Welcome to Swift

We are a small, highly professional counselling service with offices in Swindon (Wiltshire) and near Brecon (Powys, Wales). We work with families, couples and individuals (adults and children) and also with family businesses. The purpose of this site is not only to let people know how we might be of help through our experience and training, but also to provide a source of information to counsellees and counsellors. Please contact us if you have any suggestions on how we can improve our site.

Our Approach

We seek to tailor our therapeutic approach to the particular concerns of each client.  First, we will try to match the needs and preferences of the client with the most suitable therapist/counsellor.  For example, one of our therapists specialises in working with children.  Second, from the variety of therapeutic methods available to us, we will aim to offer those that best match the client’s needs.

Generally, we like to start counselling/therapy by using Systemic Psychotherapeutic ideas to build up a picture of the important past and current relationships in an individual’s life, (or in a couple’s or family’s lives if we are working with these situations).  From this initial exploration we will chose, together with our client, the best way forward.  In some cases this may be a continuation of Systemic Psychotherapy.  In other cases where we find, for example, that the client’s difficulties are due to unresolved traumas, we will offer EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) because it is so effective in healing these conditions.

Our Values

One of our core values is to respect difference, including the right of people to hold different views. We take pride in being able to work effectively with people from a wide variety of social, ethnic, gender and other backgrounds.

We aim to see clients within one week of them contacting us.