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 with us by phone, email, or by filling out 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 really brought you here, often for the first time out loud. We listen closely, ask the right questions, and start to understand not just the surface issue, but you.
That understanding is what allows us to shape a genuinely bespoke approach, rather than fitting you into a generic model. It's why the sessions that follow feel considered rather than standard and why so many clients tell us the difference is noticeable from the very first appointment.
The consultation is £30 (over half our usual session fee), reflecting the real time and attention it involves. There's no pressure or expectation to continue afterward, but it is where the work, and the care, genuinely starts.
Once we've met, we offer flexible ongoing appointments, including face-to-face, online, and telephone sessions.
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