Zeljka Whittaker MBACP; BSc (Hons); PG Dip(CBT)

Miskin Pontyclun CF72
01443 239157 advivumcounselling.googlepages.com Click here to Email me

Profile

An experienced and highly qualified CBT practitioner, I specialise in couples and relationship counselling and associated issues of anger, low self-esteem and depression.

Over the years I have also worked extensively with alcohol dependence, binge eating, bulimia and overeating; feelings associated with/arising from difficult and/or abusive childhoods; as well as more common issues such as anxiety, panic, phobias and bereavement.

I am passionate about using my knowledge and experience to help people deal with complex situations and difficult feelings in a way that fits most comfortably within their own unique set of circumstances. In other words, I aim to fit the interventions around individual clients and their own values, priorities and needs by using a variety of models and techniques which have been established as the most effective for relieving emotional distress, relationship issues and behavioural difficulties.

As well as running a private practice, I am also employed by the NHS as a community based counsellor.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Formal Qualifications:

BSc (Hons) Psychology & Sociology Combined - (University of Glamorgan)
Postgraduate Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) (University of Wales, Newport)

Additional Training:

• Working Therapeutically with Couples (MindFields College, Bristol)
• Introduction to Cognitive Analytical Therapy (Cwm Taf Health Board)
• Counselling for Trauma Caused by Rape and Sexual Abuse (New Pathways)
• Practitioner Skills for Eating Disorders (National Centre for Eating Disorders)
• Motivational Work with Eating Disorders (STEPs, Bristol)
• CBT-E for Eating Disorders (Prof C Fairburn - University of Oxford)
• MI in Alcohol Abuse (Gwent Council on Alcohol and Drug Misuse)
• Multi Agency Domestic Abuse Awareness Training (Caerphilly CBC)
• Bereavement Counselling (Cruse Bereavement Care)

Experience:

Before joining the NHS, I spent just over 4 years counselling in the field of alcohol misuse and another 2 years in an agency dedicated to helping both victims and survivors of rape and sexual abuse.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Alcohol Dependence
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Bullying
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Couples Counselling
• Depression
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Family Issues
• Gambling
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Relationship Issues
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Smoking
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Therapies Offered

• Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
  - Behavioural Therapy
  - Cognitive Therapy
  - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

Individuals:
First Session: £30 
Subsequent sessions: £35 (60 minutes); £40 (75 minutes) 
Couples:    £50 per session (90 minutes)

Concessions, longer sessions and telephone counselling available - please ask for details.

Sessions available throughout the week, including evenings and Saturdays.

Home visits possible in exceptional circumstances and for an additional fee.

Further Information

Please visit my website or telephone me for further information and details. If I am unable to take your call, please leave a message and I will call you back as soon as I can.

Please note that I am unable to offer email or on-line counselling.

All work is conducted in the strictest confidence and in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice.

• Online, email or telephone counselling available

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