About me
I am qualified to practise as a counsellor for individuals and couples, also to work with children and young people using play therapy, creative therapies and counselling. I can also offer supervision of counsellors working with adults and with children. I have been practising for 25 years.
The quality of the therapeutic relationship is essential for people to achieve lasting change and the importance of regular weekly, hour long sessions helps the relationship to build and ensures the safety of this creative space.
The counselling I offer takes place in a private room near Canonmills and Stockbridge in Edinburgh, it is easily accessible by bus and there is free parking.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualification Attained Date Training Organisation
-Certificate in Structural Integration 1982 - 1984 Institute for Structural Integration
-Body Oriented Psychotherapy & Counselling
( Bioenergetics) 1985 -1989 Midsummer Training, Cambridge
-Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling
(Psychodynamic/Person Centred
BACP Accredited Training) 2nd July 1996 University of East London, Stratford
-Children Matter, (Playing Matters)
Postgraduate Certificate in
Counselling and Play Therapy for
Children & Young People June 2007 Playing Matters, Brenda Meldrum
-COSCA certificate in Counselling
Supervision June 2008 University of Edinburgh
-Training for Trainers September 2011 Playing Matters. Brenda Meldrum
Member organisations

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership

Accredited Register Scheme
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Children and adults who have had to leave their country and need help to deal with cross cultural issues.
Those who are refugees or asylum seekers.
People who have moved from other countries and need time to process the loss and grief of leaving family, friends and culture.
Third culture kids. People who have lived in many different cultures and have trouble knowing where they belong.
Adults who have experience of boarding school.
Children and young people who attend boarding school or who are in residential care.
Therapies offered
Fees
For counselling: £50. per hour for adults
£60. for relationship counselling
£45. for children's play therapy or counselling
I am willing to negotiate lower fees for special circumstances.
For supervision: £50.per hour for supervising counsellors of adults
£50. per hour for supervising counsellors of children
£45. per hour for supervising trainee counsellors
£45. per hour for supervising trainee children's counsellors and play therapists.
For groups: £10. Per person per hour. Maximum 10 people in a group.