Michael Huxley MBACP

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Your present life experiences or your past may be the sourse of worries or lack of confidence and may affect how you relate in different ways - at home, with family, friends, at work or in all of these. I am able to help you to tihnk about these to make changes. I have been practising for 20 years.

People come to counselling to talk about personal, emotional and relationship problems. Change can be difficult but counselling can lead to increased understanding, awareness and acceptence of the self through resolving difficult feelings from the past or in the present allowing life to move forward more positively. These are some of the difficulties people come to talk to me about and make changes for themselves:

* lacking confidence
* difficulties in relationships and sustaining them
* dementia
* domestic violence
* bereavement and other losses
* later life and old age issues
* unemployment, facing redundancy or debt
* difficulty in expressing feelings
* bullying
* loneliness and isolation
* use of pornography
* abuse or unhappiness in childhood
* stress at work
* marital and couples
* men's issues
* anxiety
* depression
* rape or serious sexual assault
* sexuality and sexual orientation
* gay and lesbian issues.

The first session, which lasts for about 90 minutes, can help to clarify the difficulties you are experiencing and gives you the opportunity to tell me why you would like counselling at this time, what you hope to get from it and the changes you would like ot make. Sometimes this is all that is needed or it can be a starting point for you to undertake some work with me. For some people, however, these are difficult questions and may not have ready or easy answers. Having met you can decide at that point if you would like to do some counselling work with me or take more time to make your decision.

I offer short and open ended/long term counselling depending on the difficulties you are experiencing and what you want from the counselling.

Day and evening appointments are available.

I have experience of working in a variety of settings -
educational
the NHS
different voluntary organisations
private practise
staff support services:
work/home relationship

The areas people live in who contact me are Huddersfield, Barnsley, Wakefield, Sheffield and the surrounding areas.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Advanced Diploma in Counselling
Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling
Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling

Psychotherapy training programme

Diploma in Supervision

I work to the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Child Related Issues
• Dementia
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Internet Addiction
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Physical Abuse
• Relationship Issues
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Rape and serious sexual assault

I am a "gay affirmative" counsellor and take referrals from Yorkshire MESMAC

Therapies Offered

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling

Fees

My fee ceilings are £55 for the initial assessment, which lasts for about 90 minutes and £38 for each session of 50 minutes thereafter. Fees are negotiable. IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN AFFORDING THESE FEES, I WOULD PREFER YOU TO CONTACT ME TO DISCUSS THE DIFFICULTIES RATHER THAN RULE YOURSELF OUT.

Further Information

I am a trained and qualified supervisor and I offer supervision to other practitioners. Please contact me for more information. I supervise at Fenay Bridge in Huddersfield and I can travel to your organisation to supervise. I work with individuals and groups.

• Supervision available

Member Organisation(s)

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