Living with a Stoma doesn’t have to mean the end of life as you knew it

Do you feel as though your stoma is ruling your life? Are you spending all your time desperately trying to find a way to cope with this way of living?

As a psychotherapist and a fellow Ostomate, I get it. You’re not alone and I’m here to help you.

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What would your life be like if you could just feel happy again?

After a life-changing surgery such as an ostomy, it is incredibly common to feel depressed, loneliness, self-loathing, revulsion, even feel suicidal.

But it doesn’t have to be this way!

What if you could talk to a therapist who’s also an Ostomate? Someone who genuinely recognises what you’ve been through and understands what you’re feeling. How might it feel to:

let go of the emotions you’ve been experiencing and bottling up,
be allowed to get angry about the way your body has let you down,
work with somebody to get to a point where you can start to look at life from a more positive and healthier perspective again, enabling you to cope going forward.

All prospective new clients get a FREE 15-minute, no-obligation, pre-assessment call. Book now (you have nothing to lose and everything to gain).

Understand why you aren’t coping.
Work through the negative feelings associated with the outcome of your surgery.
Learn how to manage going forward.
Be more confident when you leave the house.
Be able to express yourself in an understanding and non-judgmental setting.
Learn to love yourself again!

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Things My Clients Have Said…

Carrie has been so understanding throughout my counselling. She helped me see how some of my coping mechanisms were not serving me anymore but keeping me stuck. Her listening and empathy have been invaluable to me, and I feel I am able to see my self-worth now.

Harpenden

After a number of false starts with therapists, I can only say that I wish I had found Carrie sooner! Over a period of 5 years, I had seen multiple therapists and psychiatrists to address issues relating to unstable personality disorder with secondary readjustment disorder. With invariably unsatisfying results, I was extremely sceptical about seeing another therapist: more fundamentally I was utterly pessimistic about the possibility of being happy or leading a “normal life”.

Watford

Carrie really helped me to articulate the origins of deeply embedded patterns of negative and self-defeating thinking, which proved essential in enabling her to then work with me to develop practical strategies for loosening their grip. She is patient and compassionate while being proactive and constructively challenging when she needs to be. I found this combination of empathy and robust testing of my negative perceptions immensely helpful.

Vauxhall

Working with Carrie gave me the opportunity to explore my thoughts, feelings, and patterns of behaviour. She also offered me coping skills and techniques to better manage daily stressors and symptoms.

Tring

I really felt heard and seen by Carrie. She gave me the space to really work through some difficult issues and helped me look at things from a different perspective. Carrie gave invaluable tools and techniques to help me cope better.

Watford

I always felt listened to and understood. Carrie and I worked together for almost 2 years and I feel much more self-aware now, as if a veil has lifted.

St. Albans