Fay Lovejoy

I work from home face to face. By phone, Zoom and WhatsApp. 

If you live local to me I’m happy to come to you if that suits you better. 

I work full time in private practice from 9.30am - 8.30pm and people can book in through my website or by email or text.

I work with stress, anxiety, depression, overwhelm, overthinking and many other symptoms of a mind that’s in pain.

I am a very experienced therapist and I’m committed to my clients well being and finding a way forward for them. 

Our work would be about supporting you while you process difficult things that have, or are, happening to you. We would look at ways you can become your own cheer leader and nurturer. We would explore how we can build resilience and self confidence in you.

Other work we could do is exploring relationships, who you are/become in them, why you do what you do, being more assertive and saying no (boundaries), looking at what relationships (attachment) are like for you and exploring different ways of communicating and understanding yourself and others. 

I work with individuals, couples and polyamory, LGBQTIA+, questioning, GSERD and neurodivergence. 

I’m trained and experienced in working with abuse, childhood abuse, attachment, anxiety, stress, anger, trauma and depression and more.

I have a lot of experience, psychotherapy tools and ideas that I can share with you. What I bring may help give a different perspective. I have “tools” or ideas/techniques to help you navigate your way through your difficulties. Talking can really help, sharing what’s going on for you can help the weight you carry become lighter.

I’m trained in Relationship Therapy, Psychodynamic, CBT, Person Centred,  Transpersonal, Systems, Attachment, Neurodiversity and Gender Sexual and Relationship Diversity. I would work very openly with you in my thoughts about psychological theories, because I believe when you know the theory, life begins to make a bit more sense.

Supporting you is important to me. If you’re going through difficult times I will work with you to find resolutions to your problems. The future can be a positive place of hope, but sometimes we have to pay attention to the pain of the present to create change. 

I explore how we feel about ourselves in relation to the world or in relation to a partner and how we can think better of ourselves and achieve/be who we want to be.

Often attachment to our earliest caregivers lays down our pattern of relating to the world. Sometimes trauma, loss, illness and difficulties can  influence us into unhelpful ways of relating to ourselves and others. 

As we develop self awareness of our own behaviour and thinking patterns we can start to identify which behaviours and thoughts are useful to us, and what isn’t. This is the place where we find our future can be a positive place and we can develop resilience, emotional strength and good awareness of our boundaries and how they can protect us and others.

For the first session I charge a discounted rate of £35 and you can decide if you want to work with me. Then it’s £50. If this is a problem we can talk it through. 

For couples counselling the fee is £60.

I do offer concessions so please get in touch. 

It’s really important to find a counsellor who you feel you can work with and be vulnerable with, and if it’s not me please look for another and don’t give up. 

I work openly with clients and explain ideas and theories, and ask for feedback as to how the sessions are working and what you need from me…it’s important to know you can trust your counsellor enough to say “I don’t agree with that…”