Donna Stocks

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MNCIP (Reg.), MNCPS (Acc.)
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location_on Northampton NN4 & NN7
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About me

As an integrative counsellor and psychotherapist, I use various therapeutic modalities and interventions, that suits each client best to support their journey to better understanding of themself and how to improve their mental wellbeing, building resilience and restoring self worth along the way. Clients go at their own pace and are in the driving seat, promoting their autonomy and building a sense of agency.  I am also a qualified Life Coach & NLP practitioner.

Individual therapy   I understand how difficult it can be to start the therapy journey.  We work together with what you choose to work on, selecting counselling and psychotherapy approaches that you find work well for you, to uncover the driving force behind your difficulties and empower you towards change.  Are you feeling high levels of anxiety, or overwhelmed / stuck and can't seem to move forward? Perhaps you want to find what is causing persistent anxiety or depression, feeling sad, negative thinking, or understand why you are repeating the same patterns and/or unwanted behaviours? Do you find you are pleasing everyone but yourself?  Maybe lacking in confidence and low self-esteem? Accommodating a loud critical voice? Find out who you are and what makes you 'tic'. Discovering what is at the root of your issues to understand and be able to make positive and lasting changes, so you can move forward and enjoy better health and wellbeing. 

Therapy is not to impose answers, it is to  be heard, receive validation and helped to discover your own solutions, by providing a safe and confidential space to share our story and not be judged. Therapy is a vehicle towards empowerment.

Using the therapeutic space to uncover and understand  our individual 'operating systems' and what it is influenced by, what are our triggers, patterns of behaviours, our defence mechanisms, maladapted thinking etc.. This is necessary to making lasting positive changes.  Many of these programs/life scripts are hidden in our subconscious and through exploration with a trained therapist we can start to make a bit more sense of ourselves.  This awareness can help to alleviate anxiety and depression as we become more aligned with our true selves. 

Some of the most profound shifts are subtle, evolving over time as we recover something we were unaware we had lost, or did not have the opportunity / healthy nurturing for us to develop.

Specialism : Adult ADHD  I have a personal & professional experience and further training with working with adult ADHD, helping clients to understand who they are within the context of this neurodiversity, working with their own presenting traits rather than against them, working to identify those maladapted behaviours and core beliefs that are untrue and is hampering growth, adding to the intensity of traits and harmful to our wellbeing.  I actively promote for better awareness and work with other ADHD organisations.

Inner-Child therapy to become aware of the human needs that were unmet in childhood, allowing exploration of beliefs and coping strategies which maybe holding back growth, and recognition of forgotten emotions that can often make sense of our patterns of thinking, drivers and triggers.  We often look back from an adult perspective, with a fully grown rational brain and developed emotional intelligence, which can diminish the actual emotional experience of our child selves.  From a viewpoint of our childhood environment where we take our learning from, caregivers, teaching institutions, extended family, culture, religion, society etc... Inner child work helps to validate that child experience at the time and give them a voice and opportunity to give that part of us compassion and understanding.   We can gain a lot of insight into what may still be influencing us in adult hood. 

As a qualified holistic therapist ( Reflexology, Reiki and Hypnotherapy) I can also help clients to understand the mind and body connections and how physical and mental health interact together.

Couples/Relationship

Supportive, mediative, non-judgmental, impartial and respectful counselling for romantic partners or between 2 family members or a valued friendship, to explore and understand the dynamics affecting the relationship, and find solutions to overcome difficulties such as: 

Communication issues 

Repair and restore 

Individuals unmet needs and expectations

Conflict resolution 

Understanding each others patterns and behaviours 

My couples process is to have an individual session which each of you to understand what goals you each have, and where you can speak freely, then bring you together for the rest of the sessions. 

**Please note - if there is domestic violence within the relationship, current or past, I am unable to work with this.

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Training, qualifications & experience

Qualifications

  • ECF L5 Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body / Therapeutic Counselling (Integrative)
  • ECF L4 Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body /Counselling Theory
  • ECF L3 Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body / Counselling Skills
  • QCF L3 AIM/Hypnotherapy & Counselling Skills 
  • QCF L5 Centralia/Reflexology including Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology
  • QLS L3 COE/Life Coaching Diploma
  • QLS L3 COE/Neuro Linguistic Programming

CPD

  • Understanding ADHD: Current Research and Practice (Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience - KING'S  College London)
  • L6 Working with Distress and Disorder (University of Derby)
  • Couples Counselling Diploma - Consilium College
  • Addiction Therapy Diploma - Centre of Excellence 
  • Transpersonal Psychology Diploma - Centre of Excellence 
  • Inner Child Healing Diploma - Centre of Excellence 

Member organisations

school Registered / Accredited

Registered / Accredited

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NCPS
National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)

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NCIP
The National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists (NCIP)

National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists

Accredited register membership

National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
Accredited Register Scheme

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National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£60.00 - £90.00
Free initial telephone session

Additional information

Individuals:

£60 online   £70 face to face

£25 online taster session (30 min)

Couples / Relationship

£75 online   £90 face to face

Full 60 minute sessions,  longer sessions of 90 minutes can be arranged.

Evenings after 6pm and weekends online only.

Some concessionary, please email for further information. 

When I work

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Limited face to face availability

Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4

The Courtyard Barn, Blisworth Hill Farm, Stoke Road, Blisworth, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN7 3DB

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples

Key details

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