About me
I’m so glad you’ve chosen to take time for yourself in therapy. I'm Ellie (she/her). I'm a Psychotherapist and Counsellor with a deeply empathic and real approach to supporting people through the challenges life can bring. If you choose to work with me, I hope that during our time together you will grow to feel comfortable exploring the way you think and feel, while making sense of what impacts you.
My practice is focused on creating a space that feels warm, accepting and genuinely non-judgemental. Life can be messy. Therapy can offer you someone in your corner, sorting through it with you. I aim to create a safe space to navigate challenging emotions, create space between your thoughts, feelings and reactions, and explore new ways of thinking and understanding yourself.
You don’t need to be in crisis to come to therapy. Sometimes there’s a particular challenge you’re struggling with; sometimes you might feel stuck, overwhelmed or unsure of what you want; and sometimes you simply have a sense that you’d like to understand yourself a little better. There’s no reason too small to take some time for yourself.
I work privately with students, young adults and adults experiencing a range of life challenges, including anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, changes and transitions, loss, difficult experiences, unhelpful patterns and feeling stuck. You might not always know exactly what you need from therapy, and that’s okay. We can make sense of that together, at your pace.
Alongside my private practice, I work within the NHS in an addiction service. This has given me experience supporting people through complex and difficult circumstances, and has deepened my understanding of the ways our experiences can shape how we relate to ourselves, other people and the world around us.
My approach is humanistic and relational, which means that I see the therapeutic relationship as an important part of our work together. I believe you are the expert in your own life, and my role isn’t to tell you what you should do, but to offer a space where you can explore things honestly and without judgement. I draw on humanistic and trauma-informed approaches and tailor our work to you, rather than expecting you to fit into a particular way of doing therapy.
Therapy can be a place to explore the past, make sense of the present, or simply get to know yourself better. We can take things at your pace, whether you come with something very specific in mind or you're not quite sure where to begin.
You don’t have to have everything figured out before you start. You can simply come as you are, and we’ll take it from there.
I have both in person and online availability. In person based in Leeds.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified Psychotherapist and Counsellor and registered member of the BACP, offering individual therapy for adults.
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
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 - £65.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I keep a small number of spaces open for concessionary rates. Please feel free to enquire to know more.
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