Bespoke Therapy & Healing · Newtownabbey
Welcome to Ashleigh Duncan Counselling & Therapy, Newtownabbey, a private counselling practice conveniently located on Antrim Road, Glengormley.
Providing a confidential counselling service, offering a safe and supportive space for clients to explore their needs, make sense of their thoughts and emotions, and develop coping skills to navigate life's challenges, without judgment or expectation.
In my own words
Understanding the relationships and connections that shape how you think, feel and cope, and working with that in the room.
A gentle, trauma informed approach that meets you exactly where you are, without judgement.
A confidential space to explore your thoughts, your body and your story, at your own pace.
My Approach
Rather than focusing on mental health alone, my bespoke approach works with the four bodies of a person: emotional, mental, physical and spiritual. It's shaped to your personality and beliefs, because sometimes talking is simply too much, and you deserve a gentler way in.
Making sense of feelings that are hard to name, without judgement or expectation.
Understanding patterns of thought and behaviour, and building coping skills that last.
Working with the body through somatic experiencing, where trauma and tension are often held.
Space for meaning, belief and connection, woven in gently and always on your terms.
The Lotus
In Buddhism, the lotus is a symbol of awakening. It grows in muddy water and rises above the surface to bloom in beauty and purity, which is exactly how I see the therapeutic journey. The closed bud represents potential. The open flower represents enlightenment.
Despite challenging beginnings, one can rise above and emerge whole.
The different stages of the lotus mirror the different stages of therapy, and it's a reminder I keep close in every session I hold.
Read my storyWays I Can Help
As an integrated therapist, I bring several approaches together so the therapy adapts to you, rather than expecting you to adapt to it.
Person centred, CBT, solution focused and psychodynamic approaches, blended into one bespoke framework.
Learn more →A trauma informed, body oriented approach that helps release what talking alone cannot always reach.
Learn more →Solution focused support for life changes, confidence and building a healthier, calmer routine.
Learn more →My background in energy work shapes how I hold somatic sessions. I'm taking a break from reiki sessions for now.
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Published Author
My guide to shedding societal expectations and living authentically. Told through short stories, lessons and analogies drawn from my own life and clinical experience, it's a gentle, honest companion for anyone ready to strip away limiting beliefs.
Recognition
My Practice
Alongside me, my associate counsellor Andrea Black offers her own appointments at the clinic, so you can find the right fit for you.
Meet me & AndreaReady When You Are
Face to face sessions in Glengormley, or online across Northern Ireland and beyond. Sessions from £50.