Barbara Malinen

About me

I have been working as a person-centred counsellor and psychotherapist for over 15 years, having taken a Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling at Strathclyde University in 1998. I have over 8,000 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.

I am a group facilitator for the Edinburgh University School of Counselling & Psychotherapy.

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.