Hansje te Velde MBACP Counsellor Psychotherapist Supervisor

Beaconsfield Street Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV31 1DT View map
01926 311298 www.psychotherapyleamingtonspa.co.uk Click here to Email me

Profile

Welcome to my page! I work with individuals and with couples and have over 20 years experience, helping people resolve conflict. What are you looking for?

You may be seeking counselling or therapy when you are:

- uncertain of your direction and purpose in life
- feeling isolated and unable to make meaningful relationships
- adjusting to economic changes
- affected in the present by past trauma
- experiencing loss
- making a big life transition
- having difficulties in your current relationship
- struggling with the effects of a health diagnosis
- recovering from addiction
- feeling depressed
- a student in therapy, counselling or life coaching
- interested in Gestalt for your personal development

You may be experiencing the effects of stress, trauma, anger, work related issues, including redundancy, loss, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, bereavement, grief, cultural issues, abuse.

Together you and I explore what is going on.
I work with your unique interests and concerns towards lasting changes. 

I also offer supervision to counsellors, therapists, life coaches, students in therapy, counselling and coaching, teachers, social workers and others working in the helping professions.

The location of my practice is close to the centre of Leamington Spa in a quiet street wth ample free parking and within easy reach of main roads, bus stops and railway station.

Are you interested? Then read on to get a sense of me and how I work. You can also visit my websites www.psychotherapyleamingtonspa.co.uk and www.counsellingleamingtonspa.com  or give me a ring to speak directly. I am happy to tell you more or go into anything you are unsure of.

ABOUT COUNSELLING AND THERAPY. You may feel that you are blocked in some aspect of yourself which is reflected in difficulties in your relationships to others and/or yurself or with the world around you. In sessions, you and I explore together what is going on with you, at your pace, supporting you and bringing about greater awareness of what is happening. Together we work on resolving conflict and having more choices. My experience is that people can take the risks of profound personal change when they feel well supported in this way.

I practice gestalt therapy and am passionate about it because gestalt works with the whole person - with feelings, body, intelligence, energy, emotions, imagination, creativity, spirituality, dreams - towards a more integrated self. Whilst using this holistic approach, I see people discover and develop a better sense of themselves and more awareness of options and choices in the way they live their lives.

Gestalt considers three manifestations: the person, his or her environment or context and the relationship between them.

One of gestalt's strenghts is working with the body. I tune into what the body tells us and work with what emerges. I have over 20 years experience in gestalt therapy and other related forms. This means that I live and breathe gestalt principles. My passion is to assist you to reach the better sense of well-being that you are looking for by being there for you during sessions and working together in ways that enhances such well-being. 

I have worked in  settings such as a centre for counselling and psychotherapy, in groupwork practice, three universities - on a counselling course and in counselling departments.  My background is in a wide range of social work - mental health, child protection, adoption, fostering, elderly, residential care, family work, cultural issues (19 years).

I work face to face with individuals and couples on a short and long term basis and offer day time and some evening appointments in Leamington Spa.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Numerous workshops, courses, seminars and conferences since 1977, including:
Supervision Practitioner Training, 2004;
MA Cert Gestalt Psychotherapy, 1999;
Cert Education in Gestalt Psychotherapy, 1991;
CQSW, 1984;
Higher Vocational Training in Child Care and Pedagogy 1977 (in the Netherlands)

I am accredited and registered with BACP and UKRCP.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Adoption Issues
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Avoidant Personality Disorder
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Couples Counselling
• Dependent Personality Disorder
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• Family Issues
• Gender Identity
• HIV/AIDS
• Infertility
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Paranoid Personality Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Phobias
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Pre-nuptial Counselling
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Schizoid Personality Disorder
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

I am interested in working with creative and artistic people; university staff, students, and with people who have cultural and health related issues.

Therapies Offered

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Gestalt Therapy

Fees

The first half of the initial consultation session is free. After that the fee is £45 for sessions with individuals and £65 for session with couples. I consider concessionary rates as per clients' circumstances. Sessions are 60 minutes. It is usual to have weekly sessions.

Further Information

• Supervision available (view supervision profile)
• Online, email or telephone counselling available

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