Vanessa Blackmore

Edinburgh Gestalt Institute 51 Lothian Road Edinburgh EH1 2DJ View map	86 Causewayside EDINBURGH EH9 1PY View map
0131 629 6716 / 0782 490 2251 www.newleavescounselling.co.uk Click here to Email me

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Are you looking for someone who really listens and gives you a safe confidential space in which to explore your problems? Someone who will support you in discovering your own answers, someone who encourages your own capacity for self-understanding, autonomy, spontaneity and intimacy? Then counselling and psychotherapy could be for you.

Counselling and Psychotherapy can be an highly effective way of resolving a wide range of psychological difficulties. The benefits can be quite literally life changing.

Through counselling and psychotherapy you can gain deep insights about yourself and how you relate to others, you can also discover the potential for new, more resourceful and satisfying ways of being.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

I am a fully qualified counsellor and a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). Having completed four years of training with the Counselling and Psychotherapy Institute (CPTI) in Edinburgh, I hold a COSCA accredited Diploma in Transactional Analysis Counselling. Currently I am in ongoing professional development with the Edinburgh Gestalt Institute, and am working towards advanced psychotherapy qualifications. I have experience working with people from a range of diverse backgrounds, both in short and long-term settings.

Qualifications:

COSCA validated Diploma in Transactional Analysis - CPTI Edinburgh

Certificate in The Theory and Practice of Body Psychotherapy with Transactional Analysis - Berne Institute

Certificate in Counselling Skills - University of Birmingham

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Career Counselling
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
• Couples Counselling
• Depression
• Disabilities
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Relationship Issues
• Self Harm
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexuality
• Smoking
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Therapies Offered

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Gestalt Therapy
  - Transactional Analysis

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

I charge a reduced rate of £20 for the initial consultation (45 mins)

Regular sessions thereafter are £40 per hour.

Sessions are available during daytime and evenings - Monday, Tuesdays and Thursday.

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