Donna Alexander - Counsellor & Psychotherapist

Hello...

• UPDATE - THERAPY SESSIONS!

Whilst government guidelines are now encouraging a return to work, safe practice, and social distancing at 2 metres, I'm preparing my therapy space to offer exactly what is required and a little more to meet with these suggestions.

As well as my space comfortably allowing a healthy 3 metre physical distance between client and practitioner, the building has been cleansed, signage is in place and hand sanitisers are throughout the building, all in-line with guidelines.

I will continue to offer Telephone and Zoom sessions for those clients who feel more comfortable with remote therapy, and for my existing and new clients who both want, and are not at risk or risking themselves by engaging in Face to Face therapy, the Practice will be re-opening from 1st July 2020.

Staying emotionally and psychologically safe, are just as important as your physical safety in these surreal times ..

As a Counsellor/Psychotherapist, my 13 years experience is represented across the Public; Government; Private and Charitable sectors, supporting clients with both clear-cut and complex presentations.

Addressing what's unhelpful can be uncomfortable, so providing the right atmosphere and therapeutic relationship to meet your needs is important to my philosophy and intention to the work we do together. The underpinning of my training lies a client centred approach. The style in which I engage is diverse and liberal, seeking to work at depth with a client's need. My practice provides approaches to meet 'What's needed right now' and 'For the long term'. I use skills developed from various methodologies such as, Person Centred Therapy, Trauma Focused Approaches, Inner Child Therapy, Brief Invention Work, Core Transformation, Visualisation and Reprocessing ..

Whether your need for therapy is to address a work related stress, anxiety disorder, self-esteem issue, bereavement, relationship matter, post traumatic stress disorder or a harmful behaviour, my approach is to support and assist the client’s understanding, making sense of how to move forward, thrive, become their own counsel and realise what they want.

Alongside my independent Private Practice based in Manchester, I am a therapist in a specialised Women’s only Rape Crisis service, I act as an Affiliate Counsellor for EAP services, and within an NHS Trust I am an independent Counsellor/Psychotherapist, uniquely providing support to staff.   I am a listed qualified practitioner of Parks Inner Child Therapy Quick Change Model, an unobtrusive directed approach to lasting change therapy. (please read below for more insight)

The work of talking therapy isn’t without challenge, so I respect that starting the process can be uneasy. The journey needs to be thought through and has to be right for you, as this relationship is a very important one.

Sometimes I am unable to receive a call, though please do leave a message and I will get back to you, alternatively I recommend contacting me via text or email, from this, I will arrange with you a comfortable time for us to have a telephone conversation.

'What's needed right now and for the long term’ ™ DEA

Kind regards

Donna

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Therapy approaches I deliver ..

Inner Child Therapy

Parks Inner Child Therapy

A stand-alone model of therapy providing an unobtrusive approach to lasting change, primarily formulated to address abuse in childhood, though leans itself well to understanding negative behaviours and crippling limiting beliefs born from unhealthy relationships. For those who may not seek the full model, this approach also allows for isolated matters to be addressed, such as Abortion, Miscarriage, Anger, Grief. Session durations are 1.5 - 4hrs (assessment required for full model)
PICT sits inside my therapeutic philosophy in supporting the person to be the best they can be for themselves, focusing on observing, repairing and restructuring ‘out of date’ hurts/information for the outcome of a more informed and assertive you, which it executes using a non-intrusive methodology - PICT frees us from unpleasant past events.

With an increased public awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's), being a qualified PICT QC Practitioner, delivering the PICT model has become a significant part of my practice.

This approach requires an initial assessment to support which pathway is appropriate for the client. There are no sliding scale fees on the 1.5hr session pathway, although PICT ‘Quick Change’ is offered from a 9 week intervention to the intensive 5 day model, varying fees apply.

Seeking a single interaction:

Single-Session Therapy (as named by Windy Dryden)

A swift pathway to gaining help at the point of need (3 separate interactions including Telephone and Face2Face)

Short term/longer term Counselling/Psychotherapy

Face to Face/Telephone Therapy

Sessions are underpinned in a person centred philosophy of humanistic therapy, though take an integrative and individualised theme to meet the needs of the client. (the therapeutic hour is 60 minutes)