COUNSELLING AND HOLISTIC THERAPY SERVICE
Welcome to
Inside Matters
Inside Matters is a collaborative team of accredited counsellors, psychotherapists and holistic practitioners. We can work together to meet your specific needs.
Face to face, online and telephone counselling available.
Keeping our practice HUMAN
OUR MISSION
Our aim is to provide a holistic and personalised therapeutic services that promotes whole-person health and wellbeing.
We offer a unique bespoke combination approach, tailored to your individual needs.
First steps & process
Get in touch by phone, email, or our enquiry form on the 'Get in Touch' page, and we'll respond within 48 hours to arrange your initial consultation.
The initial consultation isn't a formality before "real" therapy begins, it is the beginning. In this first session, face-to-face or online, you'll have proper, unhurried time to talk about what's brought you here, often for the first time out loud, in a space that's completely confidential. We listen closely and start to understand not just the surface issue, but you.
It's also where we work out, together, who is best placed to work with you, matching you with a therapist whose experience and style are right for your needs, not simply the next available appointment.
That understanding lets us shape a genuinely bespoke approach. It's why so many clients tell us the difference is noticeable from the very first appointment, and why there's no pressure or expectation to continue afterward. The collaboration, and the care, starts here.
Once we've met, we offer flexible ongoing appointments, face-to-face, online, or by telephone, built around what works for you.
Therapy services
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This approach helps us understand how our past shapes our self-perception and emotional responses at an unconscious level.
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This approach follows that the in the right conditions – empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard – individuals can uncover their own healing process.
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Transactional analysis fosters greater self-awareness by helping you recognise your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, while promoting better communication through the analysis of transactions.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is commonly used in the NHS, often recommended by GPs as a form of talking therapy. Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT) is a form of CBT that helps individuals identify and change, deep rooted, irrational beliefs that contribute to problematic behaviours and emotional distress.
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Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) is a technique for helping individuals heal from trauma by processing memories through specific eye movements.
Holisitic services
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Hypnosis successfully creates the calm state that is needed for the subconscious to accept positive suggestions, to help break bad habits, change behaviours, or overcome anxiety, trauma, or phobias.
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Nutritional guidance can be accessed on its own as well as accompanying other types of counselling support, to really promote significant and sustainable change, inside & out.
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Mindfulness and breathwork offer a multitude of benefits that enhance mental, emotional, physical and social well-being.
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Energy levels can be restored, aiding in recovery from stress, anxiety, chronic pain, or for achieving clarity and inner calm.
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Understanding and accepting how we are wired, including the difference between learned behaviours and personality traits, is key. We provide a non-judgmental, supportive space for clients to explore their neurodiversity.
Meet our team
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Alison Allart
Psychotherapist & IFS informed EMDR Practitioner
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Sara Andrews
Psychotherapeutic
Counsellor -
Martin Stubbs
Person-Centred
Counsellor -
Holistic Services
Reiki Hypnotherapy
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Julie Bowes
Integrative Psychotherapist
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Miguel Castillo
Psychotherapeutic
Counsellor -
Ellen Spafford
Trauma Informed Psychotherapist &
EMDR Practitioner -
Alison Bladh
Nutritional Therapist