Counselling
Living with sight loss can bring a range of emotions and challenges. At My Sight Notts, we are here to support you.
We offer confidential one-to-one counselling sessions, available face-to-face, over the phone or by video call. Our counsellors provide a safe, supportive space where you can talk openly about how you are feeling, work through difficult emotions and develop strategies to help you adapt to life with sight loss.
Our counselling team includes three qualified counsellors, as well as student counsellors in their second and third year of training who are on supervised placements with us.
Qualified counsellor: £35 per session (significantly less than other private practice)
Student counsellor: Suggested donation of £10 per session
Please note that there may be a waiting list for this service.
Our qualified counsellors are:
Jeremy Mercer
Flora Markham
Lauren Walters
To find out more or to enquire about counselling, please contact us on 0115 9706 806 or email info@mysightnotts.org.uk
Jeremy’s Profile
My name is Jeremy Mercer and I am a fully qualified counsellor living in Nottingham.
My training was completed at Regents University in London via a renowned organisation called Heartwood.
I have a long and happy association with My Sight Notts and it’s team. I am now in a position to offer professional counselling in partnership with My Sight Notts. Counselling can be delivered via telephone, Zoom chat or face to face at My Sight Notts. I do have an understanding of sight loss as I have had some specialist training in this area.
I can offer up to 12 sessions of counselling depending on people’s issues and challenges. I understand that many people have significant challenges with sight loss and my overall aim is to work positively with you.
My counselling approach is an integrated one – which means it draws from the traditions of Gestalt, Mindfulness based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and person centred. The talking therapies take in a range of issues affecting mind, body, spirit and emotions and places an emphasis on the whole person.
My aim is to help you find your ‘own solutions and pathways’ so that you leave counselling feeling stronger, happier, more independent and in a position to live your life more fully.
You will find me a warm, accessible and accepting person with a gentle sense of humour and a positive attitude towards others and life itself.
My membership of the (NCPS) is No. NCS21-00873
Flora’s Profile
I am a qualified Psychotherapist who has spent the past two years counselling dults with sight loss at My Sight Notts. My work is shaped by a deep respoect for the emotional, relational snf identiuty-level impact of sight loss.
Sight loss can affect far more than vision. It can bring grief for what has changed, anxiety about the future, shfist in independence and a sense of no longer recognising yourself. Many people also find themselves feeling isolated, misunderstood, or unsure where they belong.
I offer a space where the emotional impact of sight loss can be explored without pressire to “cope better” or stay positivbe. Together, we make sense of what you are living with and support your capacity to move forward in ways that feel right for you.
I am a BACP Registered Member (MBACP) with a BSc (Hons) in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy from the Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute. I follow the BACP Ethical Framework, ensurinbg my work is safe, confidential, professional and guided by respoect for your autonomy and well-being.
Contact info – Flora Markham Psychotherapy
07732 316400
