Elena Bain PG Dip plus Gender & Sexual Diversities, Cert Supervision, MBACP reg
About me
As long as I remember I have held a deep interest in human relationships and their ways of being. Once my youngest child started school I began my formal training in counselling and psychotherapy And have since volunteered at the Terence Higgins Trust, working with gender and sexually diverse clients, and this remains at the core of my work today. I took it upon myself to gain further knowledge in counselling gender and sexually diverse clients with Pink therapy in London with whom I am a clinical associate.
I have been privileged to volunteer as a staff and student and student counsellor at the University of Aberdeen and have also worked with adults and youths at Aberdeen Counselling and Information Service (ACIS) . As a volunteer at Cairns Counselling Service I saw both individuals and couples and was employed byMental Health Aberdeen (MHA) from 2014 to 2017 seeing both individuals and couples.
I also have a certificate in counselling supervision from the University of Strathclyde and I am one of the supervisors for the students on the person centred diploma course at the University of Aberdeen.
I now run a busy private practice from my home in central Aberdeen where I see individuals, small groups and couples
Training, qualifications & experience
Post Graduate Diploma in Person Centred Counselling - University of Aberdeen
Post Graduate Diploma in counselling Gender and Sexual Diversites - Pink Therapy, London
Certificate in Relationship Counselling for Gender and sexual diversities - Pink Therapy London
Certificate in Counselling Supervision - University of Strathclyde
Accredited Legal Commercial Mediator - London School of Mediation
Certificate in Coaching for Counsellors - Rowan Institute, Perth, Scotland
I previously volunteered at THT (Terence Higgins Trust), Cairns Counselling and ACIS (Aberdeen counselling and Information Service & completed there Training course and I was a staff and student counsellor at Aberdeen University.
my gender and sexually diverse clients have included:
- bisexuality
- cross dressing
- gay
- heterosexual
- lesbian
Transgender
- questioning
- gender fluid
- sexually fluid
Member organisations
College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists
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
Accredited Register Scheme
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Gender and Sexual Diversity issues - including gender diverse and non binary people and those people who are maybe diagnosed with 'Gender Dysphoria' or 'Gender Incongruence'.
I am BDSM/Kink Knowledgeable
Therapies offered
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Fees
£40 per hourly session for individuals
£50 per hourly session for couples or £70 for a 90 minute session.
if it is appropriate I am willing to see you on a flexible basis e.g. fortnightly.
Further information
I am happy to conduct online counselling and supervision sessions
