Petra Waker, Accr. MBACP, UKRCP Reg.

Biggleswade Bedfordshire SG18
01767 627 340 www.therapy-by-petra.co.uk Click here to Email me

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Hi, Counselling is a very personal process and it is important that you feel comfortable with the counsellor you choose to help you.
You may at this moment be feeling vulnerable and unsure of what to do for the best and talking to a stranger may be uncomfortable or even frighting  - this is understandable.
As we know the first step is always the most difficult. However, once you have made a decision to phone and make your first appointment you are on your way to overcome your difficulties and fears.

I have worked in this field for over twenty years, both in the voluntary sector and in private practice and bring a store of life experience as well as years of training.

I am accredited with  the British Association of Counselling and work to their ethical framework; providing a comfortable setting in which you can explore your thoughts and worries and have time to think and be.

Issues that I work with include: abuse,  bereavement, anger management, anxiety, low self esteem, stress, phobias, panic attacks, depression, trauma, relationship issues and more outlined below. 

The combination of talking therapy with relaxation therapy has been found effective and helpful and can mean fewer session and less cost. 
 
If you would like to talk to me and have an informal chat to find out more, please give me a ring on the above number.    

Training, Qualifications & Experience

My work experience includes 20yrs with two charities; one a bereavement service, where I worked as a trainer, supervisor and accredited counsellor and the other a National Mental Health Charity at a counselling centre in Milton Keynes, where I see clients for short and long term therapy referred to by the NHS and Mental health team.
Adv. Dipl. in Hypno-psychotherapy
Dipl. Cognitive couns, PICT & trainer
Cert.Psychotherapy in NLP
Cert. Counselling
Cert. Psychodynamic,
Cert. in Supervision
Cert. Advance Christian counselling
Sensory Motor Psychotherpy ( trauma work)
Cert. CRB
Cert. Childcare
 UKRCP Registered Independent
Counsellor/Psychotherapist
Assit (Applied Suidide Inervention Skills)

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Bullying
• Child Related Issues
• Dependent Personality Disorder
• Depression
• Emotional Abuse
• Generalised Anxiety
• 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

I also help with assertiveness, panic attacks, pain control, fear of flying, redundancy, midlife crisis, any type of loss (pet included).

I also run workshops on Bereavement and can be contacted to discuss as above and supervision.

Therapies Offered

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

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Transactional Analysis

Fees

Fee £45.00 for one hour

Further Information

I am only three miles from the A1 and see clients from Herts. Cambs. and Bucks.

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