Counselling for West Malling and Kings Hill

Getting here from West Malling

West Malling is about ten minutes west of Borough Green along the A20 and the A25, and Kings Hill adds five. West Malling station is one stop along the Maidstone East line from Borough Green & Wrotham, so the train is a genuine option if you commute.

Free parking on site.

Who I see from West Malling

Kings Hill in particular sends a distinct kind of work. It is a large modern development built around a business park, with a young professional and family population and a good deal of commuting — and the pattern that comes with that is familiar: work stress that has tipped into burnout, drinking that started as decompression, and anxiety in people who appear to be managing perfectly well.

From West Malling itself the mix is broader, and includes more couples work where gambling, spending or porn use has recently surfaced.

Where the work usually starts

For a substantial number of people coming from this direction, the presenting problem is stress and the actual problem is what the stress is being managed with. Those two threads are worth pulling together rather than separately, because treating either alone tends not to hold.

Stress and burnout · Alcohol

What I work with

The approach is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, supported by CBT where a specific belief or behavioural loop needs breaking.

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