Counselling & Psychotherapy in Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch with experienced Integrative Counsellor and Therapist Steve Barker. Drawing on a rang

Counselling & Psychotherapy in Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch with experienced Integrative Counsellor and Therapist Steve Barker. Drawing on a range of highly-effective, clinically-proven approaches to help get your life back on track fast

Welcome
Do you sometimes feel your life is not exactly going where you want it to?
Are there times when you feel tired, stressed, anxious or even depressed?
Are you looking for professional, effective counselling to help you understand your life, regain control and be happy & whole again?
I'm Steve Barker - and as your Integrative Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist I am uniquely placed to deliver effective, lasting solutions to get you back on track fast - living the life you really want.
I'm within easy reach of Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch & Wimborne, and offer confidential online counselling & therapy via Skype or telephone to clients worldwide.

Contact me now to arrange your FREE 15-minute initial consultation and feel better today
Unlike most Counsellors and Psychotherapists, I also draw on a range of highly-effective, clinically-proven approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) so we can get your life back on track fast. If you live in Bournemouth, Poole, Wimborne or Ferndown we can easily work together in person. If you live further away, or if you would prefer, we can work together over the 'phone or via online therapy through Skype, Zoom or video messenger services
Many of us go through times when we just need that extra help to get us through. Sometimes life throws us new challenges that we struggle with, or sometimes things from the past affect our happiness and well-being today.
Many of us suffer for years with abuse, phobias, stress, anxiety or heartache. The loss of a loved one, divorce or the breakup of a relationship. Some of us suffer seemingly irrational panic attacks or develop self-sabotaging patterns of behaviour. Others have to contend with chronic pain, serious illness or live with unhealthy, life-threatening habits like smoking, alcoholism or drug addiction.
Before we know it we become tired, feel the effects of stress and anxiety and many leave it almost too late to do something.
In coming here, you have taken the first step toward taking control of your life and together we can make you feel better - fast.

Counselling
My counselling clients take great comfort in sharing their concerns in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space. As your skilled and compassionate Counsellor I help you fully explore your thoughts and feelings so you can gain perspective, understanding and comfort. Just talking about it all will help, and if the matter is too difficult to talk about directly I can work with you context-free.

Psychotherapy
Some clients seek a deeper insight of their thought processes - or those of others they have to deal with. Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) are excellent tools to help us realise why we respond in certain ways and give us strategies to cope and manage our lives more effectively

Hypnotherapy
Increasingly, many clients seek more rapid and dynamic approaches to turn their lives around.
Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Mindscaping deliver more immediate results to transform lives dramatically and permanently.

Bournemouth Practice
By prior appointment Monday to Saturday within beautiful Pelhams House, Kinson, Bournemouth. Plenty of free parking and easily accessible from Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and Wimborne.

Online & Telephone Practice
Counselling and Psychotherapy by appointment via telephone.
Mindscaping via Skype, Zoom or video messaging
Contact me now for your FREE 15-minute initial consultation

I am experienced in helping clients who have experienced difficulties with :
Stress
Anxiety
Panic attacks
Phobias
Abuse
Bullying
Depression
Serious illness
Suicidal thoughts
Lack of confidence
Bereavement
Addiction
Difficult people
Redundancy
Low self-esteem
Anger management
Relationship Issues
Affairs & Betrayals
Separation & Divorce
Family Issues
Childhood issues

If you have been diagnosed with or suspect you have the following conditions I can help you manage:
Emotionally Unstable/Borderline Personality Disorder (EUPD/BPD)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Panic Disorder
Postnatal Depression
Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
Eating Disorders

My practice is conveniently located within beautiful Pelhams House, Kinson (plenty of free parking) or I can work with you via telephone or Skype/messenger.

COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY
Many of us go through times when we need a little extra help. In coming here, you are taking the first step toward getting your life back on track. So congratulate yourself, and please: keep the momentum going.

Counselling is a great first step for many people as it gives them a safe space to explore their feelings and experiences in a non-judgemental setting.
As your skilled and experienced Counsellor I can help you explore your feelings and experiences - and this alone will be of great value and comfort.

Psychotherapy gives a greater insight into our thought processes - or those of others we have to deal with - and allows us to develop strategies to change how we respond in certain situations.
The person-centred, humanistic psychotherapy I practice will help you understand your thought processes and take control of your life.

Counselling and Psychotherapy are talk therapies. Although best practiced person-to-person, I can easily work with you over the phone or via Skype.
Because I am an Integrative Therapist I use techniques from other disciplines to enhance your experience and can work with you in a context-free environment if talking about specific events is difficult for you.

HYPNOTHERAPY
Counselling & psychotherapy help us understand how we feel and why we react in certain ways, but the underlying principle behind all our responses and behaviours is our unconscious mind.
Our unconscious mind is our autopilot; it regulates all the functions of our body and - to a great extent - how we respond to events from our past, present and future.
Advanced methodologies such as Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and Mindscaping are the express highway to the unconscious mind and allow us to make rapid and permanent changes to turn your life around fast.​

Mindscaping
Mindscaping is an amazing and highly effective methodology developed by my mentor and world-famous hypnosis trainer Mike Mandel of Toronto, Canada.
Mindscaping draws on the underlying principles of Neuro-Linguistic Programming &Timeline Therapy. It enables clients to create their own metaphors to discover optimal solutions to unhelpful habits, phobias, anxiety, depression and many other problems.
Because Mindscaping accesses the unconscious mind it is highly effective with pain management, weight management, addiction, trauma & PTSD.
This revolutionary methodology can be used as a stand-alone therapy or alongside counselling or other therapies. But because Mindscaping is NOT hypnosis it can be used effectively over Skype or video messenger.

Fees
Helping you get your life back won't cost you the earth; my fees start from just £45
Many people suffer for years and will never get that time back - what value do you place on your own time and happiness?
Many more will indulge themselves in expensive habits or compulsive spending. Some people will put off applying for that job, finding that partner or saving their relationship. Remember: Doing nothing is a conscious decision that will only ever cost you more in the end
This is about the happiness and well-being of you and those you love. Just imagine for a moment: how much better your life will be when you are finally free and happy?

Contact me now to arrange your FREE 15-minute initial consultation:
The optimal number of sessions for you will depend on the nature of your issues and the methodologies we can use. The following is intended as a guide only; I always tailor a course to an individual client as we are all different.
I aim to get most clients back on track within about 5 sessions - typically with a follow-up session a few months later.
Counselling, talk-therapy and Life Coaching tend to require more sessions to effect lasting changes.
Hypnotherapy, Timeline Therapy and Mindscaping generally require fewer sessions. Whilst I have cleared depression, anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, helped people stop smoking and even overcome Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in just one session I'd recommend a course of sessions to ensure the changes we make together are permanent.