Meryl Lawrence

Meryl is a fully qualified and experienced Counsellor, Couple’s Counsellor and Hypnotherapist. She has a warm and calm approach that helps you feel at ease as you explore the reason you sought therapy, creating a safe environment of honesty and trust.  Meryl guides you towards awareness and understanding of the problem, of yourself, of your life events and relationships. Combining her experience and intuition, she shines a light on the root cause of the problem and helps you to find ways to move forward and achieve personal growth.

She works with adults and specialises in stress and anxiety and is also experienced in helping clients with a range of issues such as depression, bereavement, loss, life changes, menopause, anger, empty nest, fears and phobias, self-limiting beliefs and negative behaviours, panic attacks, low self-esteem and low confidence, relationships problems, stopping smoking, addiction, losing weight, emotional eating issues and sleeping problems.

Meryl also works with couples and helps them explore their relationship, focussing on positive solutions to their problems.

With a background in business and Human Resources, Meryl draws on her professional experience of supporting people with work-related problems and stress and how if left unmanaged, these issues can affect your mental and physical wellbeing, your personal/home life and relationships. She can help you build your confidence and overcome obstacles, coaching you in self-development to achieve your workplace goals and an improved work/life balance.

As a holistic and integrated therapist, Meryl blends a range of modalities and strategies to offer individually tailored therapy in a safe, non- judgemental and confidential space:

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)

Couples Therapy

Gestalt Therapy

Inner Child Therapy

Hypnotherapy and Mindfulness

Transactional Analysis

Psychodynamic Therapy

Person Centred

Coaching

Therapy can be life changing and bring about an awareness of yourself and others which can enhance your life. It helps you look at unhelpful, unwanted thoughts, habits and behaviours, enabling you to look at things differently which leads to positive change. Meryl is passionate about mental wellbeing. She believes that everyone has the potential within themselves to make choices or changes, no matter how small, to unlock their inner potential, to fully thrive and have the confidence and resources to live a fulfilling life.

Qualifications

Advance Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling

Advance Diploma in Hypnotherapy

NLP Practitioner

Certificate in Mindfulness, CBT and Coaching

Certificate in Couples Counselling

Professional Membership

Meryl is a registered member of the NCPS The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society and and The National Hypnotherapy Societyworks as an independent practitioner. She is committed to upholding the NCPS’s and the NHS’s ethical framework.