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Gabriela Wright Salisbury Wiltshire SP1 |
Additional Address Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 |
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tel: 01747 829 551
web: www.gabrielawright.counselling.co.uk. Click here to Email me | ||
Profile
I have over 16 years experience of working with individuals, couples and young people. Finding a properly qualified counsellor who you can feel at ease with is essential to enable you to really explore your issues.
I am continually inspired by the rewarding changes that counselling enables people to make.
We all have times in our lives when we feel distressed, confused or overwhelmed. It can be a relief to talk to someone outside the situation and often if feels like shedding a load. Counselling can help you move forward in life in a way that is hard to do alone. You may be unsure of what the problem is but feel the need to talk to someone, or your may have a specific problem you would like to address. You do not need to know exactly what the problem is, only that there are things you would like to change.
Counselling can help with relationship problems, stress, lack of confidence, depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, loss and many other issues. Sometimes people feel that life lacks purpose or they need a new sense of direction.
A counsellor listens carefully and reflects back to you on what you say, helping you to express your feelings. Sometimes enabling you to make links between present difficulties and past events can help you look at the patterns in your life from a different perspective. 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".
Training, Qualifications & Experience
I have been counselling for more than 16 years and now my main focus is my private practice. 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, Cognative Behavioural Therapy techniques (CBT), Transpersonal counselling, Body-Oriented therapy (SHEN) and tools for self awareness such as breath work, drawing, writing, visualisation, relaxation and meditation.
I counselled for the NHS for over 10 years, in GP surgeries in Dorset and Wiltshire, receiving 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 am a member of the Dorset Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists. 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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
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 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".
Fees
Usually: £45 for individuals and £50 for couples, 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 then sessions are usually arranged at weekly intervals if possible and usually last for 50 minutes or an hour for couples.
I work in Donhead St Mary near Shaftesbury and in a clinic in central Salisbury with easy parking at both locations.
Please ring me on 01747 829 551 or 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.
