Gillian Ferguson (mbacp accred)
Email meDumbarton
West Dunbartonshire
G82
07773 566657
About me
I provide counselling to adults and young people 16+yrs. Daytime and Evening appointments.
As a Person Centred Counsellor and EMDR Therapist, I will work with you on whatever issues you bring to counselling, these might include things like anxiety, panic attacks, depression, relationship and family issues including separation and divorce, child and domestic abuse, addictions, low self esteem, bereavement, anger management or eating disorders. Sometimes people cannot name what is wrong, but just feel an emptiness.
I also offer Counselling Supervision to Counsellors and to those working in support services who require support that is additional to line management.
I offer sessions in West Dunbartonshire area using premises near Dumbarton Centre. There is parking nearby and ramp entry, however, counselling room is on 1st floor and there is no lift available.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an accredited Counsellor with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP Accred.)
I have completed:
Diploma in Counselling- an in-depth Counselling Training in the Person Centred Approach, 2000
Certificate in Counselling Supervision,
COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills. 1998
I am a qualified EMDR and Comprehensive Resource Model Therapist, these are therapeutic approaches often beneficial in the processing of trauma experiences or where emotions are experienced as highly charged e.g.panic attacks
My experience includes working extensively with people who have experienced Trauma including Childhood Sexual Abuse and Adult Rape. People often bring to Counselling issues such as Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem, Depression, Stress and Relationships. I have also previously worked regularly with Young People and those who experience Gender dysphoria including Gender Identity issues.
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- Affairs and betrayals
- Alcoholism
- Anger management
- Anorexia nervosa
- Antisocial personality disorder
- Anxiety
- Attachment disorder
- Avoidant personality disorder
- Bereavement
- Binge-eating disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Bullying
- Career
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
- Dependent personality disorder
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug abuse
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Gambling
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Hoarding
- Loneliness
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriage
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- Panic disorder
- Paranoid personality disorder
- Passive aggressive behaviour
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Physical abuse
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal depression
- Redundancy
- Relationship problems
- Schizoid personality disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Separation and divorce
- Sexual abuse
- Sexuality
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Trauma
- Work-related stress
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Having completed the Person Centred Counselling Supervision Course I offer Counselling Supervision to Counsellors and other professionals wishing support that is outwith their line management .
Fees
Individual Counselling £45.00 per 50-55 minute session.
Counselling Supervision £45.00 per hour
Couple Counselling £60.00 per 50-55 minute session
Maps & Directions
Dumbarton, G82
Type of session
| Online counselling: | No |
| Telephone counselling: | No |
| Face to face counselling: | Yes |
Practical details
| Sign language: | No |
| Other languages: | None |
Accessibility
| Wheelchair access: | Unspecified |
Types of client
| Young people |
| Adults |
| Older adults |
| Couples |
| Families |
| Employee Assistance Programme |
Supervision & training
I offer Counselling Supervision from a Person Centred Perspective.
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