About me
Hi, I am a qualified and highly experienced Person Centred Counsellor. and Counselling Supervisor. I am also a trained Couples Counsellor. I am a Reflective Practitioner and and am a registered Practitioner Member of COSCA. I have been working as a Counsellor in Practice for 12 years. I am also a COSCA qualified Counselling Supervisor. My experience in working within Mental Health Charities' within the Voluntary sector spans over 23 years and so means that I am able to bring this breadth of experience in working with emotional difficulties into my Practice. I work with a confidential, non-judgemental and respectful approach. I provide a safe environment for exploring your emotions. My Private Practice is based near Milnathort. I also work as a Counsellor to an Anti Poverty Charity who support people experiencing Poverty and/in Recovery from Addiction and are experiencing Mental Health difficulties in the Perth, Kinross and Fife area. I have previously set up a Counselling service within Edinburgh Women's Aid. I have also worked extensively in an Emotional and Therapeutic role with a Self Harm Project within a Mental Health charity in Fife, working to promote Recovery in Mental Health. I also work with EAP services.
I work with a wide range of emotional disturbance and difficulties with people from all walks of life and believe that the understanding of causes of our emotional discomfort can lead us to gain balance enabling us to grow for positive change. I have Advanced training in Person Centred Couples Counselling.
Training, qualifications & experience
Postgraduate Diploma in Person Centred Counselling.
Over 20 years experience in Mental Health support services. COSCA qualified Counselling Supervisor. I also hold Advanced Person Centred training in Couples Therapy.
Work Counselling with Women's Aid, Homelessness and Addictions services in Edinburgh and Fife and in Private Practice.
My Practice is based in Perth and Kinross and also the surrounding regions with my work online and via telephone meaning I am not limited by region and my case load is global. I have many years of experience working in depth with Trauma and in particular, Relational and Complex Trauma.,an areas in which I specialise. I also work extensively with Anxiety, Depression and Self Harm, often theses being a part of the impact of Trauma, I also work with Poverty, Neurodiversity and relationship difficulties including abuse.
Ongoing and extensive CPD attendance/training.
I am currently working towards my Accreditation.
I am a COSCA qualified, Practising Supervisor .
Member organisations
COSCA is the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland, and seeks to advance all forms of counselling and psychotherapy and the use of counselling skills by promoting best practice and through the delivery of a range of sustainable services. COSCA Counsellor Accreditation is a pathway to entry onto the UKRC. It is a requirement of all individual and organisational members of COSCA to abide by its Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice and be accountable to the Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Self Harm,Suicide, Traumatic loss
Homelessness issues, Poverty
Dyslexia
Living with Acquired Brain Injury
Relationship problems
Work with Trauma, PTS, Complex Trauma and Abuse
I also have experience working with Dreams and Nightmares.
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£60 per one hour session.
£ 80 per hour Couples Counselling
I operate a sliding-scale for those on low incomes.
Initial half hour meeting is free of charge.
When I work
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Further information
I aim to enable access for all, and am able to arrange home visits for those of you who have physical disabilities or experience social phobias. I am also able to arrange Therapy sessions in a local venue with Disabled access and on bus routes. I will also do home visits in order to increase access if required.
