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Connect Counselling Service

Bringing you Together

About Connect

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Andrea Hunt (formerly Smith) is a qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, qualified Independent Practitioner, qualified Counselling Supervisor, qualified Couples Counsellor and a qualified Online Practitioner.

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She began her counselling training in 2007 after a life-threatening accident whilst working in a high-pressured role and environment.

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Andrea has had numerous life events and experiences which has enabled her to connect and relate with many people from different backgrounds and cultures.

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This has developed her understanding of difference and diversity and just how unique each individual is.

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Andrea runs a successful private psychotherapeutic practice for clients of all ages.

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She has counselled pupils within a school environment and students with complex social and learning difficulties.

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Andrea has counselled for charities; becoming specialist within adult mental health and young people.

 

She has also provided a consultancy service for group sessions and has previously embarked on a project in partnership with Wiltshire Mind and SWITCH which involved counselling ex-offenders.

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She has also had experience but is not restricted to, clients presenting issues around:

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  • Child counselling

  • Couples counselling

  • Family counselling

  • Older people's counselling

  • Young people's counselling

  • Abortion

  • Abuse

  • Academic progression

  • Addiction (s)

  • ADHD

  • Affairs and betrayals

  • Alcoholism

  • Anger management

  • Anorexia nervosa

  • Asperger's syndrome

  • Attachment disorder 

  • Attachment disorder in children

  • Autism

  • Avoidant personality disorder

  • Baby loss

  • Behaviour problems

  • Bereavement

  • Binge eating disorder

  • Bipolar disorder

  • Bipolar/Manic depression

  • Body dysmorphic disorder

  • Borderline personality disorder (BPD)

  • Bulimia nervosa

  • Bullying

  • Career progression/counselling

  • Carer support

  • Child abuse

  • Childhood bereavement

  • Childhood bullying

  • Child related issues

  • Chronic fatigue/ME

  • Couple issues

  • Dementia

  • Depression

  • Depression and anxiety in children

  • Discrimination

  • Dissociation

  • Domestic abuse

  • Drug abuse/addiction

  • Dyspraxia

  • Eating disorders

  • Emotional abuse

  • Family break ups

  • Family dynamics/family issues

  • Feeling sad

  • Gambling

  • Gender dysphoria

  • Generalised anxiety/anxiety

  • Health anxiety

  • Hoarding

  • Infertility

  • Internet addiction

  • Inter-personal relationships/relationship issues

  • Jealousy

  • Kink-aware therapy

  • Living with long term illness

  • Loneliness

  • Low self confidence

  • Menopause

  • Mental health

  • Narcissistic personality disorder

  • Neurodiversity

  • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

  • Panic attacks

  • Panic disorder

  • Perfectionism

  • Personality disorder

  • Phobias

  • Physical abuse

  • Porn addiction

  • Post-natal depression

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

  • Pregnancy and birth

  • Risky behaviour

  • Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

  • Self-esteem/low self esteem

  • Self-harming

  • Separation and divorce

  • Separation anxiety

  • Sex addiction

  • Sex problems

  • Sexual abuse

  • Sexual assault

  • Sexual confusion/sexual issues

  • Sexual invasion

  • Sexuality/orientation

  • Social anxiety

  • Spirituality

  • Stress

  • Suicidal thoughts

  • Trans-identifies people/partners of

  • Transition

  • Trauma  

  • Voices

  • Work related issues  

  • Young carers

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Andrea is able to offer couples and group counselling to cover areas, but not restricted to, relationship conflicts; common goals and themes and family mediation.

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