Counselling
  Clyde Coast

Counselling Therapy in Ayrshire and the Clyde Coast Area

My Approach:

I work within the Person-Centred approach and value the working relationship between therapist and client. I work with individuals in private practice, as a bereavement counsellor in the voluntary sector and I also have counselling experience in a primary care setting. As a person-centred counsellor, I believe that everyone has their own answers to what is best for them. However, in times of difficulty and stress, we can feel overwhelmed and not know what to do or where to start in finding our own solutions. My aim is to be alongside you throughout your journey of exploration. By offering you a genuine, understanding and accepting relationship that is free of judgments and assumptions, I hope it will be possible for you to feel free and safe to look at all aspects of your experiencing. This approach supports you as you build your personal power, self-acceptance, self-awareness and self-trust. I aim to be sensitive to the cultural and ethnic origins of all individuals and to their religious beliefs and sexual orientation.


Qualifications & Specialist Trainings:

Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling - University of Strathclyde Counselling Unit

COSCA Counselling Skills Certificate

COSCA CBCS Specialist Module in Bereavement and Loss

Focusing - Levels 1 & 2

Certificate of Accreditation as a Victim Support Visitor

Professional Membership:

I am a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and adhere to their Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.

I am also a member of Person Centred Therapy Scotland, the British Association for the Person Centred Approach and the Counselling Directory

Continuing Professional Development:

Continuing Professional and Personal Development is very important to me in improving and developing my work. I regularly take up further training opportunities and I undertake a minimum of 30 hours of CPD annually.

Supervision:

In accordance with best practice, counsellors are required to reflect on their practice. Supervision is a space where counsellors can discuss and explore issues that arise when working with clients. I have regular supervision with an experienced supervisor. When I discuss my work, I ensure that my clients’ identities remain anonymous and my supervisor is bound by the same rules of confidentiality as I am.

Experience:

Counsellor in Private Practice

Counsellor for an Employee Assistance Provider

Affiliate Counsellor for Counselling Works, an agency offering swift access to counselling

Volunteer Counsellor for Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland

Counsellor in Primary Care in a GP practice

Volunteer Visitor for Victim Support Scotland

Before training as a therapist, I worked in areas of management, administration and customer service and care. During this time, I learned a lot about the complexities of human relationships, how people inter-relate and function both socially and in the workplace. I hope to bring all my life experience and skills to my work with clients. I value individuality and equality. I feel passionately about the person-centred approach to working with clients as it has potentiality and empowerment at its core.


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You can also email or call me on 07551 312174.