Nautilus Counselling

Supporting you on your healing path

Welcome to Nautilus Counselling

My name is Beth and I have been working in private practice in Oxford for six years. It feels like a great privilege to work in my role. I started training to be a counsellor after experiencing my own mental health issues and having my own counselling. Having my own counselling meant that I was able to start a new career and essentially a different kind of life. I love helping other people do the same thing. I specialise in counselling people who experienced distressing or traumatic events early in life, who want to build a more satisfying life for themselves.

Working With Me

Difficult experiences in childhood can result in feeling lost, worried, or low in adulthood. It can also result in the thinking that you don’t know who you really are or that you are an imposter in your own life. If any of this sounds familiar, I can support you to make the difficult memories easier to cope with and build a more meaningful and content life. Here are some of the tools I can use in our work together:

Simply talking through what has happened and the feelings involved.

Working creatively including art, writing, visualisation, and metaphor.

I can help you work towards living in the present rather than in the past or future.

I work somatically so I can support you to process difficult emotions that are stored in the body.

Inner child work so that your inner child finally feels listened to and supported.

I use relationship models from Transactional Analysis to help you understand your relationships better.

Identifying and changing your patterns in family and work life.

I am trained to use Eye Movement, Desensitisation and Regulation Therapy (EMDR). This is a method of bringing together past, present and future to help process memories. I would not use this type of therapy unless we had discussed it in advance. Please contact me if you have any questions about this therapy.

I work in a trauma informed way so I use a three phase approach in my counselling which means that we can first of all ensure that you are grounded, both in the counselling relationship and in your everyday life. We can then move on to process the difficult things that have happened. After this we can talk about the future that you would like to build for yourself.

The duration of the counselling depends on the individual and the circumstances. I do both long term and short term counselling. I am also very happy to help you if you are already part way through your healing journey (for example, if you have had counselling before) and would like to move on to the next stage.

I work in a collaborative way and I am always open to feedback regarding the suggestions that I make in your counselling (after all, they are always only suggestions!) I also take confidentially and your autonomy very seriously. I believe that I can only help people to move forward if they feel heard and as safe as possible.

Online Counselling from Headington

I offer online counselling from my practice in Headington, Oxford. Online sessions are available via Google Meet, WhatsApp Video and Facetime, allowing for greater flexibility, reaching clients from the surrounding areas of Marston, Cowley, Wood Farm, Sandhills, Risinghurst, Wheatley, Summertown and across the UK.

Online counselling can work very well for many people as it is more convenient than face to face (with no travel time or parking to worry about!) it can be very helpful for you to be in the comfort of your own home, particularly when talking about difficult subjects. This can even mean that the work evolves more quickly than in face to face sessions.

GET IN TOUCH

Session and Fees

Sessions last 50 minutes and take place once a week at the same time.
The fee for a 50 minute session is on a sliding scale between £60 and £75 depending on what you can afford.
I can also do longer sessions, which is sometimes helpful for EMDR and other trauma processing.
I offer a fifteen minute introductory call (either by phone or Google Meet) so that you can ask me any questions and we can see if we are a good fit.
I do a full assessment in the first session which will further explore whether the counselling is suitable for you and inform any future work.

Payments to be made at least 24 hours in advance via the booking management system. The full fee needs to be paid for cancellations less than 48 hours in advance.

Key Qualifications

CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling

CPCAB Level 5 Award in Trauma Informed Counselling

Registered with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists since 2018

Accredited with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists since 2023

EMDR Toolkit Levels 1 and 2 (Counselling Academy)

Articles and contributions

I love communicating my ideas through writing. Here are some of the contributions I have made.

Article in I-Newspaper on how to be a good friend.

Article in Metro Newspaper about how forgiveness isn't always the healthiest option.

Articles published on the Counselling Directory including articles on core beliefs, values, your unique healing path, and navigating your emotional world.

Article on Yahoo Finance about Pleasanteeism at work.

I have also featured in Therapy Today, Happiful Magazine, and Stylist Magazine.

Get in touch

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how counselling works, or to arrange a fifteen minute phone or video call. This enables us to discuss the reasons you are thinking of coming to counselling, whether it could be helpful for you and whether I am the right therapist to help.

All enquires are usually answered within 48 hours, and all contact is strictly confidential and uses secure phone and email services.

ONLINE COUNSELLING FROM HEADINGTON, OXFORD