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Relational Couselling & Coaching
Relational counselling is a therapeutic approach that emphasises the importance of relationships in shaping an individual's emotional well-being. It focuses on understanding how interactions with others influence one's self-perception and overall mental health. By exploring and improving these relational patterns, individuals can achieve greater self-awareness and develop healthier connections with others.
Welcome to
Colette Life Solutions
I offer counselling services in two key areas:
1. Individuals navigating relationship challenges – Whether you’re in a new relationship or a long-term one, with or without children, I can support you in understanding and improving your relationship dynamics.
2. Singles struggling to find connection – If you feel like finding a meaningful relationship just isn’t working for you and you’re feeling discouraged, I can help you explore what’s getting in the way and support you in building confidence in your connections.
I provide face-to-face sessions in Clapham and Fulham Broadway, as well as telephone and Zoom sessions. I am a fully qualified integrative counsellor and family practitioner.
As an integrative therapist, I offer different types of therapies to meet your needs. Below, I will share information about them. Please contact me for a free 30-minute phone or Zoom consultation if you’d like to learn more.
Sometimes, when we are struggling in life, we need support to find a solution. At Colette Life Solutions, I am here to offer you a space to talk.
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Types of Therapy I Offer
To Support Healing !
Long Term Psychotherapy
How Psychotherapy Can Help:
Emotional Support:
Express feelings like sadness, anger, or guilt in a safe space, while learning healthy ways to process them.
Coping Strategies:
Gain practical tools, such as mindfulness, to manage stress and stay grounded.
Breaking Negative Patterns:
Reflect on past relationships to identify and change unhelpful cycles.
Rebuilding Confidence:
Rediscover your strengths and rebuild self-esteem.
Managing Practical Challenges: While not offering legal advice, therapy can help you manage the emotional challenges that come with co-parenting and custody concerns.
Healing and Growth:
Therapy guides you through grief, boundary setting, and moving forward with clarity.
Long term psychotherapy may last from 6 months to years
Person-centred
How Person-Centred Therapy Can Support You.
Person-centred therapy offers a safe, non-judgmental space to explore your emotions at your own pace, empowering you to navigate this challenging time.
Unconditional Positive Regard: A supportive space where you can express emotions freely, feeling heard and understood.
Empathy and Listening:
Deep understanding helps you process complex emotions and find clarity.
Self-Exploration:
Gain insight into relationship patterns, fostering awareness and growth.
Empowerment:
Discover your own solutions, rebuilding confidence and control.
Healing Through Connection:
A trusting therapeutic relationship encourages emotional healing.
Coping with Grief and Loss:
Therapy provides space to process grief and find acceptance.
Person-centered therapy is flexible, lasting weeks or months depending on your needs and goals.
CBT
CBT helps you understand the connection between your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, offering practical strategies to promote healing.
Key Benefits:
Challenging Negative Thoughts:
Identify and replace unhelpful beliefs like "I'm not good enough" with more balanced perspectives.
Reframing Emotions:
Shift your mindset to see challenges as opportunities for growth.
Healthy Coping Strategies:
Learn tools like mindfulness and problem-solving to manage stress and overwhelming emotions.
Setting Positive Goals:
Focus on self-care, social connections, or co-parenting with realistic steps.
Building Confidence: Challenge self-doubt to boost resilience and self-esteem.
Improving Communication:
Develop skills for managing conflict and expressing your needs.
Managing Grief:
Process loss, regret, and acceptance to support emotional healing.
CBT is often a short-term therapy lasting 6 to 20 sessions, tailored to your individual progress and goals.
Other Therapies
Therapies to Support Your Healing and Growth
I draw on various therapies to help you understand yourself, manage emotions, and build healthier relationships.
Key Approaches:
Inner Child Work:
Connect with younger parts of yourself that may still carry hurt or fear, fostering healing and self-acceptance.
DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy):
Learn practical tools to manage intense emotions, improve communication, and build coping strategies.
EFIT (Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy):
Explore emotions to better understand triggers, process past experiences, and strengthen relationships.
Transactional Analysis (TA)
to help clients understand their communication patterns and the roles they unconsciously adopt in relationships, such as the Parent, Adult, and Child states.
