Alastair Stewart MBACP
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Bodywise Natural Health Centre 2nd Floor Manchester Buddhist Centre 16-20 Turner Street Manchester M4 1DZ View map |
Staveley Natural Health Centre Unit 10 Mill Yard Staveley Kendal Cumbria LA8 9LR View map |
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015242 76518
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Profile
I am a certified Hakomi therapist and supervisor, offering mindfulness based body psychotherapy and counselling in Central Manchester, Lancaster and South Cumbria.
I offer a free phone session to establish our suitability.
I have 16 years experience working with people suffering emotional difficulties, 9 of these in constant supervised psychotherapeutic practice.
Mindfulness saved me from a life of purgatory in my early twenties, and Ive been consolidating my curiosity about awareness and what it is to be human ever since.
I have a bent for eco psychology seeing my practice focusing on the wisdom of the body to inform us when and where unnecessary suffering can be discarded.
My practice is grounded on these principles:
Unity acknowledging everything as part of a greater whole
Organicity the experience of healing from the inside out
Mindfulness the practice of noticing present experience
Non-violence respecting the wholeness of each of us
Training, Qualifications & Experience
Experience
I have worked in GP surgeries, charities, employment assisted programmes, facilitate group training and in private practice. I currently work with individuals children and groups long and short term. I will also hold some sessions over the phone.
Supervision
I supervise therapists privately and for 2 charities and have experience of working with trainee/student counsellors.
Relevant qualifications
Enhanced CRB checked
Cert, in person-centred counselling
Cert in Adolescent Counselling
Diploma Humanistic Counselling
Certified Hakomi Therapist
Certified Supervisor,
BA Hons Philosophy/Sociology
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
- Bullying
- Career Counselling
- Child Related Issues
- Debt Management
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Low Self-Confidence
- Low Self-Esteem
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal Depression
- Relationship Issues
- Schizophrenia
- Sexual Issues
- Sexuality
- Stress
- Trauma
- Work Related Issues
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Father/ parenting issues
Suicide
Childbirth delivered my kids
Nervous somatic disorders
Fybromyalgia, ME,
Conception
Disassociation
Hallucinatory experiences,
Transpersonal
Loneliness/isolation
Work related stress
Adolescent issues,
Children issues.
PTSD
Domestic Violence
Panic attacks
Mental health issues
Self-harm
Life Transitions
Personal Development and Self-Awareness
CPD
Therapies Offered
- Humanistic Therapies - Person-Centred Counselling
- Transpersonal Psychology
Fees
Fees:
£40 per hourly session, concessions available
£25 to participate in the self-study groups, usually 2.5 hour duration.
Further Information
Additional Information
Im currently looking for clients to participate in Hakomi assisted self-study groups at the Buddhist centre in Manchester on Friday mornings and in the Kendal area on Tuesday Evenings.
- Online, email or telephone counselling available
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