Annie Friston

I currently have spaces available.

Current Availability:
Friday between 1pm - 4pm;
Saturday 1pm - 3pm;
Monday 9am-2pm.

Please contact me and we can discuss possible days and times.
I currently work via phone and video only.

We all sometimes need a space where we can just 鈥渂e鈥� ourselves and explore what is troubling us without criticism or judgement. It provides an opportunity to explore, make sense of, and work through what may be causing us difficulty.

My aim as a therapist is to help you feel comfortable in doing this in a safe space, and to work together to identify and work towards the resolutions and changes you need to feel in a better and more empowered place.

At times this may mean looking back and reflecting on where you have come from, at other times remaining in the 鈥榟ere and now鈥�. I will go with you wherever you need to go, alongside and sharing the journey with you.

My training background is in  Integrative Psychodynamic and Person Centered Counselling, and I focus on Relational working as I find this best maintains a focus on what you the client need from sessions.

Diversity.
I embrace all diversities as I completely believe in the shared human experience common to us all irrespective of what boxes society and culture like to place us.
I personally identify as transgender and have experience of working with gender non-conforming people.

My practice.
I have worked for many years in both short term (up to 16 weeks) and longer term counselling. Shorter term counselling is helpful for identifying simpler individual issues and looking towards short term changes. Longer term counselling is important for those deeper difficulties which require a lot of exploration and processing and often multiple changes.

I view each individual as unique and whilst we all will have similar issues and difficulties, the individual experience and journeys we have may be very different. So I will always adopt a person centered approach as this enables us to work towards your own needs and requirements in the sessions.

After initial contact your assessment session will be 1hr and this is currently 拢40 (拢30 for transgender clients on benefits or low income).

This session is a time to explore what is bringing you to counselling, what your expectations are, how you are coping and to discuss how counselling can best help you.

As part of this assessment I will go through a questionnaire of Anxiety and Depression levels with you 鈥� this gives us both a baseline and can be helpful on the therapy journey in measuring improvements.