Eleanor Pool
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I have been involved in therapeutic work with adults and children for over 10 years.
Before counselling I was a foster carer looking after children from newborns up to 16 years and also worked supporting parents with challenging behaviour presented by their children.
I have delivered training and presentations to help other foster carers understand the needs of children who have experienced trauma and those with attachment disorders. I also have a good understanding of caring for children on the ASD and with sensory integration issues.
I have my own adult children and two teenagers formerly foster children.
I offer counselling using a range of differing techniques particularly person centred and psychodynamic approaches. I offer a client focused method tailored to suit the individual and their needs including WALKEASE which is a unique approach taking therapy out of the therapy room and into the open air. Read more here to see if this might approach to therapy suit you: https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/memberarticles/have-you-heard-about-walk-talk-therapy
Training, qualifications & experience
- Advanced Diploma in Integrated Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- Diploma in Hypnotherapy
- Diploma in Integrated Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- Cruse Bereavement Training
- Mindfulness for Anxiety & Depression
- Personality & Personality Disorders
- EFT Level 2 Attendance
- Certificate in Therapeutic Fostering
- Life Story Work for children
- Group Therapy
I have experience working with clients presenting with depression, anxiety, PTSD, complicated grief, those who have experienced childhood neglect & abuse or relationship abuse - especially where narcissistic traits of the partner have contributed to the relationship problems.
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- Affairs and betrayals
- Alcoholism
- Anxiety
- Asperger's syndrome
- Attachment disorder
- Attachment disorder in children
- Behaviour problems
- Bereavement
- Bipolar disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- Child related issues
- Childhood bereavement
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
- Dependent personality disorder
- Depression
- Depression and anxiety in children
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Narcissistic personality disorder
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Panic attacks
- Paranoid personality disorder
- Personality disorders
- Physical abuse
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal depression
- Relationship problems
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Separation and divorce
- Separation anxiety
- Sexual abuse
- Sexuality
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Trauma
Therapies offered
Fees
Initial consultation - no charge
£65/hour adults
£45/hour under 18 years
Maps & Directions
Poole, BH15
Addlestone, KT15
Type of session
| Online counselling: | Yes |
| Telephone counselling: | Yes |
| Face to face counselling: | Yes |
| Home visits: | Yes |
Practical details
| Sign language: | Unspecified |
| Other languages: | None |
Accessibility
| Wheelchair access: | Unspecified |
Availability
I see clients in Surrey at the beginning of the week and in Poole at the end of the week.
Types of client
| Young people |
| Adults |
| Older adults |
| Families |
| Groups |
