Stacey Permaul Counselling mbacp

IN-PERSON COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY IN EAST DULWICH

ONLINE/TELEPHONE COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY ACROSS THE UK

About me

"What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly" - Carl Rogers

A little about me...

Counselling and psychotherapy is my second career after initially training as an actor. I have found many skills from my former career in the arts that I have been able to transfer to my counselling work such as:

- stepping into another's world;

- thinking creatively when working with a client’s issues;

- working with metaphors and imagery to reframe a perspective;

- artwork to help unblock a client who may feel using only words to communicate their feelings and emotions.

I hold an Advanced Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy as well as diplomas in Addiction Counselling, Postnatal Depression and Motivational Interviewing.

As part of my continued professional development I have undertaken further training in the following fields:

Generalised anxiety disorder and panic, complex/complicated grief, birth trauma, miscarriage and pregnancy loss, subsequent pregnancy after loss, domestic abuse, suicide intervention, anxiety disorders, expressive media and ecotherapy. I am always striving to gain more education and knowledge about mental health issues as there is always something new to learn.

My experience

I have been running my private practice for over a year, supporting clients with a range of concerns and issues. I work both in-person and virtually via video-call and telephone.

I am also currently working with Cradle, a pregnancy loss charity, supporting bereaved mothers and fathers through their loss with 121 counselling.

Prior to this, I worked with Savvy Theatre supporting their core team and members through the Covid lockdown with 121 counselling and group wellbeing sessions.

I have worked in various clinical settings including an addiction rehab centre and a perinatal mental health charity.

What issues can I help with?

I can support you with:

Miscarriage and pregnancy loss
Anxiety
Low self-worth or esteem
Relationship issues
Life changes or transitions
Perinatal mental health issues such as post or prenatal anxiety and depression, birth trauma and coping with the transition into motherhood (matrescence).

Who do I work with?

I work with clients from all different paths. My counselling training was built on a foundation of acceptance and acknowledgement of difference and diversity. One client’s experience of anxiety may be completely different to another.

Subsequently, although I work with certain issues and challenges commonly shared with my clients, I approach each therapeutic relationship with an understanding and respect of its uniqueness and individuality.

How do I work with you?

I offer you a space free of judgement; full of understanding; based upon authenticity. No facades, no masks. A space for you to discover all of you - the light and the dark.

I offer a space for reflection, deeper understanding and, subsequently, greater acceptance of self... acceptance of all of you.

A unique relationship that holds no conditions, labels or demands from you to be anything other than your truest self.

Book a free telephone consultation