Christine Manning

I offer appointments on Tuesday and Wednesday.

I work with individual adults of all ages, from young to retired plus.

You may have many reasons to be looking for support -  feeling anxious, low, or depressed, struggling with friendships or other relationships.  You may feel unable to cope. You may find it hard to control your emotions. You may be carrying hurt from the past which means that you can’t live freely and fully in the present. 

You will have decided that it is time to do something about whatever is holding you back.  We will meet for an hour at a regular weekly time, and we will talk to explore what life is like for you.

You might find that talking about your life with another person is enough to help you see things differently, and that change can just flow from that.  Paying attention to our bodies can support that, giving us information about our true reactions.  They may also carry the effects of past, which can affect our present.

And so I invite you to try Energy Psychotherapy, simple body-based exercises which can gently and effectively clear the stress out of the nervous system.

I have extensive experience of working with adults of all ages (it's never too late), and people of various nationalities and sexual orientations. 

I have been through emotional highs and lows in life.  I have experience in various walks of life, having worked as a solicitor, with languages in a Trade Union Organisation, been unemployed, raised a family, and lived as a misfit abroad and an ordinary person in the UK.  

I bring these experiences and the compassion they taught me to our sessions.

If you would like to meet me face-to-face, we can meet in my consulting room in Harpenden.  I offer onsite parking, and live close to a bus route.

If you enjoy the outdoors, I offer walk and talk therapy in the Harpenden area.

I offer sessions by webcam or by telephone to English speakers in the UK (and abroad, where local regulations allow.) 

All of these approaches are beneficial, although you may find that one approach suits you better than the others.

There is no minimum or maximum number of sessions.  We can arrange a set number of sessions to focus on a particular issue, or you could opt to see me for as long as you find our sessions useful.

The decision as to the length of your time in therapy is entirely yours, although it is helpful if you can let me know if you are thinking of leaving therapy so that we can work towards a satisfying ending.  You will always be welcome to return.

I offer an introductory session at a reduced rate so that we can begin to know one another, and decide whether we will be a good fit.   

I may ask more questions than I usually would in this session, to help me to build up a picture of your life.  

Please feel free to ask me any questions about therapy and how we will work together.