ALAN PENNY

Profile

I am a male counsellor/trauma/bereavement therapist and emdr practioner.

I run workshops for counsellors and student counsellors in sand tray therapy.

I work as an integrative counsellor involving person centred, humanistic, existential and cognitive behaviour therapy with an evidence based approach, as well as from a transactional analysis perspective all depending on the issues and concerns of the client.

I am a member of bacp, babcp and estss as well as an accredited member of the bha
(british humanist association) working as an officiant representative for the coventry and warwickshire area offering humanist and civil funeral ceremonies.

I am also a member of ISTSS (international society for traumatic stress studies) and the EWTS (european workshops on traumatic stress) I strive to continue to develop my professional knowledge in order to provide a professional, ethical and caring service to counselling clients.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Advanced Diploma in Humanistic and Existential Counselling

Certificate in CBT and certificate in evidence based therapy from the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre and the Oxford trauma and stress centre.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Career Counselling
• Couples Counselling
• Debt Management
• Depression
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Personality Disorders
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Psychosexual Therapy
• Relationship Issues
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Early intervention/ watchfull waiting programme is also available to companies in the aftermath of trauma within the workplace and its potential effects therein within 24hr notice.

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Trauma and associated ptsd (post traumatic stress disorder)

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I also offer emdr (eye movement desensitisation & reprocessing)
EMDR was originally designed to treat traumatic or 'dysfunctional' memories and experiences and their psychological consequences and although the procedure has increasingly been used to treat a wide range of experientally based disorders eg anxiety, panic attacks, sexual dysfunction, work performance, panic disorder, pain etc it has primarily been used in the treatment of post traumatic sress disorder.

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Also hiv / aids related concerns

Therapies Offered

• Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
  - Cognitive Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Transactional Analysis
  - Existential Therapy

Fees

£35 negotiable for low wage earners, unemployed and students.

Fees differ for individual emdr sessions also early intervention Programmes for companies.

Further Information

I also offer self exploration and reflection for personal development as well as body and mind relaxation meditation techniques that are useable and can be realistically incorporated into a busy lifestyle.

• Supervision available

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