Joseph (Joe) McDonough BEM MBACP

Alsager Cheshire ST7
07929 330202 Click here to Email me

Profile

What do I need from my Counsellor?  May I suggest as a starting point you would expect: Sensitivity/ honesty/ equality/ understanding/ respect/ non-judgemental attitude

How do we start?  In a way that fits with your individual needs. 
  
Counselling can be a unique opportunity allowing you to make a difference.   That said I have special interests in Bereavement, Anger management, Work related issues, Post Traumatic Stress, abuse issues, relationship/ couples issues and working with professionals in a mentor/ career support role. 

Having successfully completed 24 years military service in the Army I am able to offer a broad range of experiences with increased empathic skills when dealing with some of the most traumatic situations including addiction,depression and anxiety.  As a family orientated person I am able to offer a different perspective to many of life's difficult challenges, including family and couples conflicts, separation and divorce.

Also I have trained and gained qualifications in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused, Transactional Analysis and more recently as an Neuro Linguistic Programming practitioner.  I have also enhanced my training and Continuing Professional Development with specialist training in Supporting people in Domestic Abuse environments, Child Protection, Addiction/Substance Misuse (DANOS) and Learning Development (LDSS incl; careers) for young people and their families.  All of the training undertaken has been proven as a field and case worker in a number of educational/career, community, domestic, group and individual support environments.  The experiences and skills have been developed over a number of years Counselling  Individuals, Groups, Families, Couples, Occupational Health and Palliative care environments.  I am also currently undertaking supervision training and will potentially be offering a number of supervisee appointments as part of the qualification criteria. 

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Grad Dip Counselling - MMU
Dip RSA (LDSS level 4) - Connexions CW
Cert Counselling - Manchester Uni
Cert CBT - Chester Uni
NLP Practitioner - INLTA
DANOS (level 3) Substance Misuse supporting young people and their family - DAT
Solution Focused training - Connexions CW
Transactional Analysis Training - Connexions CW
Bereavement Training - St Luke's (Cheshire) Hospice
Child Protection Training - Warrington BC and Cheshire CC
CAF Training - Warrington BC and Cheshire CC
Domestic Abuse training - CDAP level 1 and 2a (Cheshire CC) 

9 years Family support team St Luke's (Cheshire) hospice - Bereavement Counsellor
6 years key worker Connexions CW
2 years OH contract Counsellor
4 years Family work Counsellor             

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• ADHD
• Adoption Issues
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Alcoholism
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Bereavement
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
• Couples Counselling
• Depression
• Disabilities
• Domestic Violence
• Drug Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Gambling
• Gender Identity
• Generalised Anxiety
• Internet Addiction
• Learning Difficulties
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Pre-nuptial Counselling
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Psychosexual Therapy
• Relationship Issues
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Therapies Offered

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

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Transactional Analysis

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative
  - Family/Systemic Therapy

Fees

£35.00 Individual fee - 50 min session

£40.00 Couples fee - 50 min session

£25.00 Student Counsellors - per hour

Professional Mentoring fee by agreement - per hour

Orgainsations/Contracts fees by agreement        

Further Information

Each session will be held in a comfortable and private bespoke counselling room in a discreet  business location in the centre of Alsager.  Normally for 50 minutes in a Counselling scenario and 1 hour in supervision/student counsellor/mentor situations

In addition to daytime sessions, early morning , evening and Saturday sessions are also available.  Home visits by arrangement.

Fully insured.