Julia Johnson
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The Ridgeway Clinic 112 Ridgeway Plympton Plymouth Devon PL7 2HN View map |
Therapy Rooms 34 New Street The Barbican Plymouth Devon PL1 2NA View map |
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07792967790
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Profile
Life and work stress. Relationship difficulties. Low mood. Bereavement. Trauma. Anger. Anxiety. Low self esteem. Couples work. Personal Growth...
Changing your life may come easily, or there can be some hard work or maybe it will be somewhere in between! I work with both individuals and couples with compassion to help you to enhance your life and to live it more fully.
I offer short and long term counselling, depending on what you feel your needs might be.
After leaving school I went to Sussex University to study Psychology where I obtained a BA(Hons). From there I worked and travelled for a few years, spending time in Greece, America and London. Settling in Plymouth, I worked in the Medical Industry, gaining a good understanding of the business world with it’s inevitable stresses and strains. In 1999 I embarked on an Integrated Therapeutic Counselling Course, spanning many therapeutic areas. I have worked in the voluntary sector, with a placement at the Glenborne Unit at Derriford Hospital, for the Psychotherapy department at Ridgeview and for the Firebird Charity in Plymouth.
The Firebird Charity is dedicated to women who have been sexually abused.
From working in the medical world to being with a client as they work through there issues and life itself with everything it throws at us, has given me a wide depth of human experience which I bring to my therapeutic encounters.
My training is in Integrative Therapy which means that I will use a variety of therapeutic approaches depending on which a client feels will be most useful to them. These approaches are drawn from psychodynamic therapy, looking how the past may have influenced where you are today; Person Centred, which means that the therapy can be client lead and gives unconditional, genuine and non-judgemental support throughout; Cognitive Behavioural, where we might look at how our thoughts could lead to our behaviours. Other approaches may be Existential, the immediate reality between therapist and client; Gestalt, 'The whole is different from the sum of it's parts'; Transpersonal, going beyond the individual personality and embracing the mystical or spiritual.
Training, Qualifications & Experience
2007 BACP Accreditation
2007 UKRCP Registered Independent Counsellor/Psychotherapist
2006 City and Guilds 7302 (Level 3) Certificate in Delivering Learning: An Introduction.
2004 Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
2002 European Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling*
2001 Advanced Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling*
2000 Combined Certificate in Counselling Skills and Therapeutic Counselling*
1999 Understanding counselling Skills and Self development*1
* CPCAB - The Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body.
1999 Understanding Counselling Skills and Self Development (The Associated Examining Board)
*1 The Associated Examining Board
1977 Developmental Psychology BA Honours
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Affairs and Betrayals
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
- Bullying
- Career Counselling
- Couples Counselling
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Abuse
- Low Self-Confidence
- Low Self-Esteem
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Phobias
- Physical Abuse
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Relationship Issues
- Separation and Divorce
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Issues
- Sexuality
- Stress
- Trauma
- Work Related Issues
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Personal Growth
Therapies Offered
- Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic - Psychodynamic Therapy
- Humanistic Therapies
- Other Therapies - Integrative
Fees
Individual £45 per session
Couples £60 per session
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