Natasha Nyeke
BACP Registered Person-Centred counsellor- adolescents and adults- (Perinatal specialist)
Website:
https://www.mamatherapy.co.uk/The experience of truly feeling heard and accepted is something we rarely experience in life. I know how scary it can feel to really open up about how you're feeling and through our work I can offer a space so you feel safe to do that. I believe life can feel so much happier when we are able to talk about our more difficult feelings. I find it so rewarding helping my clients to see the joy of real connection that being our true selves can create. In our sessions, you don't need to feel uncomfortable telling me your story, my job is to help take away those feelings of guilt and shame.
I worked for 9 years as a family worker and I believe our early relationships have a huge impact on who we are as a person and the life struggles we face. Often when we face big life changes it can be the first time we realise how much we need to look back at our past experiences as they will continue to affect all our relationships throughout our lives.
I specialise in perinatal mental health and feel really passionately about supporting new Mums as I have 2 young children and know the shock we can feel during that transition, pregnancy isn't always glowing, birth isn't always beautiful and breastfeeding isn't for everyone. We are now so overwhelmed with information and it is so easy to feel like we are doing it wrong as everywhere we turn we are reminded how well other Mums are doing. Being able to normalise how hard being a Mum is, how hard it can feel spinning so many new plates, how frustrating it can feel to be the default parent is something I want to share with as many Mums as possible.
I also work with adolescents in schools and have a background working in children's homes. I have worked with children struggling with issues including exam pressures, self-esteem, identity issues, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, family breakdown and race. The work is very different from adults and I think they really compliment each other as I understand both ends of the spectrum. I often find with adolescents I need to be more creative but they often have far more insight into their mental health as they have grown up with words like anxiety and depression in their vocabulary in a way I never did. Recently I have done a lot of work with young people struggling with their identity and helping clients to feel confident with who they are is something I am really passionate about.
Naturally, the benefits of counselling vary from person to person, but you may find that you start to notice just some of the following:
• gaining a new clarity or self-understanding • a growth in your self-esteem • processing painful experiences or emotions in a healthier way • feelings of being stuck finally begin to shift • life feels less overwhelming • being able to focus more on the highs and less on the lows • becoming more present • spending less time thinking about the past/worrying about the future
I worked for 9 years as a family worker and I believe our early relationships have a huge impact on who we are as a person and the life struggles we face. Often when we face big life changes it can be the first time we realise how much we need to look back at our past experiences as they will continue to affect all our relationships throughout our lives.
I specialise in perinatal mental health and feel really passionately about supporting new Mums as I have 2 young children and know the shock we can feel during that transition, pregnancy isn't always glowing, birth isn't always beautiful and breastfeeding isn't for everyone. We are now so overwhelmed with information and it is so easy to feel like we are doing it wrong as everywhere we turn we are reminded how well other Mums are doing. Being able to normalise how hard being a Mum is, how hard it can feel spinning so many new plates, how frustrating it can feel to be the default parent is something I want to share with as many Mums as possible.
I also work with adolescents in schools and have a background working in children's homes. I have worked with children struggling with issues including exam pressures, self-esteem, identity issues, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, family breakdown and race. The work is very different from adults and I think they really compliment each other as I understand both ends of the spectrum. I often find with adolescents I need to be more creative but they often have far more insight into their mental health as they have grown up with words like anxiety and depression in their vocabulary in a way I never did. Recently I have done a lot of work with young people struggling with their identity and helping clients to feel confident with who they are is something I am really passionate about.
Naturally, the benefits of counselling vary from person to person, but you may find that you start to notice just some of the following:
• gaining a new clarity or self-understanding • a growth in your self-esteem • processing painful experiences or emotions in a healthier way • feelings of being stuck finally begin to shift • life feels less overwhelming • being able to focus more on the highs and less on the lows • becoming more present • spending less time thinking about the past/worrying about the future