Catherine Sweeney

*NEW from July 2025, offering “Walk and Talk Therapy*

Contact me now for further information and to assess your suitability for this.  See bold  section * below for further info.

Half price initial session.

In person sessions or walk and talk sessions available Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, daytime and evening.  Also available Saturday mornings.

I can offer Zoom sessions as well.

Initial session £25 and £50 to continue. 

I can offer a concessionary rate of £45 for NHS workers,  students and those on low income.

Counselling is for you and about you. I'd be interested to hear the problem you're facing right now. It can be difficult to make that first appointment, so I aim to offer a warm acceptance and really hear what's going on for you. 

Whether you are lost in painful memories from the past or anxiously worrying about the future,  both these, can leaving you with little energy to live your life more fully right now. Perhaps you feel unable to see a clear way through a difficult dilemma that leaves you stuck where you are. Lack of confidence or trust can leave you unable to get what you need from your life.

You may be surprised to realise that simply talking about these things and allowing feelings to be expressed about what’s happened to you, can really you move forward. Having an experienced counsellor helps you clarify things, improve feelings of self-worth, begin to heal the hurt and pain of loss or move towards  making choices you’ve been putting off.

I have ten years experience in helping people with all sorts of issues, so let’s see how I can support you in exploring what’s going on for you. 

I first built up my private practice in London after completing my training, then moved to Cardiff and had a busy practice there . Through lockdown , I learned a lot from working exclusively online and now my new practice in Ludlow is a mixture of both online and face to face.

Contact me now for current availability.

I now live in Ludlow in Shropshire and work from a comfortable, private and cosy annexe in my home. It has a separate entrance from the rest of the property. Although there is ramped level access up to the house, the door has a step into the room.

*Because Ludlow is so pretty and accessible to green space, I’ve now started offering ‘Walk and Talk Therapy’ for people who may find this useful as a different way to access counselling. 

Essentially, it means meeting somewhere convenient to a walk and spending the bulk of the session walking or sitting and engaging therapeutically in nature. 

I’m very excited about this new venture, so am offering half price first sessions for a limited period in July and August. Please enquire as to your suitability. It may be necessary to have a half price session in my therapy room first to do this.*

There is plenty of on road parking and it is also walking distance from the station or the town centre. 

If you prefer to be in the town centre I can use a a room at the Mascall Centre in Ludlow.

https://www.ludlowmascallcentre.co.uk/

Sessions are £25 for the first, then £50 to continue. I can also offer them online if preferred.

I offer a half price first session as I believe its important to try an initial session to see if it feels right for you and also to see for what the best option is for you and whether we can work together to help you explore and work on what feels important for you.

First sessions are about what you feel comfortable to share right now about this first step you have taken to make an appointment with me. It’s a chance for you to share and say what it is you want from sessions, what outcome you’d like, even if you’re not sure what that is yet. 

Also, to ask me questions, if you have any, about the process or about my qualifications, training and experience.