Therapy is a safe place to explore and reflect on life issues, things that happen which impact how we feel, which disturb or disrupt our peace and joy in life.

Everyone can benefit from the therapy space at different times in life. We all suffer losses of different kinds- bereavements, ruptured relationships, disconnect within ourselves, childhood wounds, our emotional wellbeing and much more.

You can make an initial enquiry by email, text or phone. One of our team will contact you and find you a therapist who suits your needs and availabilities. The therapist will then contact you to make an appointment.

Initially it is helpful to have weekly sessions to get into the work and establish familiarity with the space. You can then agree with your therapist what is best for you. 

Most of our therapists offer online counselling. 

It is helpful if we can meet in person initially to get a sense of each other as client and therapist but this is not essential and online therapy has its benefits. 

It is very important to work with a therapist who feels right for you. If you don’t feel connected, then we are very happy to find you a different therapist and we don’t take this personally as we recognise that we are all different

Our therapists all work within their own private practice and costs vary between £50-£65 for individual sessions of 50-60 minutes and £70-£85 per session for couple work. 

We have an excellent team of trainee therapists who are on placement with us. They are in their final stages of training, building their hours to become qualified and are supervised by Bel and Amanda, the directors of Invicta. The cost of these sessions is £25

Clients come to us with a wide-range of issues problems including: 

• Anxiety (generalised anxiety problem, panic attacks, social anxiety)
• Workplace issues (stress, work-life imbalances
• Relationship issues (breakups, divorce, affairs, loneliness, life adjustments, marital problems, jealousy, wedding and premarital issues)
• Depression (including suicidal thoughts, low mood, social withdrawal)
• Low self-esteem and lack of confidence
• Trauma (including post-traumatic stress disorder from accidents, sexual assault and other attacks/incidents)
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Eating Issues (including bulimia, binge eating, negative body image)
• Phobias and Fears
• Addiction & substance misuse
• Bereavement/grief/loss

You can learn about each therapist and their approach by reading the individual profiles under ‘Therapists’. You can also talk to our admin team who can provide you with further guidance.  For your therapy to be effective, it’s important you work with a counsellor or psychotherapist you feel you can eventually trust. At your first meeting both you and the therapist will have an opportunity to honestly decide if you will benefit from working together. And if after several sessions you simply don’t feel the therapist is a good match, we are one of the only UK companies to offer you a free consultation with another therapist of your choice. 

We have a number of therapists who provide relationship/couples counselling. It is most effective when both parties are open and willing to engage in the therapeutic process.

Invicta Therapy is based in central Buxton in the heart of the Peak District and offers both in person and online therapy. If you are coming from in person therapy, you will arrive at 2 St James Terrace; four storey Georgian listed building. 

Invicta has a buzzer entry system – simply buzz and you will be let in via your therapist. Please continue up the stairs to the 3rd floor where you will see our Invicta therapy sign on the wall.  Please let yourself in and take a seat in our reception area and your therapist will come and welcome you when it is time for your session to begin. You will be taken into one of our therapy rooms by your therapist where you can make yourself comfortable and your therapist will inform you of what to expect. Most sessions are 50 minutes in length.

This is something which varies from person to person. Your first session with your therapist can often identify next steps and you can discuss any concerns with them. 

We work with a variety of independent therapists and charges vary from £50 to £85 per session for individuals, and up to £100 per couple. 

Yes, counselling sessions are confidential. Your therapist is ethically bound to keep what you share private. Note that registered therapists are obliged to have a supervisor overseeing their work, to ensure they are maintaining a high level of assistance to their clients. While they might discuss the generalities of your case with their supervisor, a therapist would not divulge your identity, and the supervisor would also be under oath to protect the privacy of any information that is shared.

Due to the nature of the building, there is no step free access to Invicta Therapy. 

You may be very concerned about someone’s wellbeing and would like to see them have counselling; however it really is best if the person in question can reach out for support themselves. We can take enquiries from you on behalf of someone else, but you should have their full consent. If you really feel you must suggest counselling to someone, do it in as calm and private a moment as possible. It’s important you express your concerns in a judgement-free manner and backed up by facts over hearsay. Make it clear you support him or her and merely want to see them be helped in feeling better. Then leave them to make the decision for themselves.