne...
13/04/2026

Noticing the newness and regrowth of Things.

The balance between inactivity and growth shown in the plant life.

What newnessess can you find this coming week?

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After many years in the NHS, military and the private sector working in mental health care settings as a qualified nurse, I can now bring that experience to counselling and therapy services as an independent professional.

Working with an independent therapist, you can be assured that your work won't be limited by any arbitrary timelines set by organisations whose aims may be set to other agendas than concentrating on you. Your time here is important, whether that be as someone seeking support with a specific issue or a challenging life situation, or as a student or colleague gaining mentorship or clinical supervision.

I am fully qualified, with a BSc in Integrative Counselling, and regulated through my membership of the National Council of Psychotherapists.

If you are finding life tricky, facing stress, bereavement, feeling angry or anxious for a lot of your time, leaving the military or having issues from your Service, been told you have depression or other mental health matter, or even if you are finding it difficult to know how to stop a habit of thinking or of doing, then counselling may be useful for you.