Hazel Hill

Hazel Hill is a BACP Accredited counsellor and supervisor with over 20 years experience. She provides face to face counselling, as well as walk talk therapy in Sheffield to individual and couples. She also provides online counselling for aid workers and road traffic trauma. Hazel, as a qualified supervisor, also helps trainee counsellors, and supervisees applying for Accreditation. You can ring her on 07814 363855 to book an appointment now.

Unconscious bias in the therapy room: a practical guide for counsellors

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Unconscious bias isn’t a weakness. It’s the brain’s quick shortcut. In therapy, those shortcuts can quietly shape how we assess risk, set goals, listen, and end. This post discusses unconscious bias in the counselling room as well as suggesting some supervision questions to explore it to help protect the relationship and improve the counselling journey […]

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How counselling ethics keep your therapy safe

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When you’re thinking about starting counselling, it’s natural to wonder: Can I trust this person? Will what I say stay private? What happens if something goes wrong? That’s where counselling ethics come in. They’re the quiet structure in the background that help therapy feel safe, respectful and transparent. In this post I’ll explain what I

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‘I felt robbed’: Perimenopause, isolation and how counselling can help

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Reading this BBC article on early perimenopause took me straight back. I felt I had been robbed of something I did not even know I could lose. I started perimenopause at 40. It was a dark time. I was told I was depressed, but it did not feel like depression. Something was wrong and I

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World Mental Health Day: mental health in humanitarian emergencies

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World Mental Health Day: mental health in humanitarian emergencies Today is World Mental Health Day. This year’s global focus is mental health in humanitarian emergencies and access to support. I have seen first-hand the distress, trauma and grief that war and famine create in emergency disasters. Before I became a counsellor, I worked as a

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The Therapeutic Alliance: The Heart of Counselling

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As I reflect on my years in the therapy room, one thread runs through every piece of work that genuinely helps: the relationship. Long before techniques or tools, it’s the quality of the therapeutic alliance—the felt sense of safety, trust and collaboration between us—that makes change possible. Research consistently shows that this relationship is a

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