Welcome to Copper Couch Counselling
Your Journey Starts Here
Counselling and therapy for individuals in a safe, comfortable and private setting
Welcome, and thank you for visiting.
My name is Nasreen and I provide counselling and psychotherapy to individuals in Sheffield and online.
I have spent over 15 years working in the education sector and have had the privilege of working in the role of a teacher. My career direction changed when I saw the struggles with mental health and wellbeing cropping up regularly, particularly for those who were experiencing overwhelming levels of stress and anxiety, and it was this work that led me to retrain as an integrative counsellor/psychotherapist.
As well as working in private practice, I am currently volunteering my services as a counsellor/psychotherapist in the mental health/wellbeing charity sector. I have previously worked with CRUSE Bereavement Care and SHARE Psychotherapy Service helping clients to start their own journey to the path of healing.
Speak in Confidence
Counselling takes place in a safe space, where you can meet with someone who will listen with sensitivity and empathy - and without judgement. In the therapy space thoughts and feelings can be expressed freely and in confidence.
A problem shared...
Trouble with a relationship; anxiety or panic attacks; mood swings or depression - many people face difficulties in their everyday lives that can be hard to get on top of. Counselling gives us a set of tools we can use to help gain a better understanding of what’s causing these problems - and how you can move towards managing or resolving them.
Make better, healthier new choices
Working together I can help you gain greater insight into the difficulties you are facing, help you understand why you act or react to them the way you do, and see how you can start to make better, healthier choices moving forward.
My approach
You may feel that now is a good time to talk through your personal experiences or explore life goals. I can offer you an empathic and non-judgemental therapy space to do this. As an integrative and person-centred counsellor and psychotherapist, I put the emphasis on our working together; collaboratively exploring what you want from your therapy time. The advantage of working interactively means that I use tools from different therapeutic approaches so that therapy is flexible and tailored specifically to you.
What issues can therapy help with?
People come to me for help a wide range of issues. Here are a few of the more common difficulties that I can support:
Feelings of stress or anxiety
Panic attacks
Relationship problems
Grief, loss or bereavement
Life transition and change
Trauma and post-traumatic stress
Abuse
Depression
Problems with confidence or self-esteem
Anger management
Issues relating to sexuality
Difficulties at work or in retirement
Problems with family or school life
Memberships
I am a registered member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and The National Counselling Association and psychotherapy society (NCPS). I work within their ethical framework. As well as ensuring that I work safely and ethically it also means that I have regular supervision and engage in continuing professional development. I also possess an enhanced DBS certificate and have indemnity insurance.
My location
I work with adults face-to-face from my comfortable therapy practice room in Sheffield 10, or online via zoom or by telephone.
The Practice Rooms
5 Broomfield Road
Sheffield S10 2SE
Free parking available on site.
Sessions
I offer both brief and longer-term work and each session normally lasts 50 minutes. If you need to cancel an appointment, please note that a 48 hrs notice is required; otherwise, you will still have to pay for any sessions missed. I accept payment in cash or bank transfer.
Fees
Initial phone consultation (20 mins)
Free
Session fee (50 mins)
£45 per session
Get in touch
Feel free to contact me to arrange a free 20-minute initial conversation by telephone, where you can ask any questions, you may have and we can discuss whether I am the right therapist for you at this time.
Frequently asked questions
Counselling is usually a good way to help with a current problem; something that can be discussed and - hopefully - resolved within a limited number of sessions. Over a certain number of weeks the understanding of the problem improves and a way forward becomes clear. Therapy often describes work that goes a bit deeper, towards more substantial life issues and problems having a deeper effect on the client’s life. Therapy often requires a long-term approach, so the number of sessions can be open-ended.
Which option is most suitable depends on the client and the difficulties they are facing. In some cases counselling works well as an ongoing, longer-term option - or therapy can manage to resolve an issue in just a few sessions.
Everything that is said within the counselling room is private - this is one of the main ways counselling and therapy differ from talking to a friend or relative. Once you are comfortable with the format of weekly sessions and the safe space they provide, you will find the freedom to speak in confidence is of great value.
Note that there are some situations where you may be a risk to yourself or others, and there the law requires that I notify an authority; in these cases I may not be able to keep total confidentiality. Breaking confidentiality is very rare though, and only happens after the person concerned has been informed.
How long a period of counselling lasts will vary from person to person and depend on the depth of the issues they are facing. For some people a couple of sessions helps to bring their problems into focus, and they feel ready to move forward; other problems may require more of an open-ended approach.
Before we begin any work we will agree on the number of sessions we’ll undertake, and at the end of that number review our progress. As long as we both agree further therapy will be of benefit to you, sessions can continue.
My aim is to offer a first appointment - known as an initial assessment - within 1-2 weeks. Then we would arrange a set number of counselling sessions to take place at the same time every week, that is convenient for you and where I have availabity. How quickly these sessions can begin will depend on the availabity of that free ‘slot’.
You may not know it, but you’ve already taken the first step...
It can be scary and confusing making the decision to contact a counsellor or therapist, but in my experience people will struggle with a mental health issue, a personal crisis or problems with a relationship for much longer than is healthy. Sometimes a friend has proved a source of comfort, but this help can only go so far. Realising that resolving a problem requires something more means you have actually already taken the first step towards improving your life.
How I see it...
I have worked as a counsellor for a number of years now, and have come to believe that unless someone wants to change and has the desire to ‘put in the yards’ and undertake the work, counselling will likely be of limited value. The skill of a counsellor is in helping people to help themselves... the person coming to therapy has to want that help, and be prepared to act on it.
A fascinating journey begins here...
Seeing a therapist is not a passive act; it isn’t like visiting the doctor to be measured, assessed and treated. You don’t come away after one appointment with a pill to take and the responsibility ends there. Counselling and therapy are journeys with a guide through a familiar but somehow unusual land; they can be rewarding, sometimes confusing and often revelatory... what they aren’t is passive!
© Nasreen Hussain
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