Omega Counselling

24/07/2025

Hello Everyone, I haven't posted a blog in a while but recently I was engaged in conversation with colleagues about sexual violence and decided to look at the recent Crime Survey for England and Wales to get a better understanding of what is happening in society in these times. Obviously I help a lot of people that have suffered from sexual harassment and sexual violence and I wanted to put together some advice and safety tips to help women develop good socialising habits and safety routines for when they are going out. I practice many of theses safety tips myself but realise not everyone else does. You can read it here on my Omega Counselling webstie. Thanks for taking time to read it if you do.
Rachael

This Omega Counselling blog provides some statistical evidence from the recent Crime Survey for England & Wales and then, importantly, outlines good practice for women in the UK to help stay safe from sexual harassment and sexual violence.

24/09/2024

Hello Again Everyone,
I recently received some great feedback from a client that I know found it hard to begin counselling with me initially. This got me reflecting on the most common obstacles and issues that make it hard for people to start seeing a professional counsellor. I've put what I have experienced with my own clients but I feel confident they are common obstacles and issues for many of the people that want our help.

I would also like to take a moment to thank this client above for letting me share her story with you in my blog.

You can read about my thoughts and conclusions at my website blog here.

What are the most common reasons that prevents people from getting professional counselling? Why is it so hard to seek help and take that first step to meet with a counsellor?

13/08/2024

I am very pleased to announce the addition of Brian Folkard to the Omega Counselling team.

Brian is an renonwed Hypnotherapist, specialising in Inherited Therapy. This hypnotherapy approach is based around epignetics and how trauma is passed on (inherited) across family generations.

Brian was instructed by Geoff Loveday in Liverpool, the person responsible for pioneering inherited therapy hypnotherapy and so he is only one of a handful of people qualified to practice this type of therapy, not just in the UK, but across the globe!

You can read more about Inherited Therapy on our website, here
https://www.omegacounselling.co.uk/experience

Although based in the North West, Brian will work with people online as well as face-to-face.

You can read Brian's bio here over at the Omega Counselling website.
https://www.omegacounselling.co.uk/aboutme

Meet RachaelFounder and lead counsellorI have always been interested in the mind, emotions and human behaviour. In my past, I often felt there were things I didn’t understand about myself, what motivated me, why I worried about some things and not others.  The things that motivated me and made me...

14/05/2024

Hello Everyone,
I've been thinking about happiness and how things have changed since the pandemic. As a professional counsellor, it is not uncommon to be asked 'why can't I be happy too?', with this in mind I've put some thoughts down in a blog over on my Omega Counselling website.

This blog gives insight into the psychology of happiness and how person centred cancelling can help you overcome the lifetime habits that prevent you from being happier, including 5 Ways to Help Promote Happiness

14/03/2024

Hello Everyone,
I am pleased to announce today that I have received approval to begin a new counselling charity called

LANTERN COUNSELLING

This charity is something I have been passionate about creating for quite some time and after going through the legal approval process and finding support from other professionals with similar motivation and empathy towards the counselling needs of disadvantaged people, well, we’ve made it happen!

What will LANTERN COUNSELLING do and who with it help?

Lantern Counselling’s mission is twofold:
1) To help disadvantaged people that cannot afford private counselling services but don’t quite fall short enough of income to be eligible for state benefits and additional medical support like counselling.
2) Enable the placement of university students engaged in a counselling degree to complete their practical, professional, contact hours for the purpose of successfully completing their degree programme.

We will be partnering with Salford University to provide a pathway for their counselling students to complete their practical contact hours through Lantern Counselling services and, crucially, enable provision of lower cost professional counselling to people experiencing emotional distress and poor mental health and well-being.

Counselling will be offered online to keep down costs for both students and clients alike.

There is plenty of work ahead for me and my professional collaborators to get Lantern Counselling up and running and actively working towards improving access to mental health professionals in the Greater Manchester and Lancashire region but the foundation stone has been set with our charity status approval.

If you are interested in Lantern Counselling or wish to help in some way, then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me. We are trying to make a difference and any help towards achieving our goal of improving access to professional counselling services and helping disadvantaged people will always be appreciated.

Rachael