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Warwickshire > Warwick > CV : 34 > Penny Bould
Name:   Penny Bould
   AOK Counselling, Lifecoaching & Training
I practise at:  
Leamington, Warwickshire CV32
and at:  
Warwick, Warwickshire CV34
 
Phone:   01926 40 92 98 / 07831 50 55 16
 
   Professional   
membership:
  
AFT  -  Association for Family Therapy  
BACP  -  British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy  


  • MBACP - Member British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

  • Also offer psychosexual therapy.

  • Disabled people: the premises I use in Warwick and Leamington Spa are wheelchair user accessible and I work to the positive empowering Social Model of Disability.

    I use an integrative approach and have experience with people from all stages of life and of working with families as well as with sexual and relationship issues.

    I help clients address a wide range of issues includng for example:
  • abuse, addictive behaviours, anger, anxiety, assertiveness
  • bereavement, bullying
  • confidence, coping
  • depression, disability, diversity
  • goal setting & getting (trained life coach)
  • negotiating
  • panic, phobias, post-disaster trauma, public speaking,
  • relationships
  • sexual issues
  • self confidence, acceptance, esteem, respect
  • stress
  • trauma
    & more

    Winner of The EU’s UK Certificate of the Breaking Barriers Award 2000.

    Qualifications & Training

  • Diploma in Counselling (ABC) (Distinction in Advanced Counselling).
  • Graduate Cert. Couns. (Coventry Univ.).
  • Cert. Health Psychology Understanding Mental Ill-health. (Cov. Univ.).
  • Cert. Intermediate Couns. (OCN).
  • Cert. Working with Survivors of Sexual Abuse (OCN).
  • Cert. Bereavement (Cruse).
  • Cert. Life Coaching with NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) (NCFE).
  • Trained in Stress Management (CBT approach).
  • Trained in Current Issues in Sexual Therapy - included Erectile Dysfunction (BASRT Conference 2010)
  • Family Therapy & Systemic Practice with a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
  • Currently completing course in Psychosexual Studies: Understanding the Sexual Relationship at Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships (ends March 2012)
  • Trained in Post-Critical Incident / Disasters Trauma Psychological Welfare (Centre for Trauma Resilience & Growth/NHS/ Notts. Univ./WCC) (Annually since 2007).
  • Trained in Drug Awareness 2010 (Drug & Alcohol National Occupational Standards (DANOS) AA1, AB2, AB5, AC1, AD1, AD4, AF1, AF2).
  • University BA level educated in Psychology, Sociology, Politics & Statistics.
  • Media trained: e.g. BBC, NCTJ, London College of Printing & Home Office Emergency Planning College.
  • Trained in Disability & Diversity Awareness; Government Overview & Scrutiny Skills; Assertiveness; Negotiating Industrial Relations Skills.
  • Experienced part-time or guest lecturer previously at 4 universities: University of Oxford Dept. Psychiatry; University of Warwick Medical School & Coventry University (clinical psychologists & social workers); Metropolitan University of Manchester (negotiating techniques & assertiveness)

    Experience
    Worked clinically in: private practice; NHS hospital; school; training centre for young people; older people's charity; sexual abuse survivors both face to face and helpline; Department for Work and Pensions. Receive referrals from police, schools, employee assistance companies, insurance companies, as well as private individuals self referring.

    Fees
    Variable. Discounts offered for those on low incomes and maybe for those with substantial financial challenges. Payment per session or by standing order. Appointments only made following telephone discussion (or by other accessible means if you are a disabled person with speech, hearing impairments or other issues).


    Key words for this entry:
    Couples, Groups, Individual Counselling, Adults, Children, Elderly, Men, Women, Young, Home visits, Long-term, Short-term, Single sessions, Time-limited, Face-to-face, Instant Messaging, email, telephone, phone, Mentoring, Train the Trainer, Training/tutoring, Workshop, Concessionary rates, Low-cost sessions, Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Bereavement, Body image, Bullying, Cancer, Carers, Child Abuse, Chronic illness, Commitment, Conflict, Crisis Support, Depression, Disabilities, Discrimination, Divorce, Separation, Domestic abuse, Eating, Gender, HIV, Identity, Infertility, Insomnia, Loss, Self-esteem, Mental Health, Miscarriage, OCD, Pain Management, Panic, Phobias, Psychosexual, Psychosomatic, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Rape, Relationships, Self-confidence, Self-harm, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Smoking, Spirituality, Stress, Suicide, Surgery/amputation, Trauma, Unemployment, Weight, Workplace, Assertiveness, Behavioural, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Counselling, Family Therapy, Humanistic, Integrative, Mindfulness, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Person-centred, Psychobiology, Psychotherapy, Relaxation, Stress management, Systemic, Time Line, Transactional Analysis, Business Coaching, Career, Life Coaching, Relationship Coaching, Mediation, Meditation.