Counselling
The Observatory Practice is delighted to offer Counselling with the highly experienced Ann Welsh from The Tanglewood Practice.
What Is Counselling?
Counselling provides individuals with a safe, confidential space to explore their thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. The counsellor helps clients address personal, social, or psychological challenges. Counselling can be short-term, focusing on specific issues, or long-term, addressing deeper, more complex concerns.
One of the key benefits of counselling is its ability to foster self-awareness and personal growth. Through guided conversations, individuals gain insight into their emotions, patterns of behaviour, and underlying issues that may contribute to stress, anxiety, or depression. This understanding often empowers clients to develop healthier coping strategies.
Counselling also provides emotional support during challenging times, such as grief, relationship difficulties, or major life transitions. It helps individuals build resilience, manage stress, and cultivate healthier relationships by improving communication skills and emotional regulation.
For those with mental health conditions, such as anxiety disorders or PTSD, counselling can be a vital part of treatment, often complementing medication. Additionally, it promotes overall well-being by enhancing self-esteem, reducing negative self-talk, and encouraging positive lifestyle changes.
Ultimately, counselling offers a pathway to healing, empowerment, and a better quality of life.
Sessions and Prices
Initial Consultation: FREE
Subsequent Sessions (50 mins): £50 individual, or £70 couples/family.
Sessions can be attended in person, on the telephone, or online via Skype, Zoom or FaceTime.
Appointments are available daytimes and evenings. The number of sessions will vary for clients depending on the nature of the concern, but generally would be between 8 and 24.
It is preferable to see clients weekly, however fortnightly appointments will be considered if that is appropriate in the circumstances.
About Ann
Ann Welsh – Counsellor
Ann Welsh, Adv Dip Couns, Reg MBACP, DCH
Ann qualified as a Person-Centred Counsellor in 2011. Since then she has added many additional skills to her practice inlcuding NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), enabling her to work in integrative way from a person-centred core. Ann is also a qualified solution-focused hypnotherapist.
Previously, Ann provided trauma counselling for a major national bank, and also volunteered. as a counsellor for a Sexual Assault referral centre.
Ann is a Registered Member of the BACP, and is fully insured. She undertakes and delivers regular CPD as part of her counselling practice, and engages with regular supervision.
Ann is also a Lecturer for Inspiraology Hypnotherapy Training in Plymouth.