Patrick Lund

Patrick Lund
PURE Treatment Rooms
1 Cheltenham Mount
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 1DW

tel: 01423 860422 + 07763590353
web: www.krysallis.org.uk
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Counsellor Profile

I started my career as a primary school teacher, and have subsequently worked in various management roles, spending several years as a community development officer, before moving into a director role for a management consultancy.

More recently, I have set up krysallis, which is a development consultancy with a wellbeing focus. I use an array of creative and experiential techniques to help people make changes and provide a safe, private and secure space for clients to work through personal difficulties and make changes.

I have a strong belief that the power of therapeutic change stems from the relationship that builds between the therapist and their client. My genuine, honest and authentic approach helps to create a therapeutic relationship which people can relate to and feel comfortable experiencing. This creates a space where people feel able to open up and communicate at a personal and intimate level.

In my leisure time, I enjoy sports (in particular tennis, cycling, cricket and football) as well as being an avid reader, major music fan (love going to gigs and enjoy listening to indie, electronica, dance, rock and countless other genres) and keen photographer. I also love to travel and enjoy being outdoors walking in the mountains, over the hills, on the beach, on a glacier, in a volcano, up and down dale and all over the world...

Training, Qualifications & Experience (more info)

I believe my training, qualifications + experience create a professional framework to facilitate change for people both personally and professionally.

I have a BA honours degree in Educational studies (combined with English + Drama) a certificate and graduate diploma in counselling, a TA foundation certificate in psychotherapy, diplomas in both life and performance coaching. I'm also an NLP practitioner and a qualified clinical hypnotherapist.

I have worked as a counsellor in both the NHS and the voluntary sector. In addition to running my own private practice, I work for relate-teen as a children + young people counsellor, and offer men's counselling within a local mental health project. I also work part-time on a multi-media project for vulnerable adults living in the community.

I'm currently a member of the BACP, CIPD and the NCH and a registered test user with the BPS.

I also have certificates of competence in occupational testing to level A and Level B. I occasionally use personality assessments in my therapuetic and coaching work and find these particularly effective as awareness raising tools and facilitators of change.

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

I also provide career counselling services and can incorporate psychometric assessments for ability, aptitude and personality testing.

I work extensively with young people , offering powerful combinations of coaching, NLP and counselling to effectively respond to a range of issues affecting 16-25 year olds.

I also help to support people with smoking cessation, weight control and insomnia

Fees

I offer a FREE 30 minute, no obligation, telephone consultation focused on YOU + your specific needs, and if we decide to work together charge £40 per 1 hour counselling session and £20 for 30 minute sessions. I also offer monthly packages, which include face to face, telephone and email support. (the fees vary dependent on the amount of support you require - I'm happy to discuss this with you during the consultation) This works well for busy clients who are on the move and work away from home.

Extra Information

More information on my practice and approach to coaching and therapeutic services can be found at the following websites:www.counsellingharrogate.co.uk and www.krysallis.org.uk

'A compassionate person seeing a butterfly struggling to free itself from its cocoon, and wanting to help, very gently loosened the filaments to form an opening. The butterfly was freed, emerged from the cocoon, and fluttered about but could not fly. what the compassionate person did not know was that only through the birth stuggle can the wings grow strong enough for flight. Its shortened life was spent on the ground. It never knew freedom, never really lived...'

'Loving with an open hand' by Ruth Sanford (Wantagh-Seaford Observer; 1978)

Published Articles

Endings In Therapeutic Relationships