Els Hall MBACP - Trauma-informed therapy with NB Queer Counsellor

In my practise I endeavor to create a safe space where I enter into your unique sphere of existence. I will frequently use metaphor as a vehicle to explore your innermost feelings and lay them out between us, enabling us both to make sense of them. I use a holistic approach to explore you as your entire being, the bigger picture of you, rather than a clinical deconstruction that reduces you to diagnosis or acronyms. I work with all clients from all walks of life, backgrounds, professions, and presenting issues, and I have years of experience in working with trauma and sexual violence. I recognise the complexity of trauma and the impact it can have on someone’s life, that it is often multi-faceted, a complicated tapestry with no simple beginning or end. This journey may take us through your relationships (past and present), as well as deconstructing harmful myths and narratives that may have disempowered you.

It is very important to me that my therapy is based within an understanding of intersectionality and how systemic prejudice affects individuals in a complex way, often compounding the trauma you might face. Therapy can be many different things to many different people. There is no one size fits all, and no journey is the same for everyone. For some, it might be a transformative experience, learning about oneself and navigating hidden, uncomfortable corners and confronting those shadows. For others, it may be one of remembrance, a space to hold grief, to embrace our past selves, and release that pain. Along the journey there can be moments of sorrow, but also some of shared joy and laughter.