Healthy Oxford
Jericho Community Centre
33a Canal Street
Jericho
Oxford
OX2 6BQ
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4
07968 691 870
Ally Stott, MA (UKCP registered)
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Welcome, my practice offers a compassionately held exploration of what matters.
In these times of great change, challenge and opportunity we can benefit from a sensitive and skilled person to be alongside us as we explore the layers of our experiences. It is within the safelty, containment and spaciousness of the therepeutic relationship that we can soulfully inquire, without judgement or agenda what matters to you. What we call suffering appears in many forms in life; we may know it as grief and loss, anxiety, fear, uncertainty, relationship challenges, serious illness, addictions, climate concerns. It is by turning towards ourself and what we call suffering, with kindness and curiosity that we can gain insight, find new perspectives and connect with our inherent health and wisdom.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a UKCP registered psychotherapist with a transpersonal, integrative, mindfulness based approach. My work is informed by Ecopsychology and I have recently qualified as a Craniosacral Therapist. Through my craniosacral therapy work I have deepened my knowledge and understanding of how our pre and perinatal experiences (our time in the womb and birth experiences) impact our life and relationships as adults when they remain unexplored. I bring a trauma-sensitive approach to my work, and for a number of years I have been a foster carer.
For many years I have worked with people living with life threatening illness this has included being part of the team at the Maggie's Cancer Care Center in Oxford. I have co-ordinated a Counseling and Psychotherapy service for a charity supporting people living with life threatening illness and their families. Through this work I have in-depth experience of supervising and training volunteers and of being alongside people when life feels uncertain and the next step is unclear.
I work therapeutically outside in nature with individuals and groups. This can be as simple as walking, sitting and talking, and can include a deeper exploration of our interconnectedness with the earth and the elements. I have a particular interest in being alongside women through transitional times in our lives. These transitions can happen at any stage or age in our life.
For over 20 years I have been engaged in meditation practice; this contemplative, embodied approach is woven through my work and informs the day-long retreats and workshops that I regularly run. As a foster carer I am trained and work with matters around attachment, loss and healing.
My work is carried out within the ethical framework of UKCP. I am CRB checked and my therapy practice is fully insured and supervised.
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- Affairs and betrayals
- Alcoholism
- Anger management
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anxiety
- Attachment disorder
- Bereavement
- Binge-eating disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Career counselling
- Carer support
- Child related issues
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
- Dementia
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- HIV/AIDS
- Infertility
- Learning difficulties
- Loneliness
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriage
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Physical abuse
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal depression
- Pregnancy and birth
- Redundancy
- Relationship problems
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Separation and divorce
- Sex problems
- Sexual abuse
- Sexuality
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Trauma
- Work-related stress
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Ecopsychology
Counseling and Psychotherapy outdoors
Therapies offered
Fees
For individuals I have a sliding scale between £50 - 65 for a 60 minute session. People place themselves on this scale.
At times some concessionary places are available, please contact me to discuss.
Further information
Along-side the work described above I have a particular interest in Spiritual Accompaniment. For further information see my website www.Allystott.co.uk.
Maps & Directions
Jericho, OX2 6BQ
Oxford, OX4
Type of session
| Online counselling: | No |
| Telephone counselling: | No |
| Face to face counselling: | Yes |
| Home visits: | No |
Practical details
| Sign language: | No |
| Other languages: | None |
Accessibility
| Wheelchair access: | Unspecified |
Types of client
| Adults |
| Older adults |
