Andy McCallum
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About me
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Hello, and welcome to my bio. I have been counselling, teaching, and supervising for 14 years, after jumping ship from the military in South Africa and policing in Devon and Cornwall to the field of counselling. My three adult children are going down that route as well so it must be in the genes!
My specialties are the most common issues that might be affecting you today; anxiety, depression, family issues, behaviours around ADHD and autism, or just feeling very sad or a little lost. You can heal from anything if you feel you can talk freely for an hour, once a week. Change comes gently and slowly and it's a time and space for you.
If you're academic and you love the latest literature in neuroscience, behaviour, personality, and psychology, I bring all of that with enthusiasm and passion from the Open University library to inform your progress and pace of change.
Counselling is fabulous - you owe it to yourself to try one free session with my colleagues and I to see what it's like and who you click with. Trust is good.
I am a registered member of the Children & Young People's Therapist (CYPT) Register, abide by the National Counselling Society's (NCS) Code of Ethical Practice for the Counselling Professions, hold Public Liability and Personal Indemnity insurance, and pursue daily continued professional development (CPD).
Counselling is the perfect opportunity for both change AND having a regular vent about your day or your week. If you know what you want to change, that's great. If you don't, let's find out.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
Short-term and long-term goals are great and an essential part of personal and professional growth to a GREAT life. The first qualification below is one of my short term goals:
- DForenPsych at Exeter University Sept 2025
- BSc (Hons) Psychology 2018-2025 (Open University)
- Level 6 Adv. Dip. Clin. Supervision 2017
- Level 5 CBT 2015
- Level 4 Dip Therapeutic Counselling 2014
- Level 4 Dip Clinical Hypnotherapy 2010
- Level 4 PTTLS 2013
- Level 4 CET 2015
- IYN Certificate 200hr Yoga Teacher Training 2018
- TA 101 2015
- Level 4 Cert NLP 2012
- THRIVE Practitioner 2017
- Draw & Talk 2018
- Gestalt Therapy (Accred) 2020
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Accred) 2020
- Narcissistic Behaviour & Psychology 2023
- Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy 2023
- Existential Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling 2022
- Advanced Life Coaching 2022
- Meditation Teacher Training (comp to Yoga 200HR) 2021
- Neuro-linguistic Programming Practitioner (NLP) 2021
Experience
- Clinical Hypnotherapist 2010 to present
- Counselling Tutor with the CPCAB/NCS 2015 - present
- Counsellor in private practice 2014 - present
- School Counsellor 2012 - 2019
- Counsellor for D.A & S.V 2019 - present
- Clinical Supervisor 2017 - present
- Devon and Cornwall Constabulary 1992-2010
- South African Defence Force (SADF) 1988-1990
Member organisations
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The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
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In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- PTSD for military veterans and survivors of domestic abuse.
- Any issues for children and young people.
- Any issue in your subconscious that may you feel is just out of reach.
- Dreamwork.
- Divorce.
- Transpersonal and spiritual work or development.
- LGBTQ+ challenges or issues
- Homelessness
Therapies offered
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Fees
£20.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Payment is required before the session begins: cash and BACS are both fine.
- Counselling, supervision, and family/couples counselling is a flat fee of £20 per hour.
- The fee is a low £20 to allow access to counselling for everyone all the time.
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