Teale Therapy

13/10/2025

Having a hard time adjusting to secondary school? Struggling with friendship issues? Just finding life a bit challenging lately? I am here for you.

I am an Integrative Counsellor specialising in teens and maternal mental health. I have many years of experience working with teens in various settings and have worked as a counsellor in both school and charity settings, alongside my private practice.

Some sought-after session times have just opened up on Wednesdays after school.

For more info and/or to book in, just head to my website - www.tealetherapy.co.uk

Any questions, big or small, just send me a message 😊

📱07434 889989
✉️ talk@tealetherapy.co.uk
🌐 www.tealetherapy.co.uk

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08/10/2025

Update incoming...

03/10/2025

Coming soon... 👀

03/10/2025

ALL ABOUT ME

About time I showed my face! So... this is what you get. This is how I usually show up - no make-up, frizzy hair, glasses on, probably a bit tired.

I am a counsellor, a mum, a singer, a musician, a teacher, and a bit of an oddball. I love good books, crochet, trashy TV, musicals, long walks, loud music, and doomscrolling past my bedtime.

I am a perinatal psychotherapist, which is unnecessary terminology for "I am a counsellor who specialises in working with mums". My drive to become a counsellor came from not being given the help I needed when I suffered birth trauma, PTSD, OCD, anxiety and postnatal depression. I wanted to become the help I couldn't find when I needed it. Being a mum is a job like no other and the process of becoming a mum can be f**king hard work! I'm here to help you untangle the chaos, feel less isolated, and get back to feeling a bit more 'you'.

I also work with teens/age 10+ and used to be a school counsellor. Alongside my private practice, I run a youth theatre and have over twenty years of experience working with teens in various settings (despite still feeling far too young to have this many years of teaching under my belt!). Being a teenager, juggling friends and family and school and work and hopes and dreams and pressure and expectations and learning to be an adult... It's not easy. Yes, I'm an adult. No, I won't judge you. Yes, you can swear. No, I won't tell your parents they've pi**ed you off. Yes, I will listen and keep you safe. No, you don't have to keep eye contact (or even keep your shoes on).

Nothing you bring to me ever needs prefixing with 'This may sound weird but...' or 'This is really strange but...' I LOVE the weird and strange things! (And there is no such thing as normal.)

I welcome you, however you walk into my room and whatever you bring with you. Life can be challenging and chaotic and messy and joyous and weird and wonderful and completely unpredictable. I welcome it all and I am here for you.

📱07434 889989
✉️ talk@tealetherapy.co.uk
🌐 tealetherapy.co.uk

01/09/2025

A new report claiming children are being “overdiagnosed” with mental health issues and that this risks “undercutting grit and resilience” repeats a tired, misleading narrative.

Like recent comments from Bridget Phillipson and Wes Streeting, it shifts focus away from real action - and ignores the fact that too many children still can’t access the support they need.

Access to a trained, professional counsellor can be life-changing. It gives children a safe space to be heard, to set their own goals, and to begin coping with what they’re facing.

Read more 👉 https://orlo.uk/R8wkK

01/09/2025

WHO ARE YOU WHEN YOU'RE NOT MUM?

It's not just the kids who might find going back to school difficult. I specialise in maternal mental health. If you're feeling anxious, overwhelmed or just a little bit lost, counselling can help.

☎️ 07434 889989
✉️ talk@tealetherapy.co.uk
🌐 www.tealetherapy.co.uk

29/08/2025

Summer is over. School is about to start. For some young people, this time of year can be a real challenge.

School anxiety is a common issue and can affect any child at any time. Friendship worries, struggling to keep up with the workload, anxiety relating to the school environment, stress around perfectionism, juggling home and school and a social life, fears of starting a new school, the pressure to do everything... Whatever you are finding hard, I am here for you.

I am a counsellor who specialises in working with teens. I previously worked as a secondary school counsellor, and have hundreds of hours of experience working with young people, particularly those who struggle with school anxiety and avoidance.

If you or someone you love is finding the thought of going back to school (or starting a new one) overwhelming, please get in touch today.

☎️ 07434 889989
✉️ talk@tealetherapy.co.uk
🌐 tealetherapy.co.uk

21/08/2025

Things don't always go to plan. Not getting what you'd hoped for can be hard to cope with sometimes. And being a teenager is hard enough! If you need (or someone you care for needs) that extra bit of support, please get in touch today.

✉️ talk@tealetherapy.co.uk
🌐 www.tealetherapy.co.uk
📱07434 889989

21/08/2025

Things don't always go to plan. Not getting what you'd hoped for can be hard to cope with sometimes. And being a teenager is hard enough! If you need (or someone you care for needs) that extra bit of support, please get in touch today.

✉️ talk@tealetherapy.co.uk
🌐 www.tealetherapy.co.uk
📱07434 889989

07/08/2025

25/05/2025

Apologies for being almost non-existent here lately. When I'm not with my wonderful clients I've been busy working on my dissertation for my MSc, so social media has had to take a back seat!

Self-care has also been top priority during this busy time, so I've been enjoying my garden, good books and getting my nails done.

I currently have some availability on Tuesday mornings, so get in touch. Therapy is self-care too!

03/03/2025

Therapist Confessions 🤫
Your therapist is human, and they are far from perfect!
Plenty of us became therapists because we have suffered.
We have been in the trenches.
We have given up hope.
We have cried ourselves to sleep.
We have felt unloved and unlovable.
We have lost ourselves.
We have had moments of panic, of pure fear, of deep despair.
And we have made it out.
We crawled slowly out of the pit, our own therapist by our side.
We tentatively peeked back out into the world
and when we reached ourselves again, we walked far enough that we could train ourselves up to help others,
to reach down into the pit and pull others out so they can walk alongside us and enjoy life again.
So, yes, we may sometimes seem like we are 'just listening',
but mostly we are feeling it with you.
And we are still fu***ng things up in our own lives, and ignoring our own knowledge, and being just as wonderfully messy as the rest of you.
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Therapists - what are YOUR confessions? 🤔🫣