Melanie Ayers MBACP

20 High Street Banbury OX16 5EE View map
07530 173687 northoxfordshirecounselling.co.uk Click here to Email me

Profile

I’m a strong, effective counsellor with an excellent track-record for helping people achieve their goals.  I can offer a warm, rich, supportive and secure relationship to help you make any changes you feel are necessary to get the very best out of life. I can normally offer a face-to-face appointment within two weeks of your initial enquiry.

My services are available to adult individuals and couples. I use the skills of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for fast relief and short-term therapy work and draw on well developed core skills of respect, empathy and genuineness. I can also use a person-centred humanistic approach when it is helpful.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Diploma Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Certificate Person Centred Counselling 

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Couples Counselling
• Depression
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Gender Identity
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Personality Disorders
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Self Harm
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Therapies Offered

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

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

£40 per hour

Further Information

I passionately celebrate human diversity; diversity of personality, perspective, culture, gender, sexuality, spirituality. I have a deep and genuine liking for all people. Everyone is doing the very best with what they have and everyone wants to be liked, accepted, appreciated and understood. We are all a mixture of natural personality traits combined with learned habitual thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

I believe that my success in helping people stems predominantly from my ability to feel (and convey) understanding and acceptance of the people who consult me. Because of my nature I am able to quickly build nurturing, respectful and trustful one to one relationships with people.

My counselling work is supported with a committed mindfulness practice, which in turn is supported with a comprehensive grounding in the Alexander Technique.

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