Ann Collier - B.Ed, MBACP, Chartered MCIPD, Dip Couns.

Crossway Petts Wood Kent BR5 1PF View map
01689 826850 Click here to Email me

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I'm a Psychosynthesis Counsellor who can help you explore what's worrying you from different perspectives enabling you to find answers and ways to get through your difficulties so you can start fulfilling more of your true potential.

As well as providing you with a safe, confidential, non-judgemental, respectful, supportive and caring place to build an open and trusting relationship between us, Psychosynthesis can also give you the choice to explore using other techniques like Gestalt Therapy, Creative Visualisation, Drawing and Symbolism if you want to. More importantly, Psychosynthesis not only helps you look into the influences of the past and gives you a thorough understanding of what you're going through at the moment to find answers, it also keeps a focus on your hopes and dreams for the future and what adds meaning and purpose to your life.

I personally found Psychosynthesis therapy to be so effective and such a turning point for change in my own life that I chose to take a 3 year in depth training so that I could help others become more of who they really want to be.

Those everyday life problems I can especially help with are: relationship issues, periods of change, traumatic experiences, feelings of depression, stress, panic or anxiety, low self-confidence, low self-esteem or low assertiveness, anger management, mid-life crisis or having no sense of meaning & purpose to life, bereavement & loss, career counselling, work related issues and redundancy.

As I previously had a business career I can really appreciate and include your professional issues within the counselling process if needed. I am able to offer a couples counselling service that encourages and supports more constructive, equal and open communication about those issues that stand in the way of moving the relationship on and I also have experience of working with the needs of teenagers and young adults.

I hope you'll find me to be the sort of person you can open up to - I'm understanding, can be challenging when the time is right and will always put your needs first so you're really able to get to the heart of whatever it is that's concerning you.

I'm committed to helping all the people I work with to gain insights and to find the power to solve all sorts of problems so please ring or email me to see if I can fit the bill for you.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor of Education (Hons)
Diploma in Counselling and Therapy from the Psychosynthesis and Education Trust
Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
VRQ Level 3 Diploma in Youth Work
A practising Counsellor since 1996
A previous career in teaching, sales, management and consultancy
An experienced Coach/Trainer in Personal Development and Outplacement Programmes
A lead facilitator of an Empowerment Project with groups of Teenagers

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Adoption Issues
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Couples Counselling
• Debt Management
• Depression
• Emotional Abuse
• Generalised Anxiety
• Infertility
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Pre-nuptial Counselling
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Lack of Meaning or Purpose in Life
Mid-Life Crisis
Redundancy and Career Counselling
Counselling for Teenagers and Young Adults
Life Coaching and Personal Development

Therapies Offered

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

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Gestalt Therapy
  - Transpersonal Psychology
  - Psychosynthesis

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

Individuals £40 for a 50 minute session. Couples £50 for a one hour session.
A limited number of lower fees are negotiable

I'm happy to have an initial telephone discussion with you and to refund the 1st session if either of us should decide we're not suited to work together. All being well, we would then usually agree to see each other weekly for 4 to 6 sessions and to then review and book further sessions as required from there on. Evening and lunchtime sessions can be arranged if available.

Further Information

My practise is at my home in Petts Wood which lies between Bromley and Chislehurst. Parking is easy and I'm only an 8 minute walk from Petts Wood station.

Showing you what I'm like and how I can help from this page alone is virtually impossible so please contact me to find out more and to get a better feel for whether I could be the right counsellor for you.

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