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Compassionate Psychodynamic Counselling: Understand your past, take control of your present, choose your future.
Hello, welcome to my page. If you are looking for help it is important to acknowledge that it takes huge courage to come to Counselling for whatever brings you there and I hope that whoever you work with, that you give yourself credit for this.
I am a fully qualified Psychodynamic therapist - some of the issues I help clients find resolution with are anxiety, trauma, addiction and relationship problems, amongst other things.
My initial training has been enhanced by professional level study of Online and Telephone Counselling, Counselling Children and Young People and Emotion Focused Therapy approaches.
The values I strive towards are warmth, inclusivity, honesty, understanding and congruence. I practice this in my commitment to continued personal and professional development, particularly with regards to cultural understanding and anti-racism. The ways that I do this are collaborating with people from marginalised communities and diverse heritages, reading and learning as well as from continued training.
I work online and by telephone as I was fortunate enough to develop my practice and undergo additional training when Covid-19 began and found this to be really accessible way of reaching clients. I have also found that sometimes people find it easier to talk about some topics when they are not physically in the room with you.
I am fully insured and a PVG scheme member for working with both Adults and Children.
My work as a therapist follows the Psychodynamic approach. Through providing a trusting and honest relationship I can bring insight of the unconscious (what's not in your awareness) into consciousness to help provide the tools to develop a better understanding of how the past impacts the present as well as resolving issues with interpersonal relationships, defences, and emotions.
If you are interested in finding out more about the therapeutic approach that I use, please follow this link
raining, qualifications & experience
I have worked for a number of voluntary and community organisations over the years as well as currently in custodial settings.
Qualifications:
Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling
Advanced Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling
Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling
CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
Award in Leading First Aid for Mental Health SCQF Level 6
Continuing Professional Development:
Introduction to Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Emotion Focused Therapy Level 1
'Working with Trauma that has become stuck'
'Working with Trauma Triggers and Flashbacks '
Certificate in Counselling Children & Young People (Taught aspect of this course completed, in the process of gaining relevant experience with under-18s for award)
Adults, Young People, Children, Older Adults
Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Loss, Bereavement
I offer a free 30 minute consultation (on Zoom) for us to meet informally, you to ask any questions and hopefully get a sense if we might be a good match together. My sessions cost £45 and last 50 minutes. Appointments available on Sundays are at a different rate of £65 per session.
English