Debbie Broadhurst


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About me
Welcome. I am interested and experienced in helping people with anxiety, bereavement, loss and change, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, abuse, stress, infertility, menopause and life-changing health issues.
I am warm, down-to-earth and supportive, offering sessions in-person, via video call or animal-assisted therapy / ecotherapy, i.e. working in nature with horses.
Psychodynamic Counselling and Equine-facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) are proven ways to help you cope with difficult times in your life and process change. You can opt for either traditional therapy or equine therapy or we can integrate the two to get the best of both. Working with me as an experienced professional can help you to understand yourself better, improve your relationships with others and improve your overall wellbeing. Therapy may be challenging at times but ultimately, I know it can be transformational.
Therapy with horses is a really effective short-term ecotherapy that can help if you feel stuck, are finding regular therapy difficult, or need to be in nature more. Anyone can benefit from EFP, no horse experience is necessary, and no riding is involved as all the work in done on the ground.
Contact me for an initial confidential, no obligation chat.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor / Psychotherapist, PGDip, BA Hons. I am also qualified as an Equine-facilitated Psychotherapist, which simply means therapy for humans working with horses.
I trained with Cruse Bereavement. I have also trained with the British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA) having completed their Foundation Course for Counsellors, as well as training with the Foundation for Baby Loss.
I have a special interest in trauma, loss, bereavement and change, including infertility, baby loss, and childlessness through choice or circumstances.
Member organisations

BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership

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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £80.00
Free initial online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
One to one sessions are £60 for online or £70 in-person. Sessions last 50 minutes.
Horse therapy sessions can be 60, or 90 minutes and cost £80 or £100, respectively. They can be held weekly or fortnightly. A 10% discount can be applied if you pay in advance for a set number of sessions (minimum three sessions).
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I am currently able to offer equine-facilitated therapy on Wednesdays. My online and face to face sessions are limited but please get in touch and hopefully we can find a suitable time.