Pritiva Attiken - Counselling Adults, Young People & Children

Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8
07779093507 http://www.knowyourmind.org.uk Click here to Email me

Profile

I enjoy a specialised practice of one-to-one work with adults, young people and children. My current area of interest is in spoken techniques of meditation and relaxation.

Child counselling involves creative tools such as art and collage, dolls and puppets, work with clay, sand trays, and therapeutic play techniques. Most often, talking about problems feels threatening and even impossible to a child. Creative therapeutic skills allow the practitioner and child to explore and understand difficult and painful issues in a safe way. 'Talk therapy' does work for some (usually older) children, young people, and adults, and similarly creative work is a very powerful tool for adults and young people. My integrative modality allows the individual to explore issues in a way that suits their needs, safely and ethically, whatever their age.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

I obtained my BSc (Hon) Psychology from Goldsmiths College, and my Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling specialising in work with Children & Young People, from the Northern Guild for Psychotherapy.

I am self-employed, and have counselled in educational and charity settings, including the NSPCC and ESCAYP, and work with children, young people and adults. My practice is fully insured.

I am a graduate member of the British Psychological Society (MBPsS), and an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP(Accred)), and I am a registered integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) for work with adults, young people and children.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• ADHD
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Alcoholism
• Anger Management
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Anxiety
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Bereavement
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Child Related Issues
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
• Couples Counselling
• Dementia
• Depression
• Disabilities
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Gender Identity
• Generalised Anxiety
• HIV/AIDS
• Infertility
• Learning Difficulties
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Schizoid Personality Disorder
• Schizotypal Personality Disorder
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Smoking
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Child Animal Cruelty
Children in Foster Care
Child Behaviour Problems
Child Truancy
Being a Carer
Exclusion from School
Somatic Illness

Therapies Offered

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Gestalt Therapy
  - Transactional Analysis
  - Transpersonal Psychology

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

£15 per hour at my premises (or where therapy space is provided in schools, surgeries, etc)

£20 per hour where room rental charges are incurred (Harrogate, Leeds, etc)

I am committed to providing a service that is affordable and know the tension we hold when we can barely afford something we need. The fees above are therefore negotiable.

Further Information

• Online, email or telephone counselling available

Member Organisation(s)