This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Hi,
My name is Debbie, thank you for looking at my profile and congratulations on beginning or continuing on your counselling journey. Finding a counsellor can be daunting and opening up to someone you don't know can feel nerve wracking. My goal is to create a safe virtual space for you to feel comfortable and able to open up and go at your own pace. I feel it is crucial to have a space to feel accepted as your most authentic self and begin, or continue, your journey of self discovery. I use a variety of counselling skills to tailor sessions to you and your goals, whether you are looking to develop coping strategies, explore your feelings, or just wanting to talk through what is going on for you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- SCOTACS Diploma in Counselling and Groupwork - A CBT approach
- COSCA counselling skills certificate
- Skills Network level 2 certificate in Young People's Mental Health
- 3 day working with families and young person's training - provided by Wellbeing Scotland
- Decider Skills workshop
- Healing the inner child training
- suicide and self harm awareness training
- working with trauma training
- working with disassociation training
- domestic violence and coersive control training
- working with autistic and neurodiverse clients CPD
- working with adolescents with complex needs CPD
- child safeguarding CPD
- An experiential journey into gender identity CPD
- pronouns and gender diversity training
- understanding grief, loss and bereavement CPD with Child Bereavement UK
- creative ways of working with bereavement CPD with Child Bereavement UK
- supporting bereaved children and young people with Child Bereavement UK
- Mental Health first aid 2 day course
- 6 months working as a remote counsellor working with trauma and mid to moderate mental health issues
- 1 year supporting a virtual women's group as a facilitator
- 3 years as a school counsellor supporting young people with a variety of issues
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free 20 minute consultation to new clients
