Carole Heselton

I have availability on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9am until the last session at 7pm.

Is anxiety ruining your life? Do you wake in the night unable to get back to sleep because your mind is whirling with worries, or start each day with a pit of butterflies in your tummy? Maybe the thought of going to work or seeing friends fills you with dread, your heart racing. I work with women who are desperate to free themselves from the distress and exhaustion of constant anxiety.

We will work together in a safe and structured way so you can recognise your triggers and learn how to calm your body instead of escalating into panic. You will become more relaxed and secure because you will know how to manage your anxiety symptoms. And when you feel safe in your body, if you want to go further, we can work together to get to the core of your fears and reframe them, giving you the freedom to live life with confidence.

When we’re in pain we want to feel better immediately. The act of telling me about what you are feeling can give you an instant feeling of relief. That’s just the start of the process, though, as it takes time for us to get to know each other, for trust and confidence to develop.

I have a Level 4 Diploma in Integrative Counselling. My core approach is person-centred, but I also use elements of CBT, Transactional Analysis and Attachment Theory. 

 I offer private counselling either online or in person.

If you’d like to talk to me, I offer a no-charge initial online consultation. I’d love to hear from you at caroleheseltoncounselling@outlook.com

Working Together

My counselling room is a space where you can take time away from the external pressures to bring your pain, confusion, anger, and sadness. It’s a place where you can be real, where you don’t have to put on a brave face, or hold everything together. I help you to explore and understand your own needs, experiences and patterns of behaviour, to find a healthy, meaningful way forward. For women suffering with anxiety, that includes helping you to find ways of calming, grounding and regulating your body. 

If you decide you would like us to start working together, we will agree a number of sessions – usually for an initial six weeks and review our progress at the end of that time and decide whether you wish to carry on. Ideally sessions should be weekly but when we book a series of sessions in, we can take account of holidays or times when you aren’t able to attend. As we come to the end of our sessions together we might move to fortnightly sessions in preparation for finishing our work together if that feels helpful

Fees: £65 for a 60-minute online session or in-person session held in St Albans. Parking available. 

Fees are payable through online payment 24 hours in advance of each session.

You need a counsellor you feel comfortable to talk to and the initial free consultation session is an opportunity for us to get to know more about each other to decide if we will be able to work together well.  

We will talk about what you want achieve and how counselling might be able to help you and discuss any questions you might have. 

If you decide to go ahead I will send you my contract for you to read through so that we can discuss  it in more detail at our first session and I can answer any questions you might have about it. 

The first session is different from the regular sessions as I will be asking a lot of questions to build up a full and detailed picture about you to help me work most effectively with you.