Bereavement Counsellor in West Berkshire
These are my counselling services.
Bereavement
Pet Bereavement
I am used to working with people where Bereavement includes (Anxiety & Panic, Depression, Loss, Grief & Redundancy, Low Self esteem / Self confidence
Stress, Anger)
I am Sally Hunt, a specialist bereavement counsellor based near Pangbourne in West Berkshire. Grief and loss is all I work with — I do not offer general counselling. That focus, built over more than 15 years, means every client I see benefits from a depth of experience that a generalist practice cannot provide.
My consulting room is in a quiet, rural setting that many clients find helpful in itself — away from the demands of daily life, and private. I see clients from across West Berkshire, including Newbury, Thatcham, Theale, Hermitage, Upper Bucklberry, Upper Basildon and the villages of the Downs and Thames Valley.
A specialist, not a generalist
West Berkshire has a number of counsellors, but very few who work exclusively with bereavement. That distinction matters more than it might first appear. Grief has its own particular patterns — the way it resurfaces around anniversaries, the way it can lie quiet for months and then return with unexpected force, the way different kinds of loss carry different weights. Understanding those patterns deeply, from years of working with bereaved people, is different from understanding grief as one presenting issue among many.
If you are looking for someone who will understand what you are going through without needing it explained, and who will not suggest you should be feeling better by now, that is what I offer.
Who I see and what I work with
I work with adults who have experienced any form of bereavement. The loss of a partner or spouse. A parent, whether after a long illness or suddenly. The death of a child, which carries a grief unlike any other. Suicide bereavement, with its particular weight of unanswered questions. Pet bereavement, which others may not always acknowledge but which can be profound. Anticipatory grief — the grief that begins before a death, during a serious illness.
I also see clients who find that grief has surfaced long after a loss — sometimes years later, often triggered by another life event. There is no point at which it is too late to seek support.
Pangbourne, Newbury, Thatcham and the surrounding area
My consulting room near Pangbourne is well placed for clients across West Berkshire. Theale is around ten minutes away. Newbury and Thatcham are roughly 25 minutes via the A4. Aldermaston, Mortimer, and the villages between them are all within easy reach. The rural villages of the western Downs — Upper Basildon, Bucklebury, Hermitage, Chapel Row, East Ilsley — are all closer to Pangbourne than to most other specialist counsellors in the region.
If you are unsure whether the journey works for you, please do call. A short conversation is enough to work that out.
Difficult dates and the calendar of grief
One of the things that distinguishes specialist bereavement work is an understanding of the calendar of grief. Christmas. A birthday. The anniversary of the death itself. These dates rarely get easier simply with the passage of time, and for many people they become a source of dread as much as of sadness.
Part of the work I do with clients is preparation — helping them understand what they are likely to feel, why those feelings may arrive with more force than expected, and how to move through those periods rather than be overwhelmed by them. That kind of preparation comes from years of sitting with bereaved people through exactly these moments.
Getting started
You do not need a referral. A short call or a brief message is enough. I offer a free 20-minute initial conversation so we can both understand whether working together feels right — there is no obligation beyond that.
Call: 0771 516 0337 Email: sally@letstalkaboutit.co.uk Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am–6pm
