Barbara Matheson

South Side Centre 86 Causewayside Edinburgh EH9 1PY View map	1 Meadow Place Edinburgh Midlothian EH9 1JZ View map
07740678218 / 07740678218 www.barbaramatheson.co.uk Click here to Email me

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My counselling approach can help if you are experiencing depression or anxiety, relationship difficulties, career issues , loss of confidence or low self esteem, or you may be dealing with abuse , bereavement, difficulties with anger or the symptoms of stress.

Emotions like sadness, anger , confusion , grief and sorrow or relationship problems may be making your day to day life difficult to manage,or you may be struggling to cope with a difficult situation in your personal life or at work, and would benefit from some extra support.

My service is confidential and my approach centres on creating a relationship based on trust, understanding and acceptance through which you can explore your issues or problems and find effective ways to deal with them.

Please note I will be away from the practice from 2-29th February 2012.

I understand that choosing a counsellor can be a difficult thing to do , so I offer an initial FREE half hour meeting for us to discuss your expectations of counselling and for you to find out more about my approach . Please give me a call or send me an email to find out more

Further information can be found on my website www.barbaramatheson.co.uk

Training, Qualifications & Experience

I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling from Strathclyde University
a Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Development (CIPD) and a Certificate in Stress Management (OCR).

I am a member of the BACP and fully insured for my work.

I also have over 25 years experience, working with individuals and groups as a coach, trainer and mentor.

My particular areas of interest include:

Self esteem and confidence, personal development, women's development , career issues, employability, bullying, stress , managing relationships at home and work, grief , anger and loss.

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Same gender couple counselling, women , family difficulties,work/life balance issues, assertiveness, dealing with redundancy, student issues , loneliness and isolation, problems of later life, especially following a bereavement or loss.

Therapies Offered

Humanistic Therapies

Person-Centred Counselling

Fees

I offer an initial FREE 30 minute consultation for us to meet and talk about my approach and discuss how you might benefit from working with me.

Thereafter the fee is :

£45 per session for individuals counselling
£55 per session for couple counselling

All fees are payable by cash or cheque at the end of each session.

Some concessions are available. e.g students, seniors and low waged. Please enquire.

Further Information

The Boroughloch Medical Centre is on the Meadows and the Southside Centre is on Causewayside, very near to the Meadows. Both locations have on street metered parking and bus stops nearby.

I also run a volunteer employability mentoring scheme based at the Volunteer Centre Edinburgh in the West End of the city, for adults looking to find paid work.

Prior to being self employed I worked in senior management in the recruitment industry and have extensive experience of workplace issues including relationship difficulties with colleagues and managers and staff management.

As well as counselling I offer one to one performance coaching or mentoring for individuals , either privately or via your organisation . If you're not sure which approach is best for you please give me a call and I'll be happy to discuss it with you.

Further information can be found on my website www.barbaramatheson.co.uk