Nicky Ison BSc. Dip H.E. MBACP
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Windmill Lane Batley West Yorkshire WF17 0LD View map |
Leeds West Yorkshire LS28 View map |
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07704 176 315
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Profile
Hi, I am warm, friendly and approachable, and I aim to provide a space to build a relationship which is healing and restorative, I am open, gentle natured and work with empathy and an unconditionally accepting and supportive ethos, so welcome to Bluebird Counselling.
I am passionate about working with people, and how counselling can help reach a deeper level of self-awareness, working towards a happier and more contented life. I remember my own experience of first approaching a counsellor, many years ago, I felt anxious and didn't know what to expect. Ultimately I found it a positive, emotionally healing and uplifting experience for me.
I chose the name "Bluebird" counselling, because I love nature, I am so inspired by how creatures just get on with caring for themselves, they don't seem to get bogged down by all the emotional "baggage" that we can carry round, and as it's the symbol of happiness, it just fit what I represent.
I came to counselling as a career change after 25 years working for a commercial bank. Following two sudden bereavements, just six months apart, I felt there must be something more to my life. Counselling helped me put my life back together again.
How I work
I am a person-centred counsellor, within the Humanistic Approach, which means I work in a non-directional way. I won't tell you what to think or feel. I respect and accept your feelings and your coping strategies, they have been important to you, they have got you to where you are now. Together, and from a safe space, we can explore the issues that bring you to counselling. We work at the pace you find comfortable.
I offer one to one counselling with adults and young people, and we work together towards your goal of counselling.
What is Counselling?
Counselling is about having a safe, ethical and secure space in which to explore your feelings with the help of an experienced counsellor, who creates a close and therapeutic relationship with their client.
Through talking, and exploring your feelings you can often see your issues from a different perspective, usually more clearly. I offer a space where you can speak freely and not be judged for thinking the thoughts in your head or for feeling the emotions you have. Counselling aims to help you discover your own resourses and nurtures feelings of being able to cope in different ways.
How can Counselling help me?
The aim of counselling is to help you find a solution to your problems, gain insights within yourself and into other people, express feelings and change behaviours. As you begin to feel the benefits of successful counselling you may begin to feel differently about yourself and your situation, perhaps calmer, more accepting, less negative self talk in your head. You may begin to see choices which you couldn't see before.
People come for counselling for many different reasons. You may have physical or emotional discomfort from emotions pushed down inside. Sometimes we don't even realise what we feel, we just know we want to feel better, happier. Successful counselling feels like something has changed. You feel in a better place in your life.
I know from my own experience that when I have felt boxed in by circumstance and felt vulnerable, I have not been able to see the whole picture as it is, but only partially and only from my vulnerable place. I found exploring potential options, which I hadn't necessarily seen myself, from a safe space, hugely freeing and empowering.
Training, Qualifications & Experience
Qualifications
BSc. in Therapeutic Counselling
H.E. Diploma in Person-Centred counselling and human relations - Distinction
Foundation year in Psychology
Training and Personal Development
Issues around sexual abuse
Issues surrounding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Creativity, Mental Health and Psychological Therapies
Working Together to Safeguard Children
An awareness of child abuse and neglect
Sex Offenders: Risk assessment and treatment
Voluntary Sector
I have worked as a Counsellor within a charity, working with people affected by the traumatic effects of sexual abuse.
And am currently working as a Counsellor within a large, multi-cultural secondary school.
Employment
I also work part time for a charity offering help to those affected by physical and sexual abuse.
Professional Memberships
British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) I work within the guidance of their Ethical Framework.
My ethos
I am fully committed to my own personal development and enjoy the challenge of continually learning about myself and discovering new elements of me, of which I was not previously, fully aware.
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Adoption Issues
- Affairs and Betrayals
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Bereavement
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Career Counselling
- Child Related Issues
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Domestic Violence
- Emotional Abuse
- Gender Identity
- Generalised Anxiety
- Infertility
- Low Self-Confidence
- Low Self-Esteem
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Disorder
- Physical Abuse
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal Depression
- Pre-nuptial Counselling
- Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Relationship Issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harm
- Separation and Divorce
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Issues
- Sexuality
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Trauma
- Work Related Issues
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Sudden loss
- Multiple loss
- Cultural issues
Therapies Offered
- Humanistic Therapies - Person-Centred Counselling
- Other Therapies - Integrative
- Existential Therapy
Fees
Sessions are between 50 and 60 minutes.
£40 per session.
I have counselling rooms in Rodley, Batley and Huddersfield.
You can email me, I check my emails daily and will usually be able to contact you within 24 hours. You can also phone me, please leave a message if I'm not available and I will return your call as soon as I can.
Further Information
What happens in a session?
Some people are comfortable to talk and value really feeling heard, some prefer to use an element of creativity to help express them selves. Others find having something in their hands helps them focus, clay or playdough can be helpful. Or we can use Russian dolls or stones, which can work well to help to explain families for example. The most important thing is that you feel as comfortable with the experience as possible.
Some examples of what I do
Anxiety and stress
Feeling that you can't cope with the pace and the events in your life. Feeling you are stuck in the fast lane and can't pull over. Or the hamster wheel is going too fast and you can't get off. Suffering from depression. Having panic attacks or post traumatic flashbacks. Feeling under pressure.
Bereavement and loss
Trying to cope with the death of a loved one. Grief, Sudden loss, or multiple losses. Termination or miscarriage. Or struggling to adapt to a change in your life, illness, redundancy, moving, children growing up and moving on, the struggle of letting go in some way.
Trauma and Stress
Events in your life, which have left you traumatized and feeling like you can't cope. Physical, emotional or sexual abuse. Adult survivors of childhood abuse. Feeling contaminated and unclean.
Anger management
Feeling anger deep within, possibly at circumstances you feel unable to change. Directed at others, your God, the world in general or at yourself. Taking your anger out on the people close to you. Feeling you are trying to hold the lid on a boiling pan. Self-harming behaviours.
Relationship Problems
Difficulties with a relationship or marriage, separation, divorce. Affairs or betrayals. Problems with other members of the family. Struggling with your children or parents. Issues with colleagues at work.
Low Self Esteem
Not believing in yourself, feeling you are "not good enough". Feeling you are not accepted by others, or accepted only providing you behave in a certain way. Not accepting yourself. Feeling bullied. Lacking self confidence.
I hope this helps.
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