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. So if you are looking for some where to process some of the events in your life then please feel free to contact me.
Working with me.
My core training is in the Person Centred approach and understanding your experiences from your viewpoint and validating that is fundamental to my work.
If you are feeling a bit lost, going through a transition or just feeling really fed up and needing somewhere to process this then do get in touch. I would also be pleased to work with you if you are experiencing depression, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, bereavement and childhood issues.
I offer a free 15 - 30 minute telephone or online meeting for you to tell me what you are looking for...if you know... or to ask me more about what to expect in our sessions 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.
I have worked as a counsellor in an Employment Assistance Programme and worked with people experiencing issues such as anxiety, stress, depression.
During my training I was as a volunteer with Cancer Support Scotland working with people and their families living with a cancer diagnosis.
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.
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 EFT - Strathclyde University.
- Shapes of Grief course - working with the client who has had a bereavement.
- ADHD and Autism training.
- Creative counsellor course.
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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BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
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
Free initial telephone or online session
Additional information
Counselling sessions are one hour.
When I work
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I am available for some work short term work on Saturdays.
