Lynsey McMillan
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Supervision details
I began my counselling training in 2006 at The University of Abertay Dundee, this was an exciting time to be entering the profession as Mick Cooper and John McLeod were simultaneously developing the Pluralistic approach and I was lucky to be in the first wave of counsellors trained in this theory directly by John and Julia McLeod. I qualified in 2009 and went on to study for the Masters degree, focusing my research on psychotherapeutic groups for people struggling with disordered eating. I trained with Julia Buckroyd in the Understanding your Eating program and went on work as a group and individual facilitator in this approach. Amongst my experiences I taught counselling skills to undergraduate nursing students for two years, worked as a researcher and also wrote a chapter on Pluralistic approaches to disordered eating in The Handbook of Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy. I worked for a voluntary organisation with a wide range of clients for several years before starting out in private practice over 9 years ago. I offer appointments face to face from my office in Montrose (which I share with Sunny the emotional support dog) or online/telephone options.
My fees are £75 per 90 minutes/£50 per hour. I describe my counselling/supervision approach as down to earth, collaborative, welcoming, supportive and creative.
I also hold a HND in communications (advertising and marketing) and can offer one-off/brief consultancy appointments for newly established therapists on setting up a successful private practice. Fees are as above.
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