Linda Helm-Manley
Every professional displayed on Counselling Directory has been independently verified by our team to ensure they have suitable credentials to practise.
This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Welcome. I am an Integrative Psychotherapist and Supervisor with over 30 years experience. I hold a Coaching Certificate and I am a martial artist with 40years of training. All photos are recent.
Everything is interconnected. I work with and in my environment. This can include using outdoor space or bringing nature to us. I train in combat sports as well as other activities and these physical aspects are part of my working style, bringing a unique process to Psychotherapy.
I have been a teacher of counselling and martial arts and I run workshops in my neighbourhood which is an important aspect of my sense of giving back and paying forward. I am part of a consortium which develops my personal growth as well as being a founder of a local community organisation which provides support for less financially able and hard-to-reach people.
I work with individuals, couples, under 16's and families in Harlow, Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford and the surrounding borders. I run workshops for the community and have been a teacher of counselling and martial arts. My facilities are in Harlow and Sawbridgeworth. Please state at the time of your enquiry which venue you are requesting.
When you embark on the journey of psychotherapy - you can explore any area of interest or concern in your life. Here are just a few:
* relationships *anger *childhood trauma *mid-life issues
* depression *abuse *grief *sexual expression
* self identity *self identity * anxiety and panic attacks *harrassment
This shared space is for us to take time over your life. To give room to what may have been spoken a million times yet still has still not been heard. Or even to discover a part of you that has yet to be seen. Who knows?
Being involved in martial arts brings the physical into awareness. Some of the self esteem work I do is also related to this. The language of the body is an important aspect of my work; internal, external and in relationship, allowing focus on a part of our human being that can often be neglected.
More detailed issues are included below and on my http://www.sharedspacetherapy.co.uk/
I'm also BUPA approved: https://finder.bupa.co.uk/go/mrs_linda_helm_manley
My use of different ideas and practices such as psychosynthesis, psychodynamic, existential, philosophical, behavioural and other approaches, give us a choice to find a way to work together.
I supervise other counsellors and have my own supervision and have taught counselling with a BACP accredited organisation. I regularly participate in professional development programmes and also run development workshops for therapists, on a broad range of issues.
Training, qualifications & experience
Certificate in Clinical Supervision
Re-Vision, Post Dip Integrative Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy
Accredited in BACP, UKCP
Director of CiC organisation working with local business and people in remote or deprived areas Counselling skills facilitator
Workshop co-ordinator for self esteem, assertiveness programmes
Martial arts class teacher
supervisor
CPD - Continuing Professional Development workshop facilitator
Integrative counselling (Advanced Diploma) in Psychology and counselling.
personal CPD: Couples (CPPD), Anger management, trauma, assessments, groups, abuse, self development, self esteem, coaching, mental health, working with young children and teenagers, body trauma, equine therapy, domestic violence.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Mid life crisis
Panic attacks
sexual identity issues
pornography addiction
self discovery
adolescence exploration rage and violence PTSD drug, alcohol other dependencies and addictions
Therapies offered
Fees
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
An investigative session - an hour and a half at £80 which is a one-off appointment. Looking at what is pressing, how you might move forward; £70 for individuals; £75 for couples; £85 for Families. I have some limited concessional spaces. For EAP and company referrrals, please call to speak with me directly.
For group workshops - please contact me for further information.
When I work
Weekdays only
Further information
Sawbridgeworth: Parking available
bus route every 20 mins
mainline train station from London Liverpool St line.
The Stow: bus services to venue and car parking (fee) within walking distance.
Stairs at both venues, with a stairlift at the Stow.
