SHEILA MOFFOOT
Accredited MBACP
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Please use the contact box below to enquire about putting a session in place. Or to find out more about the counselling service I offer.
About Me – Counsellor Specialising in Grief, Bereavement & Emotional Wellbeing
My journey into counselling began with my own experiences of attending therapy at different times in my life. These meaningful encounters with counsellors inspired me to go on and train as a professional counsellor, with the goal of supporting others through their own emotional challenges.
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Counselling Experience
During my counselling training, I volunteered as a bereavement support worker at a local hospice and provided adult counselling through two well-established UK charity organisations. I’ve worked with clients facing a variety of issues, including:
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Stress and anxiety
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Depression
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Relationship breakdown
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Workplace bullying
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Loss and grief
After qualifying as a counsellor, I worked as part of the Family Support Team at a hospice, offering both emotional support to patients and their families and also providing specialist grief and bereavement counselling.
Grief counselling is an area I feel deeply passionate about. I understand how disorienting and overwhelming grief can be and how vital it is to have compassionate support while navigating loss.
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My Background – Health and Cross-Cultural Understanding
Before becoming a counsellor, I worked as a nurse and midwife in a variety of healthcare settings. This professional experience enhances my understanding of how health-related issues such as long-term illness, chronic conditions, and a cancer diagnosis can impact mental and emotional wellbeing.
I’ve also lived abroad and experienced the emotional impact of cross-cultural transitions from adapting to a new culture to re-adjusting to life back in the UK. These transitions can stir up feelings of loss, isolation, and questions relating to identity.
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My Approach to Counselling
As a qualified integrative counsellor, my focus is to provide asupportive space where you can explore the issues you may be struggling with. The counselling experience can help you understand your emotions, gain clarity, build inner resilience, and move forward with confidence.
Whether you're navigating grief, anxiety, life transitions, or emotional overwhelm, I’m here to support you in a way that feels safe, respectful, and tailored to your needs.
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Ready to Begin Your Counselling Journey?
If you're looking for a counsellor who understands the complexities of grief, emotional distress, and life transitions, I’d be glad to help.
You can book a free short introductory call, contact me directly using the box below to discuss how we might work together.
I encourage you to think about taking the first step—toward healing, growth, and renewed emotional wellbeing.
What I can Offer You as Your Counsellor:
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I use a combination of approaches when working with my clients. My main way of working is Person Centred where you, my client, is at the centre of the work we do together, working in the 'here and now', with whatever you choose to bring into the counselling room to talk about, so you are always in control of what you share in the session.
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Person Centred Counselling allows you to choose the focus and pace of the work. I believe in your potential and ability to make the right choices for yourself, regardless of my own values, beliefs and ideas.
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I also use the Psychodynamic approach: working with personal life experiences from your past which may also be impacting your present way of being and life experiences. I do also use other therapeutic tools and approaches where appropriate in order to meet your needs as my client.
Counselling offers a confidential and safe space in which you can explore, with my support, your thoughts, feelings and behaviour around your personal life experiences which may be causing difficulties. I do not give advice or tell you what to do nor will I judge you for the way you think, feel and behave.
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I believe the relationship between counsellor and client is vitally important for the counselling to be of help and would encourage an initial session to see if you feel I am the right counsellor for you and that we can work together. Likewise if I feel I do not have the experience to support you with the issue you are coming with I will do my very best to direct you to where would best suit you.
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I am an Accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and adhere to their ethical guidelines. I also hold personal indemnity insurance.