Uschi Maden

I currently have availabilities throughout the week. 

My name is Uschi and I am a qualified counsellor in Lancaster.

I offer in person face-to-face counselling sessions in Lancaster and also online counselling.

My therapy approach is Person-Centred, which means that you are in control of what we talk about. We will work at a pace that feels safe for you and I will accompany you in exploring whatever feels most pressing to you.

For me, person-centred counselling is more than a method: it is a philosophy that prioritises your perspective and values. You are the expert of your own life, and I believe that you have an inherent ability to grow and heal. I won't tell you what to do or think. Instead, I will offer you a welcoming and safe space, where we can develop a therapeutic relationship built on trust, respect and understanding. I deeply believe that the therapeutic relationship is key to success in therapy.  

I offer you my non-judgemental presence in our sessions, so you feel that I value and accept you and your experiences as you are. With this, I want to empower you to delve into your inner world with confidence, knowing that I will be with you to hold whatever might seem difficult for you right now. I can help you make sense of the issues that are causing you distress and your thoughts and feelings about them.

Talking about your issues in this way can help you to discover and harness your inner strength. In our work together, I aim to help you uncover solutions that resonate with your authentic self – solutions that are truly yours, not off-the-shelf advice - so you can take on life's challenges with greater control and confidence.

I am also an Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed therapist and I am training to incorporate this approach more into my practice. IFS views the mind as made up of different “parts” or sub-personalities, each with their own emotions and roles. IFS helps people identify and heal wounded parts of themselves by fostering a relationship between their core self and these various parts. This can help people gain greater self-awareness, emotional balance, and inner harmony.

My calm and comfortable counselling room is in an easy-to-reach central location in Lancaster, with wheelchair access, free car parking and easy access to bus routes. 

When you contact me, we arrange an initial free 30-minute meeting to get to know each other a little bit and to see if we want to work together. We can then arrange further sessions.

Sessions are 60 minutes and usually once a week, but this can be flexible to suit your needs.