Welcome to
Helen Key Counselling
A confidential space to explore the thoughts, feelings and challenges in your life
Counselling and Supervision in Calne and the wider Wiltshire area.
Welcome, and thank you for visiting Helen Key Counselling.
I use an integrative counselling approach, which has a basis in humanistic/person-centred practice. This means that I might use a variety of methods, theories and techniques such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Solution Focussed Brief Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Transactional Analysis (TA) and Mindfulness. This integrative framework and my experiential training enable me to work in a way appropriate to your needs and covering a wide range of issues.
I offer:
- Integrative counselling
- Working with young adults aged 16+
- Supervision for other professionals
I work:
- In person face to face in Calne.
- Working with young adults aged 16+
- Supervision for other professionals
Counselling can help resolve difficulties by developing awareness and understanding, opening up new creative possibilities and seeing things from a different perspective, making change possible.
My Services
Supervision
I offer professional supervision to individuals and groups, counsellors and people working within the caring professions.
Read more on my Supervision page.
Get in touch
All enquires are usually answered within 24 hours - please note I won't respond to enquiries at the weekend until my next working day..
Frequently asked questions
Counselling is usually a good way to help with a current problem; something that can be discussed and - hopefully - resolved within a limited number of sessions. Over a certain number of weeks the understanding of the problem improves and away forward becomes clear. Therapy often describes work that goes a bit deeper, towards more substantial life issues and problems having a deeper effect on the client’s life. Therapy often requires a long-term approach, so the number of sessions can be open-ended.
Which option is most suitable depends on the client and the difficulties they are facing. In some cases counselling works well as an ongoing, longer-term option - or therapy can manage to resolve an issue in just a few sessions.
How long a period of counselling lasts will vary from person to person and depend on the depth of the issues they are facing. For some people a couple of sessions helps to bring their problems into focus, and they feel ready to move forward; other problems may require more of an open-ended approach.
Before we begin any work we will agree on the number of sessions we’ll undertake, and at the end of that number review our progress. As long as we both agree further therapy will be of benefit to you, sessions can continue.
My aim is to offer a first appointment - known as an initial assessment - within 1-2 weeks. Then we would arrange a set number of counselling sessions to take place at the same time every week, that is convenient for you and where I have availabity. How quickly these sessions can begin will depend on the availabity of that free ‘slot’.
Everything that is said within the counselling room is private - this is one of the main ways counselling and therapy differ from talking to a friend or relative. Once you are comfortable with the format of weekly sessions and the safe space they provide, you will find the freedom to speak in confidence is of great value.
Note that there are some situations where you may be a risk to yourself or others, and there the law requires that I notify an authority; in these cases I may not be able to keep total confidentiality. Breaking confidentiality is very rare though, and only happens after the person concerned has been informed.
Usually I am asked this question by people who are nervous about entering into counselling, or when they are looking for support in coming to see a therapist. This anxiety is understandable, but a key aspect of therapy is that you should feel free to talk about any issues you feel are important to you. Having someone else with you who can be connected those issues makes this opening-up more difficult, so for this reason I do not see clients accompanied by friends or family.
My location
I work in a private therapy room located in Calne, and see clients from the greater Wiltshire area and surrounding counties. My practice address is Nuthatch Road, Calne SN11 9SH
Counselling Fees
Sessions last for 50 minutes, cost £50, and usually take place at the same time weekly either face to face or online.
Please note that if you want to cancel an appointment contact me as soon as possible. Sessions cancelled with less than 48 hours’ notice will be charged for.
I accept payment in cash, or by bank transfer in advance of your appointment.
Supervision Fees
Session fees are £60 for one hour, £75 for 1.5 hours and £90 for two hours either in person or online.
Please get in touch if you are a counselling student and require supervision for your placement and we can discuss a reduction.
Please note that if you want to cancel an appointment contact me as soon as possible. Sessions cancelled with less than 48 hours’ notice will be charged for.
I accept payment in cash, or by bank transfer in advance of your appointment.
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