By combining these approaches, I offer tailored support to help you build emotional resilience, improve
I Use NLP Coaching to Support Clients To Move Forward In Their Lives !
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) can be a powerful tool to help you break free from these emotional patterns and move forward with clarity and confidence.
NLP is a therapeutic approach that explores the connection between your thoughts, language, and behaviours. By understanding and changing the way you think and communicate with yourself.
NLP can help you:
- Reframe Negative Beliefs: Break free from thoughts like "I’m not good enough" or "I’ll never be happy again." NLP helps you shift these beliefs into more positive, empowering perspectives, allowing you to embrace a brighter future.
- Release Emotional Attachments: If you're struggling to let go of your ex-partner, NLP techniques can help you process those emotions and release any lingering emotional attachments, making space for new possibilities in your life.
- Build Confidence and Self-Worth: After a breakup, it’s easy to feel a loss of confidence. NLP can help you rediscover your strengths, rebuild your self-esteem, and regain trust in yourself.
- Break Old Patterns: If you find yourself repeating the same emotional reactions or behaviors, NLP helps you reprogram these patterns, so you can approach future relationships—and life in general—differently.
Incorporating NLP into our sessions will help you gain the mental and emotional tools needed to help you manage your situation.
Using Mindfulness Can Help Clients Manage Their Emotions !
Mindfulness is a powerful tool for managing the emotional challenges. By staying present and aware of your thoughts and feelings without judgment, you can find calm and balance during this difficult time.
Here’s how mindfulness can help:
- Managing Emotions: Mindfulness helps you stay grounded during intense feelings like sadness, anger, or anxiety.
- Self-Compassion: It encourages kindness toward yourself, easing guilt and self-criticism.
- Breaking Negative Thought Cycles: Mindfulness stops you from dwelling on past regrets by keeping your focus on the present.
- Reducing Anxiety and Stress: Breathing exercises and meditation can calm your nervous system and bring clarity.
- Improving Emotional Awareness: Mindfulness helps you process emotions thoughtfully rather than feeling overwhelmed.
- Better Communication: It supports calm, respectful interactions, especially when co-parenting or dealing with an ex.
- Fostering Acceptance: Mindfulness helps you accept what’s happened and move forward with strength.
- Rebuilding Your Identity: It helps you reconnect with your self-worth and feel grounded in who you are.
Mindfulness techniques are woven into my therapeutic approach, to help you feel calm, present, and emotionally balanced.
I Offer Parenting Coaching To Support Parents After A Break-Up
Supporting You and Your Child Through Relationship Changes
Relationship challenges—whether you're going through a breakup, navigating co-parenting, or facing difficulties in your relationship—can feel overwhelming. My approach combines practical tools with emotional insight to support both you and your child during this transition. Together, we can explore:
🔹 Helping Your Child Feel Secure – Relationship struggles can leave children feeling confused, anxious, or withdrawn. I’ll help you understand their emotional needs and provide strategies to offer reassurance, build trust, and create a safe, stable environment.
🔹 Managing Conflict with Your Partner or Ex – Disagreements about parenting, boundaries, or routines can create ongoing tension. I can support you with tools to improve communication, reduce conflict, and set clear boundaries that protect your child’s wellbeing.
🔹 Building Emotional Awareness – Children may express their feelings through difficult behaviour. I'll help you develop skills to manage tantrums, anxiety, or anger in a way that fosters understanding rather than conflict.
🔹 Co-Parenting Strategies – Whether you're navigating co-parenting after a breakup or trying to improve teamwork in your current relationship, I can guide you in creating consistent routines, improving communication, and developing a parenting approach that puts your child’s needs first.
🔹 Managing Guilt or Self-Doubt – It’s common to question if you're doing enough or worry about how your relationship struggles impact your child. I’ll help you process these feelings and develop confidence in your parenting style.
🔹 Strengthening Your Bond – By learning how to connect with your child emotionally, even when you're feeling exhausted or overwhelmed, you can build a deeper sense of trust and security.

Parenting through relationship challenges isn’t easy, but with the right tools and support, you can create a positive, nurturing environment where both you and your child can thrive.
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