Insight Northampton
Counsellor in Northampton, Northamptonshire
Are you feeling that life isnt the way you want it to be? then I can help you to make sense of your feelings, thoughts, behaviour and what is happening in your life.
Thank you for reading my profile and I hope you find it of interest. If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact me where I will be only too pleased to answer them.
Counselling in person or online.
The following are just some of the feelings that make life difficult and to talk it through with someone like me can very often help.
DO YOU FEEL JUDGED?
ARE YOU FEELING THAT YOU ARE NOT BEING HEARD?
DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE NOT BEING LISTENED TO?
ARE YOU FEELING CONFUSED?
DO YOU FEEL ISOLATED / ALONE?
ARE YOU FEELING STRESSED?
DO YOU FEEL ANXIOUS / DEPRESSED?
ARE YOU ANGRY?
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED LOSSES / BEREAVEMENT?
DO YOU FEEL GUILT / BLAME / SHAME?
ARE YOU STRUGGLING TO MANAGE OR COPE WITH YOUR FEELINGS / THOUGHTS?
I am here to help. Whether its something that is happening in your life right now or events from the past that are continuing to affect you.
3 Reviews on “Insight Northampton”
Threes years ago I contacted Kevin as I was extremely low, confused and muddled in my thinking. I didn’t trust my own sense of reality and was suffering from loss.
Through my sessions with Kevin I began to understand what I was feeling. As I unpacked my pain through talking I began to see how I had not been in safe place as a child or young person to allow myself to feel the pain of the different types of abuse I’d suffered when I was young and vulnerable. Kevin gave me the space and safety to experience my emotions ( which I had packed away for years) through our sessions. Feeling these emotions helped me to cope with them and minimise them. That’s all down to being able to verbalise how I felt , having permission, in a safe and confidential space. I also realised that my behaviour here and now was impacted by therapy sessions. I became to trust my own experience, my own feelings, and to feel any emotion …. as that is ok. I’ve started a relationship with myself, I hadn’t really taken the time for me before…. and I’m quite interesting! I’m setting healthy boundaries and trying to put myself in the centre of decision making. I realised that self care comes in many forms , and until I began to know myself I had no clue how to care for myself…. through my therapy sessions with Kevin I now have a greater understanding.
Thank you Kevin
In April last year my younger sister sadly died after a short illness.
I was devastated and, at the time, unable to say goodbye to her or to attend her cremation due to Covid-19 and the nationwide lockdown.
As the months went by I became increasingly depressed and overwhelmed with a range of emotions relating to our family, the conflicting issues in my past and of course dealing with my profound grief.
Talking (and at times weeping) with Kevin gave me the opportunity to work through my emotions and begin to understand my feelings. He has helped me understand my feelings are an important part of who I am.
As my grief began to feel less overwhelming, I was able to rest, sleep and manage the demands in my life a little better.
Kevin is warm, empathic and unafraid to ask direct questions which I needed to find the answers to.
I could not have gotten through the last 6/9 months without having his support.
Feeling hopeless, helpless and ready to give up? Disillusioned with life? Unsure what the future holds? Struggling with events in the past? Not sure which route to take? If, like me, you answered YES – you may wish to read on…..
Personally, I felt ready to give up. I felt hopeless and helpless. I had lost everything and nothing I seemed to do was helping. I was severely depressed. Visits to the GP, prescribed medication and work with professionals specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapies worked to begin with but not anymore. I needed something different. I needed an additional and alternative addition to my support network, and fast. I threw my last dice and contacted Kevin Powell. What had I lose?
That last roll of the dice was worthwhile. I am slowly re-building my life with a greater understanding of what is important to me. Kevin has facilitated in helping me to understand, recognise and celebrate my own feelings and the feelings of others. Not only has this been crucial for me, but Kevin has supported me in gaining a greater clarity over aspects in my own life and how to do this rather than basing aspects of my life on opinions of others and assumptions, showing me how assuming (rather than looking at the facts) can be dangerous and cause problems.
Through weekly sessions with Kevin, I now have the sense of purpose I needed to rediscover, I have regained the ability to seek clarity over assuming and most importantly, I have explored my feelings and the feelings of others. I have been empowered to take back control, tackle life’s challenges rather that ‘parking’ them and move forwards with strategies that help me make sense of what has happened to me over the past few years.
As I initially thought before I met with Kevin, what have I got to lose?
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