Georgia Dench

I work Monday to Thursday; my first appointment starts at 9am and my last one at 8pm.

I currently have availability.

I am an experienced counsellor working in private practice in Harpenden and online.  I help people with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, low mood and depression, low self-esteem and relationship difficulties, grief, parenting issues, living with chronic pain, trauma and abuse.

The counselling I offer gives you a confidential space and a non-judgmental relationship dedicated to helping you open up about your feelings and experiences so that you can start to make sense of them. Through talking and thinking together, you’ll come to understand more about why you feel as you do.

By developing greater self-knowledge, and a more compassionate relationship with yourself, you can start to challenge old patterns of behaviour. Through having an increased sense of agency, you'll start to feel calmer, more hopeful and better equipped to deal with the challenges that arise in life.

Since 2020 I've held an Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling having taken a five year training accredited by the Â鶹ԭ´´.

I have extensive experience working with clients, both face-to-face and online, in private practice and at a charitable foundation.

I am in ongoing professional supervision and I am committed to my continuing professional development.

I hold full liability insurance and a DBS certificate.

I offer weekly counselling sessions for individuals aged 18+.  Each session lasts 50 minutes and takes place at the same time each week. I work from a peaceful, dedicated therapy room in Harpenden.  I also offer remote sessions by zoom or telephone.

I offer:

- short-term counselling for a defined period to help you with a specific issue or time of transition; and

- open-ended counselling to work at more depth and to end when you feel ready

I tend to focus on what is going on for you in the here-and-now; what is happening in your life between sessions as well as what happens during our sessions. I also pay attention to how your past may be influencing your present in ways that are not immediately apparent. This is not to get bogged down in analysis and blame, but to help you understand what drives you and what may be restricting you.

As you make sense of where your current difficulty has its roots, we can start to sensitively challenge those embodied beliefs that may have served you well in the past but are now out-of-date and holding you back. Through the work we do, you’ll uncover your strengths and identify more useful ways of being so that you can focus on what feels meaningful, authentic and fulfilling. You’ll develop a greater sense of agency in dealing with the challenges that arise in life.

I think of the first appointment as a consultation. We talk about what’s been troubling you and how you would like things to change.

This consultation gives you the chance to see if you feel counselling with me would be helpful, and I can make sure that I feel I can help you.

Afterwards, you can think about whether you’d like to move to regular weekly appointments.