Thomas Rowland

I have availability on a Wednesday.

Online: Wednesdays 2-8pm.

Outside therapy in Alton: Wednesdays 1.30pm-7.30pm.

Face-to-face therapy in Alton: please get in touch.

You can find my most up-to-date availability at www.rowlandcounselling.co.uk/booking

Counselling is about change; you want something to be different.

I believe that change happens when we feel safe. And that we feel safe when we experience being met, understood and valued as we are. Then we don't need to distort or deny our experiences, but can be curious about what's really going and confront what we fear. And we can discover our own strengths, values and wisdom.

Often, for change to happen, we also need an interruption to open up possibilities. Maybe its in our thought patterns, the ways we've learned to survive or the ways we connect with others. Maybe its in the systems we live in.

We are interrupted when we encounter another person's honest perspectives, ideas and feelings. We interrupt our lives when we make small decisions to do something different.

I offer a safe space in which we, together, can find the interruptions that make the difference for you.

Face-To-Face Therapy

I offer face-to-face therapy in the Beamed Room at Pure, Alton. You can see more photos of this room and the waiting area http://www.purealternativetherapy.com/gallery.html. 

Outside Therapy

I offer outside therapy at RHS Wisley and around Alton. 

Online Therapy

I offer online therapy via Google Meet.

What should I expect from the sessions?

• You get a regular, confidential space in which to talk about your life. This is yours. It will be up to you what you'd like to share each week.
• I won’t judge, dismiss or try to fix things for you. Instead, I will listen attentively, trying to understand what it is like to live your life and offer this understanding back to you. We can then be curious about and explore your experiences so that you can begin to recognise yourself more fully, process emotions and experiences you have not yet been able to and discover your own strengths, values and wisdom.
• I may challenge you where I think you might have learnt ways to sabotage yourself. Or, I may offer you my own experience or perspective on what you have shared. I offer these when I think they might be helpful, acknowledging that it may not be too.
• This back-and-forth process opens up new ways to survive and thrive. We can then explore putting these into practice.

How many sessions?

​I offer short-term and long-term therapy. This, in the end, is your choice. You may also just want to work in single sessions, booking these as you need them.

Accessibility

Face-to-face: there is a steep staircase when entering the building. This leads to the waiting area. If this is unsuitable for you, please do still arrange an initial session or get in touch and we can work towards making alternative arrangements that would work for you.

Outside: we will go at your pace and discuss suitable routes at the initial session.

Counselling can feel intimidating and a little mysterious. So, I offer a free 25-minute initial session online where you get to meet me, ask any questions you might have and explore what it would look like to work together.

I currently have availability on a Wednesday:

• Outside therapy: 2pm-6pm.
• Online therapy: 2pm-8pm.

For me, counselling is a mixture of offering safety and interruption.

When we feel safe safe, we can explore the depths of ourselves freely with someone else. This happens when we feel understood, accepted and prized just as we are and can be enough for us to find our own inner strength, wisdom and solutions.

However, sometimes we need an interruption. This opens up new ways of coping, relating and living as we encounter another person's honest perspectives, ideas and feelings.

Outside Therapy

I offer outside therapy at RHS Wisley. This offers us a natural, calming and ever-changing environment in which to work together, as well as many varied paths, benches and covered areas. 

Online Therapy

I offer online therapy via Google Meet. 

What should I expect from the sessions?

• You get a regular, confidential space in which to talk about your life, thoughts and feelings. This is yours. It's true that the more you feel able to engage in this, the more you will get out of counselling. Equally, it will always be up to you what you'd like to share each week.
• I won’t judge, dismiss or try to fix things for you. Instead, I will listen attentively, trying to understand what it is like to live your life and offer this understanding back to you. I will help you to explore your life, thoughts and feelings, so that they begin to make more sense to you. And I will challenge you when I suspect you’ve learned ways to sabotage yourself.
• This back-and-forth process will open up new ways to survive or thrive which we can then explore putting into practice in your everyday life.

How many sessions will I have?

​I can offer short-term and long-term therapy. This, in the end, is your choice and we can discuss what would be best for you together. You may also just want to work in single sessions, booking these as you need them. 

How do I book?

You can find my most up-to-date availability and online booking form on my webpage: www.rowlandcounselling.co.uk/booking 

I offer a free initial 25-minute session which can be booked using my bookings page. This doesn’t commit you to anything - it’s simply an opportunity to explore counselling further.