COUNSELLING AND HOLISTIC THERAPY SERVICE
Welcome to
Inside Matters
Inside Matters is a collaborative team of accredited counsellors, psychotherapists and holistic practitioners. We can work together to meet your specific needs.
Face to face, online and telephone counselling available.
We are currently taking a break returning on Monday 13th July 2026. Enquiries are very important to us and contacting you will be our top priority. Thank you for your patience.
OUR MISSION
Our aim is to provide a holistic and personalised therapeutic services that promotes whole-person health and wellbeing.
We offer a unique bespoke combination approach, tailored to your individual needs.
First steps & process
Get in touch with us by phone, email or fill out our enquiry form and we’ll respond within 48 hours to arrange an initial telephone conversation at a time that suits you. This first conversation is a gentle starting point, there’s no pressure or expectation.
While this is not a formal counselling or holistic therapy session, it provides an opportunity for us to learn more about you, and for you to explore how our counselling and holistic therapy services can support your personal growth and healing.
We offer flexible appointments, including face-to-face, online, and telephone sessions.
Therapy services
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This approach helps us understand how our past shapes our self-perception and emotional responses at an unconscious level.
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This approach follows that the in the right conditions – empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard – individuals can uncover their own healing process.
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Transactional analysis fosters greater self-awareness by helping you recognise your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, while promoting better communication through the analysis of transactions.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is commonly used in the NHS, often recommended by GPs as a form of talking therapy. Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT) is a form of CBT that helps individuals identify and change, deep rooted, irrational beliefs that contribute to problematic behaviours and emotional distress.
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Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) is a technique for helping individuals heal from trauma by processing memories through specific eye movements.
Holisitic services
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Hypnosis successfully creates the calm state that is needed for the subconscious to accept positive suggestions, to help break bad habits, change behaviours, or overcome anxiety, trauma, or phobias.
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Nutritional guidance can be accessed on its own as well as accompanying other types of counselling support, to really promote significant and sustainable change, inside & out.
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Mindfulness and breathwork offer a multitude of benefits that enhance mental, emotional, physical and social well-being.
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Energy levels can be restored, aiding in recovery from stress, anxiety, chronic pain, or for achieving clarity and inner calm.
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Understanding and accepting how we are wired, including the difference between learned behaviours and personality traits, is key. We provide a non-judgmental, supportive space for clients to explore their neurodiversity.
Meet our team
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Alison Allart
Psychotherapist & IFS informed EMDR Practitioner
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Sara Andrews
Psychotherapeutic
Counsellor -
Martin Stubbs
Person-Centred
Counsellor -
Natalie Christou-Sapsted
Reiki Master & Hypnotherapist
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Julie Bowes
Integrative Psychotherapist
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Miguel Castillo
Psychotherapeutic
Counsellor -
Ellen Spafford
Trauma Informed Psychotherapist &
EMDR Practitioner -
Alison Bladh
Nutritional Therapist