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CHOICES ARE THE HINGES OF DESTINY- EDWIN MARKHAM

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    Emma Varco

    Founder & Psychotherapist

    Emma Varco – is a fully qualified and registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

    Emma is an Integrative psychotherapist with over 17 years experience offering psychotherapy and counselling. Emma has extensive experience within the health and social care sector, offering skills associated with many different aspects of mental health services such as crisis support, counselling and psychotherapy as well as charitable and NHS sectors of mental health.

    Emma also offers evidence based, psycho-educational solutions of cognitive behavioural therapy for people suffering with a wide range of common health issues such as low mood and/or anxiety, ADHD and Neurodivergence and Family Issues.

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    Tara Cartwright

    Associate Therapist

    Since qualifying as a Person-Centred Counsellor in 2007, Tara has gained experience working in London for various mental health charities, including CRUSE Bereavement Care’s Kensington & Chelsea branch. Tara has also had experience with ‘Walk & Talk’ Nature therapy, believing in a natural holistic approach to mental wellbeing. Tara regularly volunteers for SHOUT, a national Crisis text-line supporting young people & adults.

    Tara offers support for many different presenting issues, for example: Loss & Bereavement, Depression (including Post Natal Depression), Stress, Anxiety, Fertility and Relationship.

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    Lesley Greenway

    Associate Therapist

    Lesley Greenway – is a fully qualified and registered member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), as an integrative psychotherapist.

    Lesley combines psychodynamic, relational and existential approaches when working with individuals and couples. Providing a safe and confidential space where difficulties can be explored in context, and history of where they have come from.

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    Olivia Marshall

    Associate Therapist

    Olivia offers a warm, person-centred and humanistic approach, creating a nurturing, non-judgemental space where a genuine therapeutic relationship can organically develop. She believes this connection can help clients better understand themselves, recognise their strengths and move towards their own goals and potential.

    Alongside her counselling training, Olivia brings over 20 years’ experience working with adults across health and social care. She draws on her skills and wider knowledge to offer psychoeducation and practical support where helpful.

    Her particular interests include women’s health, perimenopause and menopause, motherhood, neuroscience and neurodiversity. She has a compassionate understanding of how our brains, bodies and nervous systems can influence how we experience life, and welcomes both men and women wanting to better understand themselves and their experiences.

    Olivia welcomes people from all backgrounds and identities, including LGBTQ+ clients, and aims to create a space where you can feel accepted, heard and able to be fully yourself.

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    Chantelle Hellier

    Associate Therapist

    Chantelle is a registered member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and holds a Diploma and Degree in Counselling.

    With over 9 years experience, Chantelle has worked with both adults and young people, within inpatient an outpatient rehab facility for issues relating to substance misuse, detox, anxiety, depression and domestic violence.

    Chantelle has extensive therapeutic experience when working with children, young people and adolescence. She offers expertise of child & adolescent neuroscience with a particular focus on mental health, life crisis, anxiety, depression as well as many other socio economic and psychological interventions.

    Alongside my counselling practice, I also work within a hospital setting, supporting children and young people through a range of emotional, social and wellbeing needs. This experience has given me valuable insight into the challenges children and families can face during difficult or uncertain periods, and has strengthened my ability to offer a calm, compassionate and child centred approach. My work in both counselling and healthcare settings has helped me develop a sensitive understanding of the individual needs of each child, while working collaboratively with families and professionals to promote emotional wellbeing, resilience and positive development. 

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    Gabrielle Toseland

    Associate Therapist

    Gabrielle Toseland is an HCPC-registered Integrative Arts Psychotherapist working with adults, children and young people.

    She offers a warm, relational and creative approach, combining talking therapy with imagery, metaphor, mindfulness, psychoeducation and body-based awareness. No artistic experience is required; therapy is tailored to each individual and can help explore experiences that are difficult to put into words.

    Gabrielle has extensive experience supporting people affected by trauma, abuse, anxiety, grief, relationship difficulties and major life transitions across specialist services, NHS settings, schools, refuges and community organisations. She has a particular interest in women’s wellbeing, parenthood and the influence of early relationships, informed by attachment, neuroscience, trauma stabilisation and mind–body awareness. Aligned with the Well Being Hive’s ethos of pausing, connecting and flourishing, she also enjoys art, singing, yoga, walking and time on the Cornish coast with her family.

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    Sophie Yule

    Associate Therapist

    Sophie Yule - Counsellor & Clinical Supervisor

    Sophie is a fully qualified BACP person centered counsellor and clinical supervisor, working with children from the age of 11, teenagers, young people and adults. Alongside her private practice, she works in the NHS and with the charities Bliss and Penhaligon's Friends. 

    Sophie is an experienced counsellor specialising in bereavement, grief and loss, including baby loss. She has completed specialist grief training with SANDS and Penhaligon's Friends. 

    She also supports clients experiencing anxiety, depression, ARFID and other eating disorders, trichotillomania. ADHD, autism, health anxiety, ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a wide range of mental health difficulties. 

    Sophie holds a Level 4 Advanced Certificate in Counselling, a Level 5 Diploma in Counselling and Therapeutic Studies and a BA (Hons) degree in Counselling. She is also a qualified clinical supervisor.  

    Her approach is person-centered, she integrates elements of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, (CBT), Solution Focused Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), adapting her approach to each client's needs and working collaboratively with clients as equals.