Elizabeth "Liz" Pentz, BACP

Elizabeth "Liz" Pentz is a qualified, person centred therapeutic counsellor who works with an eclectic mix of approaches tailored to each individual's needs. She has extensive experience supporting people through depression, anxiety, trauma, abuse and relationship difficulties, and she recognises that everyone processes experiences in unique and personal ways.

Liz has worked widely with clients experiencing low self esteem and diminished self worth, helping them to build a stronger internal foundation for living more healthily and with greater wellbeing. She is also familiar with the complex and often traumatic nature of loss in its many forms, and has substantial experience providing bereavement support where grief can involve conflicting and difficult emotions.

In addition to bereavement work, Liz has specific training in supporting victims of sexual and domestic abuse and offers practical, strengths-based help for coming to terms with difficult life events and developing healthy coping strategies. Her practice includes person centred principles, supplemented by mindfulness and relaxation techniques that can provide useful tools when appropriate.

Liz aims to listen, support and genuinely hear clients, drawing on the Carl Rogers idea of walking alongside someone on their journey. She provides an empathic, non-judgemental presence in 45 minute sessions delivered over a period of weeks or according to the client's preference. She is a Registered Member of the BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.