Welcome to
MSBCounselling
Counselling in Guildford, Surrey and surrounding areas.
Maria Bessant M.B.A.C.P.
Offering
short and long-term
Counselling & Psychotherapy.
Hi I'm Maria and Welcome,
I am a Humanistic Counsellor with a
compassionate and warm approach.
I am a registered B.A.C.P. Qualified Counsellor, with a caring approach to help you navigate through your life challenges. I deeply care about your well-being and strive to create for you a safe and supportive environment where you can feel heard and understood.
I believe it's a true honour to be part of your therapeutic journey. I see your courage in reaching out for support, bravery in sharing your struggles, and in doing so, you are no longer alone, we face these together. I see how sharing can be a transformative experience and, as part of our journey, you may just begin to realise the immense inner strength that lies within you.
I work with 16+ and Adults where I have experience with a variety of issues.
Find out more About Me.
What is Humanistic Counselling?
Humanistic Counselling integrates 3 different modalities of Person-Centred, Existential and Gestalt, find out more about Humanistic Modalities,
As a Humanistic Counsellor, my main belief is that we are all unique individuals, and life's difficult challenges impact us all in different ways. No one person is the same, and no one challenge or struggle is the same.
In recognising your own uniqueness, I can help you to explore ways to manage these challenges and struggles, so to meet your individual needs, which can then help you to find ways to cope better, and lead toward you taking more control of your life.
I offer Online, Telephone and Face to Face sessions, to ensure flexibility, which allows you to choose the method that best suits your needs and comfort level.
If you're unsure Counselling is for you, I offer a choice of either a free 30 minute telephone or online consultation, where this can be explored.
Contact Me to book a free consultation.
A bit about Counselling.
There are various reasons why you might come to me for counselling. It could be that you are experiencing difficulties in your personal relationships, confused, struggling with anxiety or depression, uncertain of your identity, questioning your self-worth, lonely, or facing a major life transition, a significant turning point or milestone that you are struggling to deal with.
These struggles can be very challenging, sometimes confusing, at times isolating, even difficult to navigate and often having an emotional toll on you. Within Counselling, I offer you a caring and compassionate place where you are no longer alone with these difficulties. I will walk alongside you and we will face these unique struggles, challenges or confusion together. A safe, accepting, and non-judgmental space, where you can freely express your individual thoughts and emotions.
Together, I can help you explore what you're feeling, why you're feeling that way and help you toward discovering ways to help you cope. In helping you gain a deeper understanding of yourself, you can then find and develop your own effective coping strategies.
As a Humanistic Counsellor, I am dedicated to your well-being and counselling is a place where I work collaboratively with you to create an environment that supports you in exploring your unique needs and goals. Together, we can work towards overcoming obstacles and help to empower you to live a life that aligns with your true potential.
Find out more about Counselling.
A bit about my experience and what I can help you with.
As well as my private practice, I have also, for some years, supported a local shelter. The YMCA, where I provided counselling & psychotherapy services to Adults experiencing homelessness, including many different challenging circumstances and struggles that brought them here.
I additionally provide counselling and psychotherapy services for R.A.S.A.S.C. (Guildford's Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre), supporting individuals with a range of personal struggles and challenges.
Supporting other charities not only helps the individuals I support, but also helps to promote a sense of unity and collaboration within the counselling community. By sharing our expertise and resources, we can learn from one another and collectively work towards our common goal of improving the well-being of individuals and society as a whole. I believe together, we can create a stronger and more compassionate society.
Below is a list of some of the issues I can support you with, however, this list is not extensive. It really is up to you. You can bring whatever it is you wish to work on for your own individual and unique goals of healing and growth. Nothing is too big or too small, This is your space for you to explore your needs.
Have some questions ? Check out the most commonly asked questions and answers. , If your question's not there, just Email me and I'll answer it as best as I can.
Anger, Guilt or Shame
Anxiety
Bereavement
Communication difficulties
Depression
Domestic Abuse
Finding Meaning and Purpose
Identity Issues
Lack of Confidence
Loneliness and Isolation
Low Self Esteem
Overwhelm
PTSD/Panic Attacks
Redundancy
Relationship Difficulties
Sadness
Self-Awareness
Self Harm/ Suicidal Thoughts
Sexuality
Sexual Abuse
Stress
Stuckness
Trauma
Understanding Behaviour Patterns
Worries and Fears
Work/ Career issues
A place where you can grow.
"Growth occurs when individuals confront problems and struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities and views about life".
Carl Rogers
MSBCounselling is a place where we face these struggles together,
And, a bit about my fees and my hours.
My sessions are 50 minutes at £60 per session.
I also offer a low cost option for low incomes and unemployed.
Sessions are usually weekly, arranged for the same day and time each week, so easy to remember.
You may choose a set number of sessions or leave them open-ended, whatever works best for you.
Evening sessions will be Online & Telephone only.
See below my practice hours, and hopefully this works well for you too.
To book a session, request a free consultation, to ask about the low cost option, or any further queries, feel free to contact me. where I will aim to reply to you via email within 24hrs, or sooner.
See below for my current availability.
- Monday
- 07:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Tue – Wed
- 02:30 pm – 11:00 pm
- Thu – Sun
- Closed
Affiliations
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, (B.A.C.P.), and as such adhere to their Ethical Framework. I am also a certified Online and Telephone counsellor.
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