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Opening Times:

Mon  12:00 – 20:00

Tue  12:00 – 20:00

Wed  Closed

Thu  10:00 – 16:00

Fri  10:00 – 16:00

Sat  Closed

Sun  Closed

Closed at weekends and on bank holidays.

Hi - I'm Christel, a therapist working online and in person, in the Basingstoke area. Making the decision to go into therapy can be difficult and drawn out. People seeking therapy may be finding life difficult, or have lower levels of energy than usual, which is why I offer online booking and contactless payments to make the experience that bit easier.

How can therapy help?

The term "talking cure" was coined by Freud and all these years later still the best way to understand what counselling is in its most basic form. 

If you're struggling to understand your thoughts, feelings or behaviours, or that of those around you, talking to a therapist and exploring and examining these things together can help. Even wider world events can effect how we're feeling and having somewhere to talk about this can alleviate your fears.

Many feel like they don't want to burden or worry those around them and talking openly and honestly to somebody impartial and unconnected to their day to day lives is transformative. 

Some things can be very difficult to disclose and building a trusting relationship with someone who is non-judgemental can facilitate catharsis, self acceptance, understanding and healing. 

If you're stuck thinking about the past or worrying about the future, we can break that cycle together.

Who, When & Where?

I work with anyone over the age of 18. 

I work primarily online (using Zoom platform) but also have a room up near the hospital in Basingstoke if you prefer meeting face to face. Unfortunately these premises are not wheelchair accessible.

I offer a free introductory online session of 30 minutes so you can see if I'm the right therapist for you (which can be booked through my website) and to make sure I can offer what you need. After this if you choose to proceed we'll meet once weekly for a 50 minute sessions until you decide you are ready to end. We can then taper off with bi-weekly sessions or end altogether when ready.

In your free introductory session we'll go through a brief assessment to look at what has brought you to counselling right now, any history of past difficulties and what you hope to achieve during our work together. This will be very different to future counselling sessions which will be contracted between us and much more in depth, more slowly paced and less directive.

You can book your first session online by visiting my website - www.cvvcounselling.com.