Walk and talk
Frinton seafront and the greensward
We walk side by side at whatever pace suits you. Some people find it easier to say difficult things when they are not sitting opposite someone.
Counselling in Frinton-on-Sea, Essex
Therapy at
walking pace.
An hour a week to think out loud, with someone whose only job is to listen properly. Along the seafront if you would rather move while you talk, or indoors if you would not.
- Where
- Frinton greensward, a room in town, or online
- How long
- 50 minutes, indoors or walking, weekly
- First step
- 20 minutes, by phone or video, free
Three ways to meet
In a room
Frinton-on-Sea
A quiet, private room with two chairs and a clock you can see. The usual fifty minutes, indoors, in the warm.
Online
Video or phone
For weeks when travel is hard, or if you live outside Essex and want to keep working together.
About Lucia
I spent ten years listening to other people's stories for a living. Now I do it properly.
I was a journalist before I was anything else, writing for trade magazines, then for yoga, travel and wellbeing titles and for The Guardian. In 2007 I trained as a yoga teacher in northern California, and I have been teaching yoga and mindfulness ever since, in Essex, abroad and online.
I am now training as a person-centred counsellor. My work is supervised, my practice is insured, and I am a student member of the BACP. Training is not a lesser version of the work. It means you get a counsellor who is being watched closely, thinking hard, and charging less than they will in a few years' time.
What people bring
- Anxiety that has started running the day
- Low mood that has outstayed its reason
- Grief, including the kind other people think you should be over
- Change you did not choose: illness, redundancy, an empty house
- Feeling disconnected from your own body
- Wanting somewhere to think out loud that is not family or friends
You do not need a diagnosis, a crisis, or a tidy explanation of why you are coming. Most people start with something like "I'm not sure where to begin", which is a perfectly good place to begin.
Start with a conversation, not a commitment.
A free 20 minutes, by phone or video, so you can hear what I sound like and ask whatever you need to ask. No obligation to book anything after it.