{"id":161394,"date":"2025-06-05T22:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T22:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/161394\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T22:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T22:51:10","slug":"swindon-area-man-becomes-counsellor-after-therapy-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/161394\/","title":{"rendered":"Swindon area man becomes counsellor after therapy sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n During a tough time in Edward Hopgood\u2019s life, he sought counselling and soon noticed a significant difference in how he could handle the stresses and struggles that had been troubling him.\n<\/p>\n

\n Now, after 25 years in technology sales, he has switched career and wants to offer similar support to for other men by creating a safe and confidential space where they can feel comfortable discussing their mental health, relationships, career challenges, and anything else they want to get off their chest.\n<\/p>\n

\n The 47-year-old opened a new service in Highworth to provide therapy and mental health support for men.\n<\/p>\n

\n Ed said: \u201cI think awareness of mental health is growing, generally and has become more prevalent in the younger generation.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cMore men are having therapy, which is a great move in the right direction.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWhen parts of my life were not working brilliantly and everything felt overwhelming, I tried therapy, which helped me gain clarity and perspective and control of my life.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cA support network of friends and family is good, but sometimes they want to solve everything for you and, although that comes from a good place,\u00a0you just want someone to acknowledge the impact something\u2019s having on you so you can find a solution on your own.\n<\/p>\n

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\n \u201cThe counsellor wouldn\u2019t offer advice or solutions, they helped me understand my feelings, and I could say what I truly felt without fear or judgement.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cAfter seeing how much better and more grounded I felt, I was fascinated by how it worked, so I trained as a counsellor and thought there was a gap for men who wanted to chat to a trained male counsellor.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThere is still a bit of a stigma for men around discussing mental health, more than physical health, but it\u2019s just as important.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cI want there to be more communication and encouragement for men to access a service if they need it, knowing they will be respected and valued.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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\n At first, SubRosa \u2013 which is Latin for \u2018confidential\u2019 – Counselling was online-only until Ed found suitable spaces to host in-person sessions in Barton House, near the High Street, earlier this year.\n<\/p>\n

\n It\u2019s got off to a good start, with clients booked in on weekdays and evenings, and he hopes to grow the service even more in the future.\n<\/p>\n

\n For more information, visit www.SubRosaCounselling.co.uk, call 07443 308683, or email info@SubRosaCounselling.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During a tough time in Edward Hopgood\u2019s life, he sought counselling and soon noticed a significant difference in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[105,218,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-161394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114633210811151599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}