Alison Leyland, B.Ed.,Dip.Couns.,Dip.Sup., CPC reg.,UKCP reg.

Wells Somerset BA5
01749 675180 / 07713596222 www.living-change.co.uk Click here to Email me

Profile

I work for the NHS in GP practices and privately in Wells offering short and longer-term psychotherapeutic counselling and supervision. I provide workshops and consultancy to groups in the public, private and voluntary sectors dealing with issues such as stress / anxiety, anger, depression, team building and conflict resolution. I have been asked to speak at a number of conferences and I am involved in a voluntary research project looking at what helps in a long-term group for people suffering from recurrent depression and anxiety.

I have a background that includes secretarial work, nursing, teaching and Carers' Support....and a lot from the University of Life! I really enjoy and care about my work and I am delighted when I am not needed any more!

I am a parent and grandparent - some of it I have done well and I, too, would like to be able to go back and do some of it better.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

B.Ed (Hons. 1st Class) Bulmershe, Reading 1989
Dip.Couns. (CPCAB) 1996
Dip.Couns. in Health Care Settings (University of Bristol) 1999
Dip. Supervision (The Iron Mill) - 2007

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Alcohol Dependence
• Anger Management
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Anxiety
• Avoidant Personality Disorder
• Bereavement
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Bullying
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Couples Counselling
• Dependent Personality Disorder
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Generalised Anxiety
• Histrionic Personality Disorder
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Relationship Issues
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexuality
• Smoking
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

school failure
transition and loss

Therapies Offered

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

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Transactional Analysis

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

£50 per hour
A sliding scale will be considered.
Rates for students, workshops and consultancy are negotiated.

Further Information

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

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