I have worked and studied within the field of
mental wellness for many years now and am keen to help you work to a
solution to your concerns. My methods are multi-disciplinary in an
eclectic method of solution driven ideas – whichever works best for
you and your situation and how you wish to work. I am also available
to help you look at and develop essential life skills and the “soft
skills” of emotional intelligence to enable you to work better in
your workplace and family environments.
Qualifications
My qualifications include counselling within my Bachelor of
Divinity, graduate certificates in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and
family therapies. I have also undertaken training in the concepts of
life skills, mediation within families and work places and NLP,
along with a number of mindfulness and developmental approaches to
couples therapy and offer aspects of this within the eclectic
counselling that I believe works.
Personal professional interests
I have worked for many years with partners and families of those who
have been subjected to domestic abuse. I have also worked with those
people who are in a Carer’s role, especially those within the sphere
of the Mental Health treatment system and whose own health is
vitally important, yet often forgotten about.
My Approach & Philosophy
When it comes to counselling, I believe that compatibility is the
most important aspect. My approach can be summed up by saying that I
like to see a journey followed to your happiness and wellbeing,
using a selection of options in therapy to make your journey to
mental wellbeing. I keep up to date with new ideas and continue my
own learning through continual learning and development and clinical
supervision. Although not exhaustive, some of the areas I have years
of experience in are:
- Couples Therapy, where we examine the
dynamic within your relationship, along with effective
communication, to get the “zing” back into your partnership
- Anxiety Therapy, where we will explore
the origins of your anxiety, whilst examining the best options
suited for you to move forward and be able to live your life
with greater confidence and fullness
- Grief Counselling, during the dying and
death process, there is little time to yourself so when you are
left with the emptiness of afterwards, grief can often be
overwhelming and a guide through the grief process, however long
it takes, can be found to be useful
- Ex-pat loneliness – and sometimes, you
just want to talk – especially when living in another country. I
am also available for this, I have many interests and a wide
variety of general knowledge, and am happy to learn more, so if
you just want to “have a cuppa and talk” then we can make time
for a chat and active discussion over how to resolve your
feelings.
The areas in which I can help you are as
varied as the flowers of the fields, so please feel free to contact
me to discuss any area you would like to talk about.
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