Counsellors at Insight Counselling
Sarah Tomley UKCP Accredited Psychotherapeutic Counsellor. BA, BSc, MBACP
I am an experienced integrative counsellor with a special interest in anxiety, depression and multi-generational addictive behaviours.
Life is hard – and many of us grow up without developing the resources and understanding that we need to successfully negotiate today's complicated world. Counselling and psychotherapy represent a chance to develop new strategies and perspectives, which can help to lift us out of anxiety, depression, relationship problems and other ways in which we may come to feel 'stuck'. This is because when we are faced with acute or long-term challenges, the human brain has a tendency to fall back into using old patterns of thinking and problem-solving that may not be helpful for resolving today's problems. We need new tools and new ways of thinking.
During counselling it is possible to discover more effective strategies for dealing with life's challenges and gain a clearer sense of the way forward. In addition, troubling symptoms that appear to be irrational (such as panic attacks) may turn out to be full of deep sense and personal meaning when their true purpose is understood – and then these symptom can safely disappear.
Since 2012, I have offered counselling to men and women in Cambridge and Suffolk for several organisations, including Suffolk MIND, The Cogwheel Trust, Cruse Bereavement Care and The Miscarriage Association.
I continue to study and research widely, and am the author of What Would Freud Do? (Cassell & Co, 2017). I am also the co-author of The Children's Book of Philosophy (DK, 2015) and The Sociology Book (DK, 2015).
Life is hard – and many of us grow up without developing the resources and understanding that we need to successfully negotiate today's complicated world. Counselling and psychotherapy represent a chance to develop new strategies and perspectives, which can help to lift us out of anxiety, depression, relationship problems and other ways in which we may come to feel 'stuck'. This is because when we are faced with acute or long-term challenges, the human brain has a tendency to fall back into using old patterns of thinking and problem-solving that may not be helpful for resolving today's problems. We need new tools and new ways of thinking.
During counselling it is possible to discover more effective strategies for dealing with life's challenges and gain a clearer sense of the way forward. In addition, troubling symptoms that appear to be irrational (such as panic attacks) may turn out to be full of deep sense and personal meaning when their true purpose is understood – and then these symptom can safely disappear.
Since 2012, I have offered counselling to men and women in Cambridge and Suffolk for several organisations, including Suffolk MIND, The Cogwheel Trust, Cruse Bereavement Care and The Miscarriage Association.
I continue to study and research widely, and am the author of What Would Freud Do? (Cassell & Co, 2017). I am also the co-author of The Children's Book of Philosophy (DK, 2015) and The Sociology Book (DK, 2015).
Lucy Summerscales MBACP, BA, BSc, Adv Dip
My approach is integrative, which means that I can draw on various different therapeutic approaches to help us both understand what is happening for you. At the heart of my approach is the belief that it is the relationship between us that can help to bring about change: by listening attentively, and by working together with an open mind, questioning and gently challenging, we can explore what it is that troubles you. I provide a safe and non-judgemental space and am committed to understanding your experience from your point of view.
I have extensive experience of working with depression, bereavement and loss, and have had the privilege of working with clients at the St Helena Hospice and North East Essex Bereavement Service for several years. I also work at Colchester Sixth Form College as a student counsellor, where my work includes anxiety, stress, abuse, assault, eating disorders and self harm. In my work at Insight Counselling Ipswich, I see clients with a broad range of issues, including trauma, depression, loss and relationship issues, and I offer both short-term counselling and longer-term psychotherapeutic work. I am now beginning to take on private clients aged 16–18.
I have a Diploma in Creative Counselling for Children and Young People with Matrix College of Counselling and Psychotherapy. I am a member of BACP (the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists) and UKCP (The UK Council for Psychotherapy) and I have a BSc (Hons) degree from Middlesex University in Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling.
I am committed to developing my work through study and continued professional development. I have recently attended workshops on Traumatic Bereavement for Children and Young People with the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families; Attachment with Sir Richard Bowlby and Disordered Eating with Professor Julia Buckroyd.
I have extensive experience of working with depression, bereavement and loss, and have had the privilege of working with clients at the St Helena Hospice and North East Essex Bereavement Service for several years. I also work at Colchester Sixth Form College as a student counsellor, where my work includes anxiety, stress, abuse, assault, eating disorders and self harm. In my work at Insight Counselling Ipswich, I see clients with a broad range of issues, including trauma, depression, loss and relationship issues, and I offer both short-term counselling and longer-term psychotherapeutic work. I am now beginning to take on private clients aged 16–18.
I have a Diploma in Creative Counselling for Children and Young People with Matrix College of Counselling and Psychotherapy. I am a member of BACP (the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists) and UKCP (The UK Council for Psychotherapy) and I have a BSc (Hons) degree from Middlesex University in Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling.
I am committed to developing my work through study and continued professional development. I have recently attended workshops on Traumatic Bereavement for Children and Young People with the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families; Attachment with Sir Richard Bowlby and Disordered Eating with Professor Julia Buckroyd.
Lucy Etherington UKCP Accredited, BA (Hons), BSc (Hons)
I am a trained psychotherapeutic counsellor with a BSc (Hons) in Psychotherapeutic Integrative Counselling and experience of working with people who suffer with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, insomnia, bereavement, abuse, and life and relationship crises. I have been a journalist and writer for many years and often use therapeutic writing with clients if they wish.
An awful lot of people suffer with anxiety and depression, or have concerns about behaviour,
addictions, work or relationships. But we are all unique, each with our own set of difficulties and background stories. The problems that have driven you to seek help are often symptoms of deeper issues, which we can explore, as well as finding ways to help you to deal with everyday life. There is not one answer that fits everyone, which is why I spend time getting to know you, to help you find what you need to move forward.
My approach is integrative, which means I am familiar with many theories and techniques that I can draw from and adapt to each client. I specialise in trauma and work with clients who have experienced rape, abuse and childhood sexual abuse at the Sue Lambert Trust. Trauma comes in many guises and is also a rich source for the latest research and discoveries in counselling theory and neuroscience. “The paradox of trauma,” wrote psychologist Peter Levine, “is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect.”
My counselling practice is based in Ipswich on Tuesdays, and in Eye, north Suffolk on Saturdays and evenings.