Welcome to my website, I hope you find it helpful.

Maybe you've found this page because you are having problems with relationships either at work or at home. Or perhaps bereavement or loss has touched your life. Maybe you are anxious to the point where you recognise, or your doctor has diagnosed, that you have OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) or an eating disorder like Anorexia or Bulimia Nervosa, binge eating, or PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
If this is the case then counselling and psychotherapy can be very helpful by giving you the opportunity to talk about and explore your feelings in a safe, non-judgemental and confidential environment.

My main web site (www.swindon-hypnotherapy.com) has further details about me and is an information resource for some of the conditions that I can help with.

I'm a qualified, accredited, practising and insured Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist based in Old Town in Swindon.

I blend a combination of approaches including CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy), NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) , TA (Transactional Analysis) , Gestalt Therapy, and Psychosynthesis. Each person I see is a unique individual and I tailor our sessions to assist you specifically. This can help you to recognise and change habitual patterns of thinking and behaviour for the better, improving your quality of life. I work with individuals over the age of eighteen.
Together we can unravel the issues and find new and better ways to respond.

Here is a little more explanation which may help you to decide whether counselling, and psychotherapy may be of benefit with regard to bereavement or relationships:

Bereavement:

We all experience the loss of someone important in our lives at some time and it triggers strong emotions that we aren't always familiar with.
Everyone experiences bereavement differently and it can be further complicated by situation where we haven't been able to say “goodbye”. Or there may have been difficulties in the relationship prior to the person's death, or the death may have been sudden or traumatic. Or the person may have decided to take their own life. All of these situations can raise painful feelings and questions and create a need to go over things many times.

The grieving process can take a long time, or even be delayed for many reasons. This could be years after the loss, but it occurs commonly from about two months afterwards.

When we are bereaved we experience lots of emotions which can include shock, disbelief, numbness, longing, idealisation, apathy, sadness, anger, and depression before reaching a place where we can look forward and accept our loss.

Grief can be an isolating and lonely experience and you may feel pressure to move on before you're ready, especially when others seem to be moving on. Grief is, though, an essential process which helps us to heal and enables us to learn how to cope with the future without the person we've lost.

Bereavement Counselling can help by offering you the opportunity to release and express all your emotions, away form your daily life, in a confidential and safe environment without the worry of offending or upsetting anyone You don't have to remain strong for those around you.

Relationship Counselling:

When is the right time for counselling? Counsellors often hear “ We've tried everything, counselling is our last resort!”

Many people leave counselling until it's too late. By the time of their first appointment, many years of bitterness and resentment have built up and the fear of being hurt or more often alone stops feelings of being able to change. If you're experiencing any of the following, now is the best time to consider counselling:

You feel as though you're hitting a brick wall when you talk to your partner

Your conversations just go round in circles

After talking you feel no better, just more frustrated or confused

You can't talk without accusing or shouting

You're afraid that by talking things will get even worse

Counselling will help you to work through the following three steps:

1. Exploring your story- the types of problems and the impact they are having on you and your relationship. The history of how the problems arose and what changes you would like to see.
2. Understanding your story- why you are struggling with these problems and the things that may be preventing you from overcoming them.
3. Rewriting your story, finding the strengths and resources to resolve your differences or at least come to terms with them.

Call me for a thirty minute free consultation on 01793 539991 or email me on alex@alexcoppock-bunce.com so that we can discover your problems, get to know each other and put a plan in place to work together on helping you to overcome them.

My main web site  has further details regarding location, cancellation policy, and parking.

My charge is £50 per session payable by cash or cheque. 

I see clients from Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and London, from places as far away as Wantage, Oxford, Tetbury, Malmsebury, Cirencester, Marlborough, Highworth and Newbury as well as many based in Swindon.