About Me
Psychotherapy for Children & Adults Face to Face in Hampshire, Nationally & Internationally online
Georgia Swift NCS Accred, BACP (Reg)
Dip.Couns Cert.Couns.Studies Cert.EP (YJ)
I am a psychotherapist working with adults and children in the UK and overseas. Before opening my private practice,I worked with specialist therapy services supporting clients with baby loss, child exploitation, rape and sexual abuse.
Specific areas of therapeutic interest include working with children, grief and private addiction treatmment. I work as an associate 1-1 and group therapist with a renowned Harley Street online addiction treatment programme .
Before qualifying in Humanistic Counselling at the
University of Chichester I held a lengthy career spanning over 20 years working with vulnerable children and adults. Specialist roles included Drug Rehabilitation Requirement (DRR) case manager with the National Probation Service, Education liaison officer in an inner-city provision (PRU), Youth Court Officer, defence team Court clerk. While acting as the Bail and Remand officer for South and South East Hampshire I chaired the Wessex Bail and Remand steering group and completed a professional certificate in effective practice (Youth Justice) with the University of Portsmouth.
Issues I can help you through include:
- Coping with loss, grief and bereavement
- Managing Trauma
- Low self-esteem & poor self image
- Depression, low mood and anxiety
- Terminal illness & coping with the illness of a loved one
- Difficult relationships
- Separation & divorce conflict
- Childhood worries affecting school attendance
- Support for parents facing difficulty with a childs' behaviour
- Working to address the cause of antisocial and offending behaviour
- Supporting victims of crime including the families of offenders
- Addiction & dependency - substances, alcohol, gambling and other problematic behaviour patterns
- Disordered Eating
How Counselling Can Help You
It takes courage to acknowledge that for whatever reason you are struggling to manage life as well as you might like. It takes courage to accept that you need help to manage ongoing difficulties or a traumatic life event.
Counselling is a talking therapy which gives you a safe, non judgemental and confidential space to talk about difficult feelings and challenges you may be experiencing.
Life events can impact children and adolescents in number of ways affecting school life, behaviour and inducing phobic and anxious behaviours. I can work with children to help them to process and manage difficult experiences and begin to enjoy a less worrisome life again.
As your Counsellor I will be beside you to help you on your journey of recovery. I won't tell you what to do but together we can explore your options to make managing life easier or find ways of helping you heal from a critical life experience.
"You don't always need someone to show you the light sometimes healing begins when someone sits beside you in the dark and lets you know that you are understood"
~ Georgia 2016
Testimonials
Past Clients have given kind permission for me to publish their feedback
"You have been part of my journey and made it much easier to cope with. I will never forget the way you helped me, thank you"
"You helped me and I found strength I didn't know I had"
"Counselling wasn't 'my thing' I was embarrassed and thought it was a load of nonsense! You have showed me I was wrong about it and your support has been huge. Thank you"
"I felt comfortable talking to you about my problem from the first appointment. You put me at ease and helped me believe I could cope"
"Georgias warmth and natural way made me feel comfortable straight away"
"Thank you for helping my child back from a bad place. They are happy and able to learn again"
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