Counselling 1:1 Adults In-person in Cardigan town centre or online.

At it’s core, counselling is the experience of confidential professional listening by a trained compassionate counsellor. Sometimes, somply being heard enables us to find the clarity we need to move forward in our lives. Counselling can also be a place to get something off your chest safely like anger, shame, guilt or sadness, it can be a way to untangle something you’re confused about at work or in your family, and gain insight into your patterns of behavior and thinking and change them.

Counselling is useful for relationship problems, work conflicts, social tension, bereavement, anxiety and depression

Psychotherapy 1:1 Adults In-person in Cardigan town centre or online.

Psychotherapy is similar to counselling and reflects deeply on your infancy, family experiences, relationships and life choices. The Adlerian approach is interested in all parts of you - your body, social world, thoughts, emotions and soul. Recognising your patterns without shame, is a way to move the distress or blockages that are getting in your way. It takes courage to change what hurts but you are capable of addressing what causes pain and finding different ways to be.

Meriel intergrates her background in counselling and trauma therapy with the Adlerian psychotherapuetic approach.She has worked for over 5 years supporting people who’ve experienced sexual violence and domestic abuse for New Pathways, Traumaform and the DPJ. She is a Mental Health Counsellor and member of the steering team at Pathway Counselling.

Somatic therapy 1:1 Adults In-person in Cardigan town centre.

Somatic mean body-focused so we start with physical feelings and choices not words and concepts. First, we stablish physical safety which will involve recognition of what’s happened to you and ensuring you are safe right now. Then we might work with simple movements and choice-making. Meriel encourages you to listen to your interoceptions (feelings your body uses to tell you how and where you are like hunger, temperature, sensation etc) and rebuild a relationship with your body. 

Meriel’s is a no-touch approach. Instead, she creates a space for you to be in-charge of any sensations and movements you may, or may not, choose. 

Somatic therapy is particularly useful for those who’ve experienced trauma eg. conflict, war, bullying, rape or sexual abuse, domestic violence or abuse, neglect, isolation or displacement and for people who’ve grown up with parents with addictions or live with addication themselves. 

Body-based therapy may also resource those experiencing loss and grief, complex grief or anticipatory grief.

Meriel Chapple-Goss | She/Her | MA, BA, MBACP, Diploma Adlerian Counsellor IIP, TCTSYF Center for Trauma & Embodiment, US, Trauma Somatics Facilitator & Trainer 

Coming from a Welsh-Nigerian household, I bring a nuanced understanding of cultural and religious issues, including identity struggles and family expectations. I support clients whose cultural, neuro-divergent and gender identities intersect with trauma. Whatever your background, you'll find a non-judgmental, supportive space where you can bring your whole self - your fears, hopes, and everything in between. Working with me means having someone walk alongside you - not leading, not following, but journeying with you. I aim to create a space where you feel safe, heard and able to heal. Where would you like to start?

Get in contact to arrange an initial phone call. From there we can schedule an assessment. We’ll work together to establish how you are and what would be the most useful for you now.

Meriel offers group trauma-informed courses, trauma-informed Yoga and meditation classes and in-house corporate CPD, continuing professional development, training for organisations and health professionals supporting people impacted by trauma.