Counsellor & Psychotherapist London - worldwide online

Counselling & Psychotherapy is about receiving the gift of someone’s genuine attention and care when you are going through a more vulnerable time in your life. In a private, confidential and friendly setting you'll explore any challenges you might be facing. At Vitalis Counselling & Therapy, based in London (and online/remote), you’ll be guided to move forward with confidence and ease. Let’s reconnect with a deep sense of meaning, fulfilment, inner calm and ease.

"You are bigger and more beautiful than you realise. I see it. Let me show you what I see".

Nina Burrowes - therapist

Psychotherapy and Personal Development

Improve your resilience and gain a greater sense of freedom in life

Embarking on a process of greater self-understanding can be a daunting task at first but life always offers moments where such a journey calls us. The question then becomes one of courage and urgency: are we ready to engage and discover our truth or not?

Regardless of our background, current professional and personal situation, life presents challenges to all of us, more than ever at these current times. Most of us live lives that are too busy and we find ourselves struggling to juggle all our to-do's and want-to-do’s. On top of this, we might encounter particular difficulties at work or in our relationship. All of this can leave us feeling rather exhausted over time, lacking the energy and time to look deeper.

Coaching and therapy can be valuable opportunities to carve out some conscious space and time each week to explore more deeply what is bothering us, what doesn’t feel quite right, what is lacking in our lives and how we can find the resources, understanding, and strength to move forward, make changes if necessary, in the direction that is right for us.

This process requires a little bit of courage at the start but, once engaged, we tend to find a depth, great richness, and even unexpected joy in the gift we have given to ourselves. All we need to bring to it is a readiness and willingness to look and explore. The rewards present themselves in the form of feeling more resilient, seeing more clearly, being able to engage with life more fully, and gaining an increased sense of freedom to make the choices that are right for us.

Karin Peeters, your counsellor & psychotherapist in a nutshell:

• Qualified Counsellor & Psychotherapist;

• Experienced Life, Career & Executive Coach;

• Member of the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapists (UKCP) and/or British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP);

• Interested in Eastern Philosophy & Spirituality: Mindfulness, Meditation, Yoga and the Buddhist Art of Living;

• Background in Corporate and first hand experience of the pressures and stresses of corporate life.

Embark on a deeply healing therapeutic journey, and if you so desire you can also receive practical, solution based coaching support. It is up you to decide the depth of our work together at any given time. Whichever modality we follow together, you’ll move forward in a direction that’s right for you.

Vitalis Counselling & Therapy believes in you and that the life you long to live is within reach.

At Vitalis Counselling & Therapy we explore your unique story. It’s your life and your interpretation of what is happening inside and around you. We invite you to be you. We love you to find your own values, your own truth, your true self and your own path in life. We are here to accompany you on this journey. We go together, so you feel safe and protected along the way.

Psychotherapy literally means to 'nurse the soul'; deriving its name from the ancient Greeks and their understanding of human nature and the psyche. At times in our lives we’re facing challenges that deserve some extra attention. A significant event, such as bereavement or a relationship break-up, might trigger us to seek counselling or therapy. Or there could be a desire to identify and break unhealthy patterns of behaviour. One needn't even be clear about ones reasons for starting counselling - many people experience a general sense of unhappiness, sadness, anxiety or dissatisfaction and use our work together as a way of finding out what these feelings might mean and how to overcome them. In short, there are no 'right' or 'wrong' reasons - you and the precious subjects you’d like to explore deserve warm, genuine and safe care.

Examples why you might seek counselling or therapy:

• Depression / Feeling Down, Numb or Low

• Bereavement / Loss / Grief / Sadness

• Relationship Difficulties, Being Single, Divorce or Break-Up

• Feelings of Abandonment / Rejection / Isolation / Loneliness

• Illness / Health Issues

• Indecisiveness / Procrastination / Lack of Motivation / Self-Sabotage

• Work Challenges and Career Change

• Body Image / Difficulties with Weight or Food / Eating Disorders

• Wanting Time for Yourself / Finding Yourself Back / Self-Development

• Assertiveness / Shyness / Social Anxiety

• Anxiety / Panic / Fear / Phobias

• Suicidal Feelings / Loss of Interest in Life / Hopelessness or Despair / Self Harm

This might seem like a long list, but the good news is that at Vitalis we believe all of the above can be overcome and healed.

When you feel vulnerable, more easily swept away, or it’s all a bit overwhelming; Counselling or Therapy might be just what you are looking for. The aim is to clarify the aspects of your life that cause distress, confusion or lead you to feel blocked, depressed, stuck or unfulfilled. It is through such clarification that you are more able to make choices about the things that you wish to change, to come to terms with those things that aren’t fixable and to understand the deeper meaning behind what is happening for you.

Let’s untangle the threads, and feel the freedom of possibility.

What to expect from Counselling and Therapy?

Counselling and Psychotherapy are both 'talking therapies', or in other words, conversations that attempt to help us make sense of our lives. Counselling and therapy consists of weekly sessions at a regular day/time each week. The period of time we work together depends on what you wish to resolve and develop in your life. What you choose to share is confidential. You do not need a referral from a GP to see a private counsellor or therapist.

What would a typical Counselling/Therapy session look like?

Different people have different needs in therapy and our approach is to use appropriate techniques according to your specific challenges. We use an integrative approach, which means we are experienced in working with several philosophies. In our case, we draw from a holistic range of theoretical backgrounds: Humanistic / Person-Centred, Cognitive Behavioural (CBT), Psycho-dynamic, Transactional Analysis (TA), Gestalt/Somatic Experiencing, Jungian Psychotherapy, Transpersonal Psychology & Psychotherapy and Existential approaches. This enables us to offer the type of therapy, or combination of therapies, that is most appropriate for your unique needs.

We combine our thinking mode (head), our emotions (heart) and our intuition (‘gut’ feeling) to solve and transform your challenges. We work intuitively and have a natural interest in Mindfulness, Spirituality, Dream Analysis, artwork, Creative Imagination, Buddhism, Meditation and Guided Visualisations and use these in our work, depending on the wishes of you as our client.

We secure a non-judgemental space, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, politics, culture or nationality.

Vitalis Counselling & Therapy is based in London for face-to-face sessions and also offers remote telephone and online counselling and therapy.

Why not enrich your therapy sessions with coaching tools?

Our therapists are also experienced Life, Career & Executive Coaches and can support you in the more practical and pragmatic side of overcoming your challenges and manifesting the change you want in your life. This for example includes goal setting, home work exercises, planning, time management, overcoming the way we sabotage ourselves etc.

When embarking on a therapeutic journey with us, we happily include our coaching skills to help you find direction in life:

I’d like to book a free Discovery Call to ask my final questions before deciding to work together.

Meet Karin Peeters, Coach and Psychotherapist and let’s find out if we are a good fit.

I want to read the experiences of previous clients who share their gratitude about their healing journey.