Chris Welch UKRCP, MBACP (Accredited)

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I have trained in a wide variety of "talking therapies" during the last 18 years. My approach to counselling is "keep it simple". Experience suggests that it is the perception of our life and life events that may adversely colour how we see ourselves.One of the main benefits of "talking therapies" may be to allow client's  to discover more of who "they really are" and thus see themselves in a more positive light.

I firmly believe that all of us have the potential to lead lives which are happier and more fulfilled. My role as the counsellor is to help client's to achieve the goals, which have brought them into counselling.

My varied training (see qualifications) enables me to integrate different therapy techniques into my work which helps me to be more flexible to my client needs.

In addition, my own time as a client has given me an opportunity to experience the counselling process, which I believe helps me to be more empathic with my clients.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Accredited Member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP)
Member United Kingdom Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (UKRCP)
Post Graduate Diploma Psychotherapy Studies
European Diploma Therapeutic Counselling (Humanistic)
Advanced Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling
Diploma Life Coaching
Diplomas Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Diploma Schema Therapy
Diploma NLP
Diploma Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Diploma Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Diploma Psychiatric Studies
Certificates Solution Based/Brief Focus Therapy
CRUSE Trained Bereavement Counsellor
NVQ 3/4 Career Advice and Guidance for Adults
Post Graduate Diploma Management Studies
Member Institute of Career Guidance.
Member Chartered Management Institute

7 years as a counsellor with Mind, 7 years counselling,guidance and coaching with long term unemployed, 2 years with CRUSE, 2 years with Victim Support, 10 years running a private counselling practice. In addition, I currently work with a variety of Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP's) which keeps me abreast of workplace issues, stress in the workplace and the emotional concerns which bring people into counselling .

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bullying
• Career Counselling
• Dependent Personality Disorder
• Depression
• Emotional Abuse
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Phobias
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Self Harm
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Life Coaching, Career Counselling,Forgiveness (self and others), letting go of past hurt affecting the present), Agoraphobia and Self Harm.

Releasing negative patterns from the past.

Therapies Offered

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

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Transpersonal Psychology
  - Psychosynthesis

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

£40 per hour.

Further Information

I have supervision in accordance with BACP guidelines. I have undergone my own personal therapy.
I can see clients in the daytime and in the evening. If required, I can see clients in their own home, providing someone else is in the building.

• Online, email or telephone counselling available

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