Justin Andrews BSc (Hons) Psych, Adv.Dip Integrative Counselling, MBACP, MACBS

Ashburton Devon TQ13	Plymouth Chiropractic Clinic 152 Mannamead Road Hartley Plymouth Devon PL3 5QL
01364 654122 / 07966614047 Click here to Email me

Profile

I am a client centered BACP registered Integrative Counsellor, working in private practice with adults and young people (11-18yrs) in both Ashburton and Plymouth.

I offer the people I work with warm, caring and sensitive support during challenging times, and provide a safe and confidential space in which people may talk through issues, problems and difficulties that may be arising in different aspects of their lives and relationships in the present, whether personal or professional, as well as taking a close look at different aspects of their past that have shaped their present life, mind, and circumstances.

Throughout the process we will take care in gaining a true perspective on how you would like your life to be so that you may have some sense of the direction in which you would like to go.

We will explore how the thoughts, feeling, attitudes and beliefs about your life now and your past are shaping your present understanding and experience, and with these insights may begin to experiment with how new ways of being and living may bring a very different, rich, full and meaningful experience of your life and those with whom you share it.

I recognise the inherent wisdom, autonomy and value of the people I work with, and aim to facilitate their growth, health and well-being in all areas of their lives.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Advanced Diploma Integrative Counselling.
Certificate in Counselling.
BSc (Hons) Psychology - majoring in Clinical and Health Psychologies, Psychophysiology, Psychopharmacology.
NVQ5 Operational Management (Res. Care Learning Disabilities & Associated Mental Health problems).
NVQ4 Registered Manager Award & NVQ4 Social Care.
OCR Trainer and NVQ Assessor in Social Care and Management.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Narrative Therapy; Sandplay Therapy

2 year Dharma Practitioners Programme

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Bereavement
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Career Counselling
• Carers Support
• Child Related Issues
• Dementia
• Depression
• Disabilities
• Drug Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Family Issues
• Generalised Anxiety
• Learning Difficulties
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Relationship Issues
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Smoking
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Therapies Offered

• Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Gestalt Therapy
  - Transpersonal Psychology
  - Existential Therapy

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

My standard charge is £35 per hour.

With those on low incomes I am happy to negotiate.

Further Information

I am actively and enthusiastically engaged in my own ongoing development involving  analysis, supervision, training and daily practice of meditation and learning. I became interested in personal development and the big questions of life just before leaving school in the early mid-eighties.

I have worked professionally for over 20 years with children and adults in the private, voluntary and public (NHS/Social Services) Sectors including work in the fields of Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Special Education inc. EBD (young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties), and Dementia Care, as both therapist and staff Manager/Trainer/Assessor/Supervisor.

As well as my private practice, I work for the Prison Service offering counselling (centering around issues of bereavement and loss, Trauma, anger management, physical and sexual abuse/violence, addictions and relationships), and weekly mindfulness meditation classes.

Not only do I offer Counselling and therapy to those experiencing difficulties, crises, and trauma, but also mentoring and advice around positive personal development for those who are interested in evolution beyond the purely material.

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