Aileen Brindley MA, MPhil, PGDip Adult and L4 Children's therapist
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I am a fully qualified psychotherapist and registered member of the BACP, providing counselling adults, children and young people in my private practice near Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, and adults and young children in surgeries across Swansea. My therapeutic practice is based on a person-centred and emotion-focused approach with adults and young people. With children my approach is primarily based on play/creative/talk therapy. I have significant experience of working in many different areas of mental health, with all ages, including anxiety, depression, specific problems such as eating disorders, and also trauma.
In order to help you make a decision whether or not to work with me, I offer a free initial consultation where we can talk about your expectations and answer any questions you may have.
If you decide to work with me, and I do hope you will, you or your child will be listened to in a safe and non-judgmental way, within a confidential and professional working relationship. Through this, you will be able to explore important aspects of your life that are related to whatever is troubling you. By exploring these things, this can lead to a new understanding of yourself, and changes in the way you feel about yourself and your relationship to others.
Training, qualifications & experience
Counselling Qualifications
- Post Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Practice - Emotion Focused Therapy (Distinction), University of Wales, Trinity St. David (2018)
- Level 4 Certificate in Counselling Children. Place2Be. Accredited by CPCAB. (2019)
INSURED, DBS Checked, REGISTERED Practicing Member of the BACP (MBACP)
ICO Data Control Registered.
Training
My training for adults is in Emotion-Focused Therapy, an evidenced-based approach which combines elements of person-centred and Gestalt therapies. This approach works with the underlying emotional patterns which guide our thoughts and behaviours.
My training with children is based on the Place2Be Play therapy model, which draws on both a person centered and a psychoanalytical approach, underpinned by attachment theory.
Experience
My counselling experiences with adults, both pre and post qualification, includes work with the charity MIND. The experiences I have gained include working with clients struggling with the following:
- Depression and low-mood
- Self-harm and suicidal feelings
- Anxiety and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic symptoms including flashbacks and nightmares
- Dissociative symptoms
- Alcoholism
My work with children is both in a school setting with Place2Be and also in surgeries, via GP referrals. I am currently working with many children and young people in the health service context. Through this work I am highly experineced in working with clients on a wide range of issues, including:
- Anxiety
- Suicidal thoughts and self-harm
- Bullying
- Low self-esteem
- Eating disorders
- ASD
Member organisations
Accredited register membership
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- ADHD
- Alcoholism
- Anger management
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anxiety
- Asperger's syndrome
- Attachment disorder
- Attachment disorder in children
- Autism
- Behaviour problems
- Bereavement
- Binge-eating disorder
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Bullying
- Career counselling
- Child related issues
- Childhood bereavement
- Childhood bullying
- Children’s learning difficulties
- Dementia
- Depression
- Depression and anxiety in children
- Drug addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Gambling
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Hoarding
- Internet addiction
- Learning difficulties
- Loneliness
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Panic attacks
- Passive aggressive behaviour
- Phobias
- Physical abuse
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy and birth
- Redundancy
- Relationship problems
- Self-harm
- Separation anxiety
- Sex addiction
- Sex problems
- Sexual abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Trauma
- Work-related stress
Therapies offered
Fees
Standard rate: £35 per 60 minute session.
£40 for Agencies and Corporate Clients
Concessionary rate: £30 per 60 minute session.
The concessionary rate is normally offered to those who are in receipt of a UK state benefit, those in receipt of a state pension and full-time students in higher education.
First 30 minute introductory session free.
Maps & Directions
Ammanford, SA18
Type of session
| Online counselling: | Yes |
| Telephone counselling: | Yes |
| Face to face counselling: | Yes |
| Home visits: | No |
Practical details
| Sign language: | Unspecified |
| Other languages: | None |
Accessibility
| Wheelchair user access: | No |
There are three steps to front and back of property.
Availability
Days and evenings
Types of client
| Children |
| Young people |
| Adults |
| Older adults |
