Anne Evans BPC MBACP BSc (Hons) PG Dip. Psychodynamic Counselling

Training, qualifications & experience

Working with Individuals and Couples

I started working in Mental Health in the NHS in 1995, and bring a depth of knowledge and experience to my counselling work.  I trained in psychodynamic counselling with individual adults at Gloucestershire Counselling Service (GCS), the largest counselling provider in Gloucestershire, and also completed their Associate course for qualified counsellors and therapists. The training was accredited by the Westminster Pastoral Foundation (WPF) and the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC).  Post-qualifying I undertook further training in short-term solution-focused therapy, and in Couples Therapy at GCS provided by psychotherapists from the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and Severnside Institute for Psychotherapy.

I currently provide both open-ended and time-limited counselling for individual adults and couples.  I have had the privilege of working with many different individuals and couples who have brought a vast range of issues to be explored in counselling.  I participate regularly in CPD, and have special interests in couples work, infertility and working with older people.

Supervision

I provide psychodynamic supervision for small groups and individual qualified counsellors and other professionals - please contact me for more details if you are interested in this.

Qualifications:

Gloucestershire Counselling Service: Post Graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling - accredited by WPF (Westminster Pastoral Foundation)

Gloucestershire Counselling Service: Associate Training Programme - accredited by BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)

CSTD London (Centre for Supervision and Team Development): Certificate in Supervision

Gloucestershire Counselling Service:  training in Couples Therapy

Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust: Families and Beyond (Family Systems Theory)

University of Wales College of Medicine: BSc (Hons) (OT)

University of Wales College of Medicine: Post Graduate Diploma (OT)

Other areas of counselling I deal with

• Life transitions - Adulthood / Leaving home / Mid-life / Ageing / End of life
• Loss of role
• Retirement
• Gender Identity - Male / Female / Non-binary

Further information

Ross-on-Wye is well situated on the M50 for access from both South Wales and the Midlands, and is situated on the edge of the beautiful Forest of Dean.  My consulting room is within a commutable distance from Newent, Tewkesbury, Monmouth, Ledbury, Hereford, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Worcester, Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff, Birmingham and Bristol.

My consulting room is easy to find, but private, with ample parking nearby, both free on-street (look for the 2-hour spaces) and public car parks.  It is minutes from the town centre, which has many independent shops, cafes and coffee shops.