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Talking 
Helps

Helping you navigate life's challenges
with understanding
compassion & care 
I am a qualified counsellor. I work with anyone aged 15 +. whether you’re looking for change, seeking to understand yourself more deeply, or simply a place to be heard. 
Denise Smith counsellor at Talking-Helps, counselling service in Surrey

FIND YOUR INNER PEACE WITH
TALKING HELPS

Life can be challenging, whether you’re trying to make sense of your past, facing the unexpected, or preparing for changes you know are coming but don’t yet feel ready to face. These moments can leave you feeling confused, conflicted, or unsure how to navigate your emotions. It can feel isolating, as if no one truly understands what you’re going through.

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You don’t have to face it alone. As your counsellor, I’ll walk alongside you, offering a calm, supportive space to explore how your experiences shape the way you think and feel today. Together, we’ll make sense of your emotions, understand your needs, and find clarity, confidence, and direction as you move through life’s challenges.

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

Carl Rogers 

My Approach

I am an integrative counsellor. This approach allows me to work with different therapeutic models best suited to you. It can help build a deeper understanding of both your past and present experiences, creating a greater sense of self-awareness and growth.

young people 15-25 

I am passionate about supporting young adults. It can be an overwhelming  time and unhelpful patterns of thinking can begin to take hold.  By exploring these emotions now, you can begin to create lasting change; because when you change your mind, you change your life.

how I work

  • I offer office-based and walk-and-talk therapy, from Lightwater, Surrey.

  • On-line Sessions are available

  • Sessions are 50 minutes

  • I am insured to work with young adults age 15+

  • Registered member BACP

How Counselling Can Help 

1

A Space to
Be Heard

​You might struggle to find someone you can truly talk to. Counselling provides a confidential, non-judgmental space to express thoughts and feelings honestly – without pressure to “fix” anything immediately.

2

Understanding Emotions

Counselling can help you explore why you feel or react a certain way, and making sense of difficult emotions such as anxiety, anger, or sadness. This insight often leads to healthier ways of coping and greater emotional resilience.

3

Support Life Transitions

We experience many transitions in life; leaving school, starting university, changing job, moving home, illness, bereavement, divorce, new parent. Counselling can provide a supportive space to process,  find clarity and confidence in yourself.

4

Self-Esteem
and Identity

Low self-esteem or uncertainty about identity can leave us feeling anxious, isolated, or stuck. Counselling explores these feelings,  helps strengthen self-understanding, and develop a more confident and compassionate sense of self.

5

Tools to Manage Mental Health

Some modes of counselling can provide practical strategies to deal with anxiety, low mood, panic attacks, self-harm, and other emotional struggles. It doesn’t just offer a place to talk, it also teaches tools for managing our mental health.

6

Trauma or Past Experiences

We may carry difficult experiences from our past that have shaped our behaviours and no longer serve us. Counselling can help process and heal these experiences, reducing the impact of the past on the present.

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