Aileen Brindley MA, MPhil, PGDip Psychotherapy, L4 Counselling Children
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I am a fully qualified psychotherapist and member of the BACP, with a private practice near Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire. 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 therapy. I have 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 try to answer any questions you may have.
If you decide to work with me, and I do hope you will, you 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 talking about 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 (Distinction), University of Wales, Trinity St. David (2018)
- Level 4 Certificate in Counselling Children. Accredited by CPCAB. (2019)
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 also working with young people in the health service context. Through this work I have gained experience in supporting clients with:
- 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 abuse
- 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 disorder
- 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: £30 per 50 minute session.
Concessionary rate: £20 per 50 minute session.
First session free.
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.
Maps & Directions
Ammanford, SA18
Type of session
| Online counselling: | No |
| Telephone counselling: | No |
| Face to face counselling: | Yes |
Practical details
| Sign language: | Unspecified |
| Other languages: | None |
Accessibility
| Wheelchair access: | Unspecified |
Types of client
| Children |
| Young people |
| Adults |
