Deborah Rushton

I’m a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist and an accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (Â鶹ԭ´´).

It can be a daunting experience, but you have taken the first step  no matter how short or long you wish your journey with me to be.

My key areas of experience are working with those dealing with life changing and life challenging experiences. Perhaps you have suffered a life changing event, an affair, betrayal, a loss, a bereavement or a diagnosis - something that has perhaps left you feeling overwhelmed, angry, uncertain, lost, terrified, with a sense of hopelessness and loss of control.

How I work;-

I provide a confidential and non-judgemental environment from my private practice in Pirbright, Woking, GU240JX. I like to start to understand what has brought you to seek counselling. I aim to build trust enabling you to talk openly about how you truly feel, understanding the influencing factors around you, acknowledging the environment where you find yourself. This gives you the confidence and self-esteem with the autonomy you find within the circumstances that are proving difficult. As you start to feel seen and heard this sets you up on a path that enables you to make your own choices in life knowing you have made the right decisions for you. 

Key Areas of specialisation include;-

Abuse, Couples Therapy, Relationship Issues, Desire Issues, Divorce, Depression, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety, Feeling Sad, Low Self Esteem, Family issues, Low Confidence, Stress, Trauma - Using Chair work, Affairs and Betrayal, Separation and Divorce, Power Dynamics, Bereavement, Loss, Loss of Self, Loneliness, Emotional abuse, Sexuality and Domestic Abuse, Coercive Control, Violence.

Humanistic therapy, Person Centred Therapy. Gestalt Therapy, Existential Therapy. Working ethically - I ask every client to fill in a Counselling agreement which includes a mental health questionnaire to ensure support is appropriate, adaptive and individual to your needs, this may include, specialists, support services through Samaritans and or Suicide helpline, contacts such as GP and referrals on if required. 

Online;-

I can offer flexible appointments, including daytimes, evenings and weekends.

I work online using platforms that best suits you such as video based Zoom and WhatsApp or telephone which are all secure and confidential.

Please call, or send me an email and we can arrange our first session

Working with couples I ask you both to fill in questionnaire, this covers questions about how you met, what's brought you in, what was it like in the beginning, intimacy and more. The primary function of this is to establish the foundations and what is  the concerns/issue/s that have brought you in to see me and fundamentally what you both would like from it. I help with the following by going through how to; Communicate effectively, build up Trust, Affairs, Betrayals, Resentments, closeness, Arguments, Intimacy, Mental Health and more. 

I have completed training with Debbie Winterbourne, Couple Counselling and Professional Training Level 1 and Level 2. 

Couples Rate £120 - 50 minutes, £160 - 90 minutes, £200 - 120Minutes. 

Please note: All first session are two hours to give you both time  to bring forward what's troubling you.