GABRIELA WRIGHT BACP SENIOR REGISTERED COUNSELLOR

Shaftesbury Dorset SP7
01747 829 551 www.gabrielawright.counselling.co.uk. Click here to Email me

Profile

If you're looking for a counsellor, please take a moment to read my profile and visit my website. Working with a qualified counsellor is essential (BACP Accreditation is a good yardstick) and to feel comfortable with the counsellor would enable you to feel free to really explore your issues. People say I'm easy to talk to and they don't feel judged by me but that I can also challenge when necessary! 

I'm continually inspired by the rewarding changes that counselling enables people to make. I offer a safe, confidential place to talk about your life and anything that might be confusing, painful and difficult. Most of us have times in our lives when we feel distressed, confused or overwhelmed and it can be a relief to talk to someone who is outside the situation.
Talking things through can often help us to see things from a different perspective and this can help us move forward in life in a way that is hard to do alone.

You may have a specific problem and feel the need to talk to someone about it, or you might not know exactly what the problem is, only that there are things in your life that need to change. You might feel that life lacks purpose and you need a new sense of direction.

Counselling can help with relationship problems, stress, lack of confidence, anger, depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, loss, bereavement and many other issues.

A counsellor listens very carefully and helps you to express your feelings. Sometimes enabling you to make links between past events and present difficulties can help you look at the patterns in your life in a new way. The aim is to help you make changes, or to come to terms with things that can't be changed. By exploring your difficulties you can start to understand yourself better and this self awareness can bring insights, solutions and change. Learning to draw on your own resources and strengths - that you may not have been aware that you had - helps you to approach life in a more fulfilling way.

Couples are enabled to discuss their problems on neutral ground in the supportive environment of the counselling setting. This can help them to address their difficulties, communicate better and to change their unhelpful patterns of behaviour.

• Some testimonials: (with permission) 

"It was such a relief to to be able to talk things through. I have started to make positive changes and am feeling more in charge of my life".

"Being able to articulate my private thoughts enabled me to see things from a different perspective".

"I didn't know how I felt until I talked about it".

"I didn't really think this could help me that much, but you're easy to talk to and because you don't judge me, I'm talking to you about things I've never talked to anyone about before - and I feel a lot better for it"

"I'm feeling a lot less anxious and upset and find I can talk things over with my partner at last."

"Learning to control my anger, by exploring what was behind it and dealing with upsetting things in a different way, has been so much easier than I imagined. It has made all the difference".

Training, Qualifications & Experience

I've been counselling for more than 18 years. I am a Senior Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling (BACP). I trained in Psychodynamic Counselling with the Wessex Counselling Service, an affiliate of the Westminster Pastoral Foundtion. I integrate different approaches to meet the specific needs of each client, including:
Psychodynamic Counselling, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Couples Counselling, Anger Management, Stress Management, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques (CBT), Transpersonal counselling, Body-Oriented therapy (SHEN) and tools for self awareness such as breath work, drawing, writing, visualisation, relaxation, meditation and Mindlefulness.

I counselled for the NHS for over 10 years, in 4 GP surgeries in Dorset and Wiltshire, with referrals from doctors and other health professionals. I was a school counsellor in 2 schools for a number of years which gave me valuable insights into the problems facing young people. I am a founder member of Sarum Counselling, a registered charity based in Salisbury. I also trained and worked with Cruse Bereavement Care.

I have a wide experience of working with individuals, couples and young people. I work in accordance with the Code of Ethics and Practice of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and regularly attend courses on aspects of my work as part of my continuing professional development.

I also offer Supervision to counsellors.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Couples Counselling
• Depression
• Emotional Abuse
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Relationship Issues
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

SHEN: I am particularly interested in the body/mind links and after consultation and agreement with the client, I can offer work that is a physiological process for identifying and releasing emotional distress and unresolved traumas.

"I've never felt so deeply relaxed".

"I went much deeper than when I was just talking about things".

"Thank you for helping me see the link between my emotional and physical states".

"I would recommend Shen treatment for physical ailments, to unblock unexpressed emotions and to aid relaxation".

Therapies Offered

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

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Gestalt Therapy
  - Transactional Analysis
  - Transpersonal Psychology

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

£40 - £50 but my fees are negotiable according to age and circumstances.

Further Information

If you would like to phone or email me I can help you to decide whether you would like to come for an initial assessment session. This would give us the opportunity to see what would be most helpful to you. After our first meeting we can decide on further sessions if appropriate, or you might want to go away and think about this experience before deciding on further counselling.

Having decided on a course of counselling, sessions are usually arranged at weekly intervals if possible and usually last for 50 minutes or one hour for couples.

I work in Donhead St Mary near Shaftesbury.

It's best to phone me on 01747 829 551 or, if you like, you can email me at gabriela_wright@yahoo.co.uk

Everything that takes place in counselling is treated with respect and discretion. An agreement on confidentiality and the duration and cost is made at the outset.

I abide by the Code of Ethics and Practice of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Code of Conduct of the British Complementary Medical Association.

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