Jackie Rowanly

Jackie Rowanly
Stroud
Glos
GL5

tel: 01453-826747
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Counsellor Profile

Conversations From The Heart is the name of my business because this is what I do! I have conversations from my heart with my clients whether that is through the medium of counselling, mentoring, healing or supervision. I offer supervision to counsellors as well as health practitioners.

My training in humanistic counselling, which remembers that we are not only minds, but bodies, emotions and souls as well, permeates how I work. This means that as I listen to what you are saying with your words, gestures, emotions I am also listening to how I am responding to you. This attention to the 'here-and -now' keeps the work we are doing together very much alive. Invariably what happens in the counselling room is a reflection of how you are dealing with problem areas in your life. This gives us information to help understand what is going on for you. We may explore how unresolved events from the past are impacting on you in the present. The aim is to resolve/complete/heal these events and integrate them into your life now. If you are troubled by behaviours, such as addictions, or physiological symptoms, such as anxiety, then we may do some focussed work on these to help you gain control over them. Because everyone is different I use different tools to assist us in the process of exploration and resolution. These may include gestalt counselling, cognitive-behavioural methods, assertiveness training - and inspiration in the moment! Listening to my intuition is definitely one of my most precious tools.

I provide a compassionate confidential counselling service. I work with integrity, intuition and intention to reach the core of your issues with you and to help you in fulfilling your potential. I am very interested in how each person's sense of the spiritual informs their relationship to themselves and the world and welcome this into our work together.

The length of time we work together is determined by the nature of the issues you bring and what you want to achieve. Sessions last 60mins and are weekly. Some clients find it helpful to gradually space out their sessions as they work towards ending.

Supervision - I am a qualified supervisor and have supervised trainee counsellors through to well-established practitioners, individually and in groups, within organizations and in private practice. I am particularly interested in how the relationship between myself and the supervisee may reflect what is happening for them in relation to their client. For counsellors based in organizations I am also interested in how the organization impacts on the therapeutic work.

To make an appointment or for further information, please ring me. I much prefer talking than emailing!

Training, Qualifications & Experience (more info)

BACP Accredited Counsellor
UKRCP Registered Counsellor
Graduate Diploma in Counselling, Keele University
Certificate in Counselling Skills, Westhill College,University of Birmingham
Certificate in Social Work, University of Bristol

Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision

My therapeutic experience comes from 30 years of working in a wide variety of contexts including the NHS, Social Services, GP surgeries, education, voluntary bodies and private practice. I have worked with people from a broad spectrum of cultures, ages, physical and intellectual abilities, sexual orientations, religious and spiritual beliefs.

Areas of counselling I deal with

Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Other areas of counselling I deal with

I work with you on any issue, problem or feeling that you bring to counselling. These might include childhood abuse, bullying, abuse as an adult, loss, bereavement, workplace matters, relationship difficulties, sexual identity and sexuality.
In response to difficult and traumatic situations we often develop coping strategies to help us survive the situation. Sometimes these strategies become problems in themselves. These may take the form of addictions, eating disorders, phobias and obsessive-compulsive behaviour.
Feelings that might prompt you to seek counselling include feeling anxious, depressed, confused, lost, angry, empty, out of control and life having become meaningless.

Fees

£40 hour. If you would like to work with me and the fee would prohibit you from attending, it may be possible to negotiate a lower fee.
Free initial 30 min session to meet each other is available.

Extra Information

I see clients in Stroud, Tetbury and Cheltenham. Each venue is in the town centre and easily accessible by public transport.

Member Organisation(s)

BACP, UKRCP	- Last checked by Counselling Directory on: 30th June 2008