Allister Murdoch Reg. MBACP

About me

I provide a counselling and psychotherapy service for individual adults in Glasgow and Edinburgh city centres. I opened this full time practice in 2007. I had previous practiced in London for several years before moving back to Scotland. I see clients on a weekly or fortnightly basis.

I specialise in working with individual clients wanting therapy for:

• Abuse (Current/Survivors only)
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Depression
• LGBTQIA+ issues
• Relationship issues

In counselling and psychotherapy you can learn to:

• Give yourself permission to talk about and experience your feelings.
• Silence the critical script that goes on in your head.
• Manage anxiety and stressful situations more effectively,
• Understand and manage your depression.
• Increase your sense of self-esteem, confidence and assertiveness.
• Explore which parts of your life you don't find fulfilling and satisfying and to
• Explore any changes you could make
• Support you to choose and change the correct and healthier for you
• Improve your relationships with your partner, family, friends and colleagues.
• Become aware of the effect of past events and decrease the impact they have in the present today.
• Acknowledge unhelpful habits and patterns in your life and create healthier ways.

My practice has over the years has developed into one that attracts an extremely high percentage of male clients. I also attract a large number of clients of sexuality, gender and relationship style diversities.

I integrate several Humanistic Therapy techniques from many methods of therapy. The most common ones I use are Gestalt therapy and Solution focused brief therapy for more information on these click on this link https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/humanistic.html

Testimonials

'Allister is an incredibly helpful, nice and understanding therapist to which I owe a lot for helping feel liberated from anxiety and paranoia that encircled me for a couple of years. Being a student and living away from home I felt isolated in a city I was not 100% familiar with but with the help of Allister I was able to embrace the feeling of anxiety and turn it into a positive feeling which allowed me discover my environment and myself as well.' NS (Oct 2019)

"I saw Allister on a weekly basis for 6 months. He is very relatable, easy to get on with, and took great care to remember the details of my story. He listened carefully and spoke thoughtfully in each session, and his insights were extremely valuable in helping me on my way. I looked forward to the regular sessions each week, which became a steady cornerstone of my time in Edinburgh. I would highly recommend Allister to anyone considering professional help." EL Edinburgh

“As I am a woman reflecting on my bisexuality and midlife, I found working with Allister at the Forth Street rooms in Edinburgh valuable, energising and insightful. Allister is an excellent listener who is generous, challenging and thoughtful with his enquiries. He has a relaxed, compassionate and delightful presence. I would recommend Allister to anyone who is exploring their sexuality.”
CA Edinburgh