Annette Cooper
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About me
Hello, I'm Annette, an experienced counsellor here to help with life’s difficulties. I enjoy working with people and have a wide range of experience. If you are looking for some where to process some of the events in your life then please feel free to contact me. I appreciate that talking can be difficult for some people and they may find creative outlets eg drawing, poetry etc helpful to process their feelings/emotions and so I am happy to facilitate that way of working.
Working with me.
My core training is in the Person Centred approach and understanding your experiences from your viewpoint and validating your lived experience is an important part of my way of working. I am also trained to work with trauma and also attachment issues. I have access to use a range of ideas to help put you in the drivers seat to achieve your goals.
I offer a free 15 - 30 minute telephone or online meeting so we can meet each other and assess whether we could work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been in private practice for the past 9 years. I became interested in counselling after I attended counselling myself. I found the process rewarding but it also kickstarted my interest in working with other people who were experiencing distress or a lack of satisfaction in their lives. I also work with folk who are questioning if they are neuro divergent but just to be clear I cannot diagnose neurodivergence. I am particularly interested in working with people who may late diagnosed or self diagnosed. If you have aphantasia or hyperphantasia does this impact your life and in what way?.
I have worked as a counsellor in an Employment Assistance Programme and worked with people experiencing issues such as anxiety, stress, depression, intrusive thoughts, childhood sexual abuse, emotional overwhelm and low self esteem..
During my training I was as a volunteer with Cancer Support Scotland. I worked with people and their families living with a cancer diagnosis and the fear, isolation and uncertainty that people experienced.
I work in a non pathologizing way with Gender, Sexual and Relationship diversity.
As a member of BACP I am bound by their Code of Ethics and Practice and subject to its complaints procedure. I am also trained in critical incident stress debriefing and can attend incidents which have occurred in the workplace.
Currently I am learning more about Diversity, Cultural competence, Race and Anti- Discrimination Practice and how this plays out in the counselling room and society at large.
Training, Qualifications and Experience
- Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy - (Stirling University)
- ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (online training)
- I have trained with Babette Rothschild in Somatic Trauma Therapy Training.
- Mindfulness and Compassion training with the mindfulness association.
- CBT Toolkit training.
- Working with partners of trans identified people
- Facilitation training with PCT Scotland
- Working with Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse.
- Level one and two Emotion Focused Therapy - Strathclyde University.
- Shapes of Grief course - working with the client who has had a bereavement.
- ADHD and Autism training.
- Creative counsellor training.
Previous Training, Qualifications and experience
- Post Graduate Diploma in Critical Care Nursing and Specialist Practitioner Qualification . (Glasgow University).
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- I work in a non Pathologising way with Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversity.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Counselling sessions are one hour.
Couples counselling costs £60.
When I work
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I am available for some work short term work on Saturdays.
