Heather Stone

I currently have availability for online sessions:

Monday 9:30 - 6:30 (Last session 5:30)

Friday 10:30 - 6:30 (Last session 5:30)

Selected evenings and weekends. Please get in touch to find out more.

Hiya

My name's Heather. I'm a trauma-informed, person-centred counsellor.

Maybe that doesn't mean much.

Essentially, I don't ask what is wrong with you, I ask what happened to you? And I have faith in the fact that you are the expert in yourself and so I listen to and trust in you to find your way to healing. 

My role is to provide the best possible environment for you to start to listen to yourself without fear of judgment or rejection. 

I've worked for the past few years with a charity in Stoke providing therapy for men and women who have experienced multiple traumas such as sexual and domestic violence. 

What that means is I've been working deeply with clients and their stories, listening to things that people thought that they would never share, and I can do that for you. Whatever you bring.

I also have a passion for supporting people through their pregnancies and into new parenthood. After experiencing both ante and post-natal depression, I researched the effects of birth trauma on mothers for my MSc in Psychotherapy. What I found was that people experience a huge amount of shame when they enter parenthood and I want to help lift that shame. 

Anyway, if you want to have an initial chat and see if I fit your needs, get in touch. 

I offer hourly sessions at a schedule that suits you. I don't put a limit on the amount of sessions that you have but always work toward a moment when I'm no longer needed. 

I am happy to work with students seeking to meet their required therapeutic hours at a concessionary price. All students should check the criteria required of a therapist from their training institution. Please get in touch to find out more.

When I work online, I work from a private site where we can talk in complete privacy. 

It can be really hard to know who the heck to pick from a huge list of therapists who may not feel very different to each other. 

To help you make a decision, I offer an initial free 30 minute chat so that we can get to know each other a bit better. 

The healing that happens in therapy lies within the relationship you build with your therapist, and so it's important to feel comfortable with your choice. If we have a chat, and you don't think that I'm the person for you, that's okay. 

What I do know is that there will be someone who you do feel comfortable with and who can help you with whatever it is you need. 

I look forward to hearing from you soon.