Dr Alison Dart UKCP Registered Psychotherapist
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I can provide a safe, confidential space for you to look at what may be causing you distress and explore ways in which you can develop your full potential. I offer private counselling and psychotherapy to individuals in centrally located consulting rooms in Holt, North Norfolk.
I can work with any psychological issue you may wish to explore.
Including the following:
- relationship issues
- anxiety or stress
- bereavement
- depression
- family and relational problems
- anger management
- disaffection and boredom
- habitual worrying
- effects of physical, emotional or sexual abuse
- sexuality/gender issues
- self-esteem
- post traumatic stress
My private consulting rooms are in a central location in Holt, North Norfolk, very close to bus station and parking areas.
My days of work are Thursdays and Fridays in Holt, North Norfolk.
Please telephone or email me so we can talk through a suitable time to meet for our initial session.
Training, qualifications & experience
My Professional Qualifications:
- PhD (University of Leicester)
- MSc Integrative Psychotherapy
- Dip. Int. Psych
- Dip. Integrative Supervision
- B.A.(Hons), PGCE
- UKCP reg.; UKAPI; BUPA Recognised practitioner
I have been involved in the field of counselling and psychotherapy for over 20 years. I have completed trainings in both Counselling and Integrative Psychotherapy. I have considerable interest in relational psychotherapy; inter-subjectivity and clinical supervision. I completed my PhD. thesis with research into the discourse of group supervision at the University of Leicester with Prof. Sue Wheeler and Prof. Ian Hutchby in 2018. (Thesis: ‘A Conversation Analysis of the Discourse of Group Supervision’)
As well as working in private practice I work as a clinical supervisor for counsellors and psychotherapists. I am Deputy Head of Training with Matrix College of Counselling and Psychotherapy. http://www.matrix-training.org
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Affairs and betrayals
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Attachment disorder
- Bereavement
- Bipolar disorder
- Bullying
- Carer support
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Infertility
- Loneliness
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriage
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Panic attacks
- Passive aggressive behaviour
- Personality disorders
- 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
Clinical supervision is offered to trainees and experienced therapists.
Supervision sessions are available in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk or Holt, North Norfolk.
Therapies offered
Further information
What to expect
Therapy sessions are offered weekly. An initial consultation session will be offered to explore the current difficulty and to establish if it is possible for us to work together. Aims and goals will be discussed in this first session and the length of time you wish to spend in therapy explored. This will be open to review at any time. Fees will be decided too.
A small number of evening sessions are available.
BUPA recognised practitioner.
Maps & Directions
Holt, NR25
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: | No |
Types of client
| Adults |
| Older adults |
