I have 12 years experience as a Senior Counsellor in the NHS (Primary Care). My Diploma in Person Centred Counselling is from the University of Salford (BACP Accredited Course). After undertaking further training I now work in an integrated way, incorporating NLP, Solution-Focused Therapy, Time Line Therapy, EMDR, CBT and Clinical Hypnosis; this means that I am able to tailor my approach to meet the needs of individual clients. I can offer Life Story work to older clients.
I have been a mentor to student counsellors in the NHS, and am a mentor to psychology students at the university of Manchester.
I do both short and longer term work, and offer a private, comfortable setting.
Member, and abide by the Codes of Ethics & Practice of:
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
British Association for Clinical & Academic Hypnosis (Medical Professionals).
International Positive Psychology Association. Qualifications & Training
Diploma in Counselling - University of Salford.
Diploma in NLP - Optimum Performance.
Master Practitioner NLP - Optimum Performance.
Cert. Clinical Hypnotherapy - British Association for Clinical & Academic Hypnosis.
Cert. Supervision - Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy.
Other skills have been acquired by undertaking comprehensive ongoing Continuing Professional Development - details on request.Experience
I am a mature therapist and have experience of working with a wide range of issues, e.g. A nxiety, Depression, Loss, Abuse, Weight Issues, Effects of long-term or life threatening illness, People affected by cancer, Fears & Phobias, Pain, Stress Management, Work-Related Issues, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Fees
Initial (Assesment) Session - £40.00.
Cost per Session thereafter - £40.00.
Each session lasts 50 minutes. Longer sessions are available by agreement.
Supervision £50.00 per 90-minute session.
Key words for this entry:
Individual Counselling, Adults, Long-term, Short-term, Single sessions, Face-to-face, Mentoring, Supervision, Abortion, Abuse, Anger, Anxiety, Bereavement, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Cancer, Child Abuse, Chronic illness, Depression, Divorce, Separation, Loss, Self-esteem, Mental Health, Pain Management, Panic, Phobias, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Self-confidence, Sexual Abuse, Smoking, Stress, Trauma, Unemployment, Weight, Workplace, Assertiveness, Behavioural, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Content-free, Counselling, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, Ericksonian, Existential, Human Givens, Humanistic, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Integrative, Mindfulness, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Person-centred, Relaxation, Solution-focused, Stress management, Time Line, Visualisation, Meditation, Mentoring. |
