Compassionate Private Counselling Supporting You Every Step of the Way
Counselling for bereavement & loss, multiple sclerosis and other life-long conditions.
Intrepid Counselling
Compassionate Counselling Support
Hello, I'm Donna Williamson at Intrepid Counselling, I offer face-to-face and online counselling and psychotherapy services to help address challenges you're facing. Whether you're dealing with loss, bereavement, end-of-life issues, living with a lifelong disease, or caring for a loved one, I work alongside you at your own pace, in a safe and supportive environment. I utilize a range of creative tools to help you express and work through your emotions when words alone are not enough or to work at a deeper level.
Individual Private Counselling and Group Therapy
Life can feel isolating, especially when you’re going through a difficult time. I work alongside my clients, offering steady support as we explore the challenges they want to address. Together, we create a safe and open space to talk about what you’d like to change and to discover the steps that can help you move toward that change.
I can help with:
- ADHD
- Adult adoptees
- Autism
- Bereavement
- Carers
- Chronic Illness
- Disabilities
- Dyslexia
- End of life
- Expats
- Loss
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Neurodiversity
- Pet Loss
- Personal Development
I am a qualified, experienced professional who can provide you with the insights to make sense of your experience, a second pair of eyes to see things from a different perspective and the tools to deal with whatever the future may bring.
Together we can discuss and look at areas such as problem solving, strengths, weaknesses and resources, values, goals and aims, coping strategies and self-care, personal development in daily life through the enhancement of strengths, resources and functioning. The aim is to increase autonomy in relation to social, professional and cultural environment.
About my therapy practice
I am an Australian living in the UK for over 20 years and a keen traveller/explorer, hence the name Intrepid Counselling.
I am National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) Accredited, and I operate within the Code of Ethics and Professional Practice to help gain good mental wellbeing, increase self-awareness and work towards desired outcomes.
Qualifications and Experience
I hold a Diploma in Counselling in Transactional Analysis and Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy.
Counsellor for Ataloss (UK’s bereavement signposting and information website), MS-UK and Sussex MS Centre.
I also facilitate Support Groups for people living with Multiple Sclerosis at the Sussex MS Centre consisting of blocks of 10-12 weekly sessions throughout the year. Offering a safe place for people to talk about their problems and explore ways of acceptance, managing change and gaining self-confidence.
I worked for many years at St Wilfrid’s Hospice as a Bereavement Counsellor. Counselling adults, children and young people. Talking therapy often includes using creative tools/play such as sand tray, playdough, string, stones, mood cards, paint, masks, games and many more, adapted to meet each client where they are, to assist with greater depth of work.
I previously worked at Macmillan Cancer Support, providing counselling for cancer patients and family members.
How I deliver therapy
- Individual and group therapy
- Short and long-term
- Face to face, online, telephone and home visits (for people who are house bound at an extra cost for travel).
- Held in a private room that is fully accessible and has access to disability toilets and parking
Fees
I offer an introduction 20 - 30 minute consultation free of charge to discuss the possibility of working together and any questions you may have, as well as talk about how we might approach the issues you want to address.
£45-£60 per 50 minute session.
