About me
Life can be demanding at times. Sometimes juggling family, relationships, work, stress, and change becomes overwhelming and too much to cope with.
Counselling gives you the opportunity to pause, breathe, take time for yourself to talk, make changes, and evaluate your life.
Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual, and too often we think we need to handle everything by ourselves. Deciding to speak about your thoughts, feelings, and behaviour can feel scary and uncomfortable. I will help you with this. I have worked through many varied and complex issues with my clients.
By taking the first step towards seeking help and support through counselling, I will work to create a safe space for you to discuss, reflect on, and work through your difficulties and challenges. This will give you the opportunity to gain clarity in your situation, cope with life's obstacles, and breathe - creating space for change and healing.
I have worked as a counsellor for over 20 years, and I am a member and an accredited trainer with COSCA (The Scottish Counselling Body); the COSCA Code of Practice and Ethical Framework are respected and upheld in all the work I do. In addition to using these standards in my counselling work, I also teach on the COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills Course.
I have experience in counselling people on a variety of issues including, yet not limited to:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- ADHD
- Autism
- Bereavement
- Stress
- Trauma
- Self confidence
Initially I qualified with a degree in Community Education. I then trained as a Person-Centred counsellor (focussing counselling on the needs of the individual). I have since developed my approach to use Cognitive Behavioural techniques. (Changing ways of thinking, feeling and behaving using different coping strategies).
I have completed a comprehensive Conscious Connected Breathwork course and qualified as a Breathwork Facilitator, contributing to my continuous professional development and integrated counselling approach, offering both counselling and breathwork sessions or breathwork-only sessions.
Additionally, I completed a 55 hours training course and gained a certificate in working therapeutically with clients who have Autsim.
Training, qualifications & experience
- B A Community Education
- Post Grad Teaching Qualification Further Education
- Diploma In Person Centred Counselling
- COSCA Accredited Trainer
- Counselling Supervision Course
- CBT Toolkit
- Mindfulness Level 1
- EFT Level 1
- Reiki Level 1
- Breathwork Facilitator
- Certificate in Working with Autistic Clients
Member organisations
COSCA is the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland, and seeks to advance all forms of counselling and psychotherapy and the use of counselling skills by promoting best practice and through the delivery of a range of sustainable services. COSCA Counsellor Accreditation is a pathway to entry onto the UKRC. It is a requirement of all individual and organisational members of COSCA to abide by its Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice and be accountable to the Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
Please contact me to discuss and schedule an appointment. I prefer to speak with new clients on the phone first, so I can answer any questions and assess if I am the right person to support you.
When I work
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Further information
If you require further information, please view my website: truecolourscounselling.org.uk
Separately, I am offering breathwork sessions.
People practice breathwork to self regulate, process emotions, heal emotional pain and trauma, increase their self awareness, confidence, self image and self esteem, increase joy and happiness, overcome addictions, reduce stress and anxiety levels, reduce negative thoughts.
Breathwork is used to help to improve a wide range of issues including, anger issues, anxiety, chronic pain, depression, emotional effects of illness, grief, trauma and post traumatic stress disorder.
