Private Counselling online and in-person in the Northeast of England
I provide a safe and confidential space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. As a fully qualified and trained counsellor, I’m here to help you understand and address personal challenges, improve your mental health, and develop effective coping strategies.
As a therapist I can help you with:
- Develop a deeper understanding of yourself and your relational patterns
- Explore family dynamics and how they continue to shape your present
- Gently process trauma at a pace that feels safe
- Work through conflict and strengthen communication
- Rebuild trust, attachment, and intimacy in relationships
- Identify patterns that no longer serve you
- Develop emotional resilience and practical coping skills
- Move towards a more authentic and grounded sense of self
Online, telephone and face-to-face counselling available
- Face to face counselling in Birtley, near Chester-Le-Street, Washington, Gateshead, Sunderland, and Durham.
- Single and block booking options
- I offer a free 15‑minute telephone consultation to help you determine which approach is best suited to your needs and decide whether you’d like to work with me.
I have a deeper understanding working with:
- Low self-esteem
- Anxiety, depression and low-mood
- Grief and bereavement
- Relationship or family pressures
- Domestic abuse
- Narcissistic abuse
- Migratory grief and identity
“I’m Bettina McKinnon, a qualified and BACP-registered counsellor based in the Northeast of England. I bring a diverse background to my practise including experience in business and economics, as well as over a decade of working with elderly individuals. These experiences have shaped my understanding of the many challenges people face and deepened my empathy and insight as a therapist. “
“I’m passionate about helping people feel heard, supported, and empowered to move forward. My approach is warm, down‑to‑earth, and centred around creating a space where you can talk openly without fear of judgement.
I’m an Integrative, Person‑Centred Counsellor, drawing on a range of therapeutic approaches — including CBT and mindfulness — to tailor the work to what feels right for you.
I believe that therapy works best when you feel safe, understood, and genuinely supported — and that begins with a real human connection.”
Start your journey
We can arrange a time for a free telephone consultation to share your concerns, and this enables us to determine which approach may be best suited to your needs, at a pace most comfortable and beneficial to you. When you reach out, we’ll briefly explore what’s bringing you to therapy and how we might work together. If it feels like the right fit, we can meet online or in person for your first session, complete an assessment together, and agree on how we’ll move forward.
If you would like to face to face therapy we can work together in Birtley, conveniently located near Chester-Le-Street, Washington, Gateshead, Sunderland, and Durham.
My standard fee is £50 per session, with each session lasting 50 minutes. However, I offer block booking, 6 sessions for £45 per session. Please contact me to discuss this further and ask any question you may have.
Please contact me on 07708 029509 or via the Contact Form below to ask any questions that you may have.
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