Solace - Integrated Talking Therapy Service By Zahida Abbas

Rochdale Lancashire OL11
07971038736 / 07779286083 Click here to Email me

Profile

I offer an integrated talking therapy service tailored to individual need. I am a qualified and experienced counselor, hypnotherapist and alternative therapies practitioner. I am also able to converse in Punjabi and urdu, so enabling access for the wider community in the North west.

I undertake short, medium and long-term work with private individuals and couples, as well as time-limited counselling for organisations and health-provision agencies .

I am an Integrative counsellor, ie I blend different methods of counseling according to your needs.

It is possible to integrate counselling and hypnotherapy if the client wishes.

Online, email and telephone counselling available. I work according to the individual client's needs. I  offer on line therapy as I appreciate that for various reasons, face to face counseling is not an option for some clients.

I have worked with the local PCT (Primary Care Trust), schools, and  local Mental Health organisations on a sessional basis.

Full disability access and facilities at my alternative town centre venue.

I work  within BABCP's Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

2004 Counselling Qualification:Salford University
2006 BSc Psychotherapeutic Interventions
2007 Dip Hypnopsychotherapy (NCHP - National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy)
Advanced Certificate in Hypnopsychotherapy (ABC)
NVQ 3 Holistic Therapies
PGCE Ed
2009 PG Cert Supervision in Counselling
City & Guilds 7307 and part 1 Cert Ed (equivalent to present 7407)

Short courses attended:-
Deaf awareness
Misuse of Substances
Domestic violence
Using Creative Counselling techniques
Bereavement and loss
Anger management
Mental health awareness
Working with young people
Diversity Awareness
Self harm

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Couples Counselling
• Debt Management
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Relationship Issues
• Schizophrenia
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Forced Marriage issues

Arranged Marriage issues

Therapies Offered

• Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
  - Cognitive Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

£42 for a 60-minute hour for individuals and couples. I do not charge for the initial, 30 minute session.
£45 for a 60-minute hour for organizations. Over 60's £30, reduction on counselling or psychotherapy - offer is on daytime appointments only at accessible town centre venue

On line counselling £20
Hypnotherapy - £50
I also take on clients under Insurance cover.

Further Information

My main therapeutic approach is Person Centred, but I have also had training in Trauma Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Hypnotherapy and Mindfulness.

However, in general, I look to the needs of my clients and work in the way that I believe will be most effective for them.

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