Counselling

Welcome to my Counselling page.

I am currently offering confidential counselling sessions for Young People aged 8 and over, Adults and Couples. In a variety of locations, Arbroath, Perth or Dundee.

I am a fully qualified, experienced counsellor and have been counselling people since 2001 and qualified with my first Diploma in 2003. Over the years, I have worked in a few different voluntary sector agencies and continue to work in this sector as Young Persons Counsellor.

What is Counselling?

Counselling allows the client to be listened too in a safe non judgemental space, where they can explore, current upsets or crisis or look over an old issue that continues to cause them difficulty. Counselling is not advice giving, but rather an enabling process which can facilitate necessary change and personal growth.

As with my Reiki work, I work from a warm and compassionate place, a place of
acceptance and non judgement. I place great value on the client being the expert
in their own lives and I am a vehicle, through which they are exploring it, or a current
issue.

My theoretical background is Psychodynamic and Egan. I like to work creatively and
can include differing ways of enabling clients to express themselves including for
example, drawing, metaphor or sand play. My approach to counselling clients is
integrative, which means, it combines the different theoretical approaches mentioned
above and my work is always centred around the needs of the client. See about me
page for qualifications.

What issues can I get help with?

In my Young Peoples work, I am currently working with Young People who have experienced some of the following: anger, changes in family structure, bullying, not getting on at home, difficulty at school, or anything else that is troubling them.

In my Adult work I have experience of working with clients who have: anxiety, depression, stress. sexual, physical, or mental abuse, drug and alcohol issues and individual loss and change in relationships and in life.

 I offer Couple work, working with couples whose relationships are challenging or under stress at this time.
Sessions last for 50 minutes and are usually weekly, at the same time and place. I offer short term work 4-6 weeks or longer term work depending on your needs.

I am a member of BACP and work within their code of practice and ethics.

In additional to my formal qualifications, I have recent training in play therapy, counselling children and young people, working with trauma, anger management.
 
Please get in touch if you wish to discuss any of the above