You are the ‘Tree of Life’

We are truly exceptional and gifted human beings to have made it to this point of our lives with the difficult circumstances and challenges we have been given.

At times it might feel that nobody could understand or process the multi-layers of bewilderment we have gone through. It might have felt like so many doors have been closed and opportunities lost because we were not ready, felt emotionally disconnected or even unsafe around other people.

I offer a holistic and person-centred service.  This means that I’m bound to a lifetime of learning and training which is passed on to the people I work with. I’ve worked and trained in many settings and countries and have a life-span of lived experience and knowledge about therapy, techniques and self-development.

I have had the benefit of working within hospitals, am the founder and CEO of an international wellbeing organisation, have provided training for mental health practitioners, in addition to learning from ingenious models from around the world. I believe we can begin to rewrite our stories and destinies. The story always begins with you and your life experience.  Your stories, not yet shared or processed, are yet to come to fruition. Like a rosebud which needs the right conditions to blossom.

In this lifetime we can often feel like strangers passing in the night, with no lighthouse or compass. Grasping for something to make sense of our suffering and the path to liberation. Sometimes we forget that we are the lighthouse, and the source is inside us. When we receive that intuitive message – perhaps through an ally, dream, or other intuitive means – we know and recognize progress, and we begin to transcend and shed old broken narratives and negative circumstances.

Our sessions are therefore an opportunity to explore loss, grief, trauma and human connection, and transcend through techniques of rewriting your narrative and becoming more whole and integrated.

The methodology of counselling sessions may include CBT, mindfulness, journaling, tapping & somatic reprogramming, drumming, worksheets and retreats.

The stages of therapy:

1. Assessment and road map and trajectory of the healing process

2. Establishing stability and balance in one’s body using a somatic approach.

3. Recognition of one’s own core inner strength and potential, and our resources.

4. Regulation of our emotions, and recognition of trigger points.  Use of ‘tapping’.

5. Developing and enhancing our skill set for managing painful and unwanted experiences, and minimising unhelpful responses through rewriting our narratives and stories.

6. Developing and sustaining a more positive and optimistic outlook through selfcare

William Fley

Winner of the 2023 Faith and belief forum award and 2024 Kings garden party invitee.

http://www.honouringrief.com 

I’m a trained and certified Counselling Psychologist based in the Netherlands.

I specialize in anxiety and anxiety spectrum conditions as well as grief and loss. Additionally, I have experience working with diverse client populations in individual and group settings, who struggle with – anxiety, depression, grief & loss, interpersonal relationship stressors, life transitions, intergenerational traumas, addictions, and unhelpful negative thought cycles.

I use an eclectic and a tailor-made approach using therapies, including but not limited to, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), Transactional Analysis, Gestalt Therapy, Narrative therapy.

I am also a certified Grief Educator.

A Certified Grief Educator is committed to providing the highest level of grief support through education, experience, and insights into the often unacknowledged rocky terrain of grief. Certified Grief Educators completed a certificate program designed by world-renowned grief expert, David Kessler. They bring his unique methodology, tools, and decades of experience to help people navigate the challenges of grief.

I offer grief support for people who have suffered loss of their loved ones and struggling with life without them. Personally, having lost my mother in 2020, I came face to face with my own grief and what life has looked like coexisting with my grief. I try to bring, into grief sessions, an open understanding of how grief is a lifelong journey and not just an isolated event that we are all so conditioned to believe. I help grievers understand their grief and how best to honor it.

You wake up each day and it hits you again. You’ve entered a new reality: one you would do anything to escape. You’ve lost something or someone that made life make sense. Maybe you’ve experienced a difficult break-up. Lost a dream job. Maybe you’re struggling with your health. Or maybe someone you love has died. Either way, you don’t know where to go from here. The things that usually help aren’t available due to the pandemic. It doesn’t feel like the people in your life to whom you turn for support understand what you’re going through. Or you worry they have too much going on in their own lives.

I can help you learn to manage the overwhelming emotions coming at you each day. I’ll be there with you to unpack your grief, in the many ways it will show up. I’ll help you learn healthy ways to cope and care for yourself during grief, and together, we’ll explore what your new life, the life with grief, will look like.

Reaching out for help is hard and overwhelming. I offer a free, 15-minute consultation so we can get to know one another. I respond to emails and calls promptly (within one business day or less). Even if I’m not the best fit for you, I’ll do whatever I can to help you find the right counselor. You made it this far in your search for support: don’t give up.

Marriage and Family Therapy

Individual Therapy for ages 12+

Applications and skills in managing grief, trauma, anxiety, depression and addiction

CBT, Strategic and Structural Family Therapy, and SFT

Modalities in DBT and IFS

Psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families in-person in the DFW Metroplex and virtually in Nevada, Montana, Texas, and South Carolina.

Imagine feeling calm, confident, grounded, hopeful, and at ease in your life. If you’re having difficulty finding balance, experiencing increased anxiety, feeling stressed out, overwhelmed, scared, frustrated, angry, or just plain stir crazy and cooped up – I understand and can help. What you’re experiencing is normal and together we can get you to a place that allows you to embrace the mess, minimize stress, and find calm in the chaos while embracing the uncertainty.