Counselling Services
Here at The Mountain Butterfly, we are very proud to team up with Mindfull Options Therapy, where they offer a comprehensive range of integrated, evidence-based mental health care therapies to individuals, couples, and families in Torquay and throughout the Torbay and Devon area. Further afield can be considered on a case by case basis. We liaise with medical professionals, schools, veteran associations, in order to bring you the best possible care.
Our key counsellor Trevor is an experienced therapist working with Neuro Linguistic Programming and Hypnotherapy. He has worked with a very wide range of mental wellness matters, and if after consultation, he is not suitable, we will signpost you to another organisation.
Your path towards empowerment
Despite the relatively recent destigmatization of therapy, it still takes a great deal of bravery and determination to reach out to a counsellor, and many patients still wait until everything is falling apart before they take that first step.
A way to get better
About 21% (one in five) adults in the UK are experiencing some form of depression, an illness that is on an increase worldwide. Depression is a complex disorder that can interfere with concentration, appetite, and sleep patterns, and more severe cases can seriously disrupt a persons life.
From seasonal effective disorder to bipolar disorder and major depression, in conjunction with medical support. We offer a range of effective therapeutic interventions for mental illness.
A Specialist you can trust in
Experience makes a real difference. As well as being treated with respect, you can rely on being given the best care that we have to offer. Our therapy services are always tailored to meet your requirements.
Choosing a Therapist
At Mindfull Options making sure therapist and client match is 100% the first key step towards your counselling journey. Which is why your first one hour session is free of charge.
Trevor can provide further sessions in a place that feels comfortable to you. This can be anywhere from your own home, a coffee shop, even online and over the phone.
A glass half empty....or a glass half full?
Do your negative emotions sometimes overwhelm you?
You don't have to allow depressing, negative thoughts to shape your life: the structure of your brain is constantly changing and your brain can be trained and moulded to help you regulate and limit negative emotions.
A carefully tailored program of mindfulness therapy can actually change its functional connectivity, replacing those negativity images with positive thoughts of optimism and loving kindness.
What is trauma?
Physical, mental, emotional, even financial matters can knock your daily functioning. Traumatic incidents can have a debilitating effect on us or can inspire us to do better/try again. It affects each of us differently and impact us over time.
CPTSD or PTSD?
Only a Psychiatrist or a Psychologist can actually diagnose these. They are complex by nature and have a multiple range of co-morbid symptoms, the most common of which are anxiety and depression, unlike these you can have outbursts of anger, even OCD traits,
Some can experience the events on a repeating nature, yet not be affected until many years later.
Things have thankfully moved on from soldiers being diagnosed with shell shock, or being branded cowards by society, and whilst there is no cure for CPTSD or PTSD, management of symptoms has greatly improved and some of those skills and techniques can be passed on by Mindfull Options.
Grief and Stress
It is said as long as someone remembers you, you shall be immortal. Grief/loss has an influence on us all. From a friend, relative or even a beloved pet. The memories can both confuse and guide us in our own lives, and making sense of these thoughts is best done in a safe environment such as Mindfull Options.
Anxiety Therapy
Anxiety therapy covers the wide range of the 10 (DSMS) listed Anxiety Disorders. If the anxiety is preventing you from achieving or going about your life, you may wish to consider therapy.
We all have to deal with anxiety of a daily basis, if we did not, we would take risks or worse not be aware of risks and consequences all around us.
The art is to effectively manage the risk, this is were a counsellor can help. This does not mean having seen a therapist you will start wrestling lions. it means you will have more options to choose from.
NLP presuppositions state; We will always make the best decision given the options we have. It further goes on to say, the person who makes the best decisions is the person with the most options.
Therapy can help you see options to make the best decisions and reduce your anxiety.
Let's talk about it
NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming. Mind talking to help change your programmed responses.
Trevor in addition to NLP and Hypnotherapy is an experienced trainer and teacher. He can help you find better ways to communicate, learn and even remember.
Being able to articulate your anxiety goes a long way to understand it and therefore manage it.
Being told to calm does not help, knowing how to calm down does help.
Getting help with communication problems
Good communication skills don't always come naturally. If your counselling has demonstrated that your problem arises in part from poor communication skills, that unintentionally create barriers, a speech therapist or coach can help you with skills such as making eye contact, being concise, and modulating your potential in your personal and professional life.
Pricing
First Session 1 Hour
Free
In Person Within Torbay and Newton Abbot - Per Hour
£35
Online - Per Hour
£30
Outside of Torbay and Newton Abbot
Please send an email to discuss
