Ciara White

Ciara White
Gunnislake
Cornwall
PL18 9BU

tel: 01822 832173 / 07886 444263
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Counsellor Profile

I offer confidential counselling & longer term psychotherapy for adults and adolescents.

I work in private practice, as a school counsellor, in an agency which provides counselling to 11 to 25 year olds and for Mencap (the UK's main learning disability charity).

I have experience of working with stress, anxiety, depression, OCD, bereavement, relationship difficulties, conflict resolution, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, identity confusion, post-natal depression, family breakdown, bullying, learning disability and learning difficulities, anger management, living with a disability, coping with illness and difficulties around life changes.

Some of the ways I help clients : support; recovery; finding better solutions; increasing understanding and insight; finding new directions; improved communication; improved relationships; faciliating change; coming to terms with a situation, past or present, and finding peace and resolution; managing emotions better; finding a way to change patterns of behaviour; getting support and understaning.

Clients seek therapy to improve their quality of life. The key is that counselling and psychotherapy needs to be unique to the individual client.

As a member of British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Institute of Transactional Analysis I adhere to strict professional codes of practice and ethics.

My approach is integrative, humanistic and client centred. I draw on a number of theories and approaches, depending on the needs of the client.

Training, Qualifications & Experience (more info)

Diploma in Integrative and Relational Transactional Analytic Psychotherapy

Certificate in Counselling

Certificate in Working with Trauma & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Certificate in Solution Fucused Brief Therapy (University of Plymouth)

ITEC Diploma Massage Anatomy and Physiology

I have also undertaken the following trainings:
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Cultural Aspects of integrative Psychotherapy
Understanding Systemic Thinking (family therapy)
Depression and Anxiety in Children & Young People
Understanding the Mental Health and Emotional Needs of Children & Young People
Child Protection

Areas of counselling I deal with

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Phobias

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Fees

£30 per hour for adults; £20 per hour for adolescents (ages 11 to 19); £45 per hour for couples. I offer a limited number of reduced fee places for low incomes.

Extra Information

Call 01822 832173 / 07886 444263 or email ciara.white@virgin.net
Day and evening appointments available.

Member Organisation(s)

BACP	- Last checked by Counselling Directory on: 30th June 2007