Sissel Marti MBACP, UKCP

Profile

I am a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and Therapist who works with individuals and couples, covering a wide range of issues requiring short courses of therapy to ongoing, open ended work.

Finding the right counsellor/therapist is not easy. Counselling and therapy is very personal and often it is not until you meet that you know if you can work together. This is why I offer a free initial consultation where you can tell me about your difficulties and we can discuss how I might be able to help.

Perhaps the problem feels very specific and a few sessions and brief interventions may be all you want and need to cope better. Or perhaps you would like to work in a more open ended way, taking time to explore your inner world, working towards personal growth and development. Perhaps the difficulties you are experiencing have been with you for some years, and may take longer to work through. I have experience working with all these issues, and offer time limited, short term and open ended work, using a psychodynamic model or CBT approach depending on what you want and need.

If you would like to find out more about having sessions with me you can call or e-mail me. If you are leaving a message with your details I will get back to you as soon as I can. Confidentiality and discretion are very important and I work to the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

-Psychotherapeutic Counsellor;
-Post-qualifying certificate in CBT;
-Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling;
-BA(Hons);
-Bereavement Counselling;

Originally trained as a teacher and a nurse working with cancer and incurable illnesses. I became a Macmillan Nurse and then trained as a psychotherapeutic counsellor and therapist.

My experience spans the NHS, voluntary sector, student counselling and private practice, and includes work with individuals and couples experiencing a wide range of difficulties and issues: Eating disorders, anxiety, feeling lost and lonely, depression, obsessional behaviours, difficulties around sex and sexuality, work related issues, stress, health, illness, loss of relationships, job, status and bereavement, to mention some. I have specialist assessment skills and experience, and provide supervision to groups and individual counsellors.

Areas of counselling I deal with

Fees

Free, no obligations, initial consultation.
Full fee is £45.-(individuals); £65.- (couples)
I operate a sliding scale fee structure subject to discussion.

Further Information

*Free, on site parking;
*Dedicated, private consulting rooms with separate entrance;
*Dedicated and confidential telephone lines with answering machine;
*Adolescents, adults and couples;
*Supervision

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