Angie Walker Higher National Dip.Counselling Psychotherapist EMDR MBACP

Training, qualifications & experience

I am an Integrative Counsellor & Psychotherapist, Life coach, and EMDR Practitioner, which means I am trained in a range of approaches to treatment, including some (Complimentary Therapies).   If you are uncertain as what suits you best, we can discuss this together during the assessment session, when we develop your own individual tailored plan of therapy.

Therapies Offered, Skills & Qualifications

• Integrative Counselling (Higher National Diploma (HND) Counselling)
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Psychotherapy
• Couple Counselling (Narrative Therapy) Dip. Couple Counselling (MSFTR)
• EMDR Therapy Practitioner (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) (Dip. EMDR)
• Life Coaching (Dip.Life Coaching)
• Gestalt Therapy (Cert. Gestalt Therapy)
• Transactional Analysis (Dip. Transactional Analysis)
• Mindfulness Techniques
• Craniosacral Therapy Levels (1 & 2) & Somato-Emotional Release (SER) (Upledger trained)
• Reiki Healing Master (Practitioner Member Tera-Mai School of Healing Arts)
• Mindfulness Techniques
• Ex Registered Nurse (RN)

Professional Associations / Memberships

• Member British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. (MBACP)
• International Association of Healthcare Practitioners (IAHP)
• (Accredited) Member National Counselling Society (MNCS)
• Member National UK Therapist Register (SFTR)
• Member of International Regulator Coaching and Mentoring (IRCM)
• Ex Registered Nurse (RN)
• Practitioner Member Tera-Mai School of Healing Arts (TMUKS)

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Other areas of counselling I deal with

EMDR Trauma Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)

EMDR Therapy works on the premise that the mind can often heal itself naturally, in the same way as the body does.  Much of this natural coping mechanism occurs during sleep, particularly during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. In the hands of an experienced practitioner this natural process may be utilised, watching a bar of lights, and using only, your own body and minds natural processes.   It has been used to successfully treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Since then EMDR is being used effectively to treat a wide range of mental health problems such as:

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Anxiety and panic attacks
• Depression
• Low self-esteem
• Stress
• Phobias
• Sleep problems
• Complicated grief
• Pain relief
• Accidents, injuries, abuse, rape, childhood neglect, post legal cases, fears
• Self-esteem and performance anxiety
• Difficult memories, nightmares, flashbacks, panic attacks
• And much else....

EMDR is an innovative clinical treatment which has been found to successfully of helped well over a million individuals. The validity and reliability of EMDR has been established by rigorous research and there are numerous control studies into EMDR, making it the most thoroughly researched method used in the treatment of trauma, and is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the World Health organisation (WHO) as one of the first lines of effective treatment for PTSD.

I can also offer you help for issues such as:

• Health anxiety
• Social anxiety
• Performance anxiety
• Public speaking anxiety
• Feeling sad or rejection
• Life changes / transitions
• Feeling lost, depleted, numb, overwhelmed

And much else.....

Feel free to contact me to enquire if you have any other worries / concerns / issues, which are not listed, that you would like me to address.   I know you may feel apprehensive but that is natural and okay. This is the probably the hardest step, and it’s brave of you to do...

Many people feel an immediate sense of relief in that finally, they can speak to somebody in a safe supportive, non-judgemental, and confidential environment.   No issue you choose to bring to therapy is too small or too large for us to address, and perhaps surprisingly, invariably a number of others may well have presented with similar things. We all have our own set of unique worries and concerns and fears, so email me or pick up your phone....

” We all need to put on our own oxygen mask before we help others, even you!”.....

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