Barbara Malinen

Update 27th April 2021: In the present situation I am continuing to work remotely using a variety of means including Skype, Zoom, WhatsApp calls and telephone. I am also offering a limited number of walking sessions outside. I will be reviewing the possibility of returning to face to face sessions between now and June.

I have been working as a person-centred counsellor and psychotherapist for over 22 years, having taken a Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling at Strathclyde University in 1998. I have over 15,000 hours of face to face client contact and have worked in a wide range of voluntary sector organisations, in private practice and, since 2003/4 - with Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh University Student Counselling Services. Since 2007 I have supervised both qualified counsellors and students/trainees, graduating with a Post Graduate Diploma in Supervision from Temenos in 2009. I now maintain a private practice offering psychotherapy/counselling, supervision, academic supervision and consultancy.

From 2007 - 2017 I was a Personal Tutor (aka PDM) and a group facilitator for the Edinburgh University School of Counselling & Psychotherapy. From 2017 - 2019 I was a Core Tutor on the training team.

I believe that people have within them the possibility of finding better strategies by which to live more functional and fulfilling lives; I aim to provide warmth, respect, acceptance and responsiveness whilst helping clients to locate and use their own resources, resolve problems and difficulties and to find better ways of managing their lives. I work across a broad range of issues and problems, and am happy to work with couples as well as individuals. I offer both short term and long term counselling and psychotherapy as well as supervision for trainees and experienced counsellors.

Prior to becoming a counsellor I worked as an artist, in restaurants and in charity administration/fundraising.

I am a registered member of BACP and abide by their Ethical Code of Conduct.