Gemma Mitchell

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I offer sessions face to face in Pontefract, Wakefield City Centre, and online via Zoom.

I am an integrative psychotherapist - this means I use multiple counselling approaches and techniques within my work, therefore I can work in a way that best suits each individual client rather than be fixed to one specific mode of therapy.

I qualified in 2017 and became Accredited by the BACP in 2019. Accredited is a quality standard for experienced practitioners and means I employ high standards of knowledge, experience and have a commitment to ongoing professional development.

I am also a qualified Clinical Supervisor offering supervision to other counsellors. 

In my private practice, I have a special interest in working with clients who struggle with their relationship with food, particularly binge eating and obesity. I am also an affiliate counsellor for multiple EAPs, offering short term solution focussed counselling for workplace clients.

I have extensive experience working with all forms of anxiety and low mood/depression, I believe this is something we can all experience at some point in our lives. My speciality is being able to sit with clients in the emotional pain they are experiencing and be alongside them whilst making sense of it together. I draw upon a range of techniques and methods to do this and always work at the pace the client feels most comfortable with. I have a strong drive to help clients work towards self understanding, self compassion and empowerment.

I have experience working in a women’s only centre providing time-limited IAPT therapy to women of all ages suffering from mental health issues, mainly complex trauma, sexual abuse, childhood sexual abuse, and domestic abuse. Also, a range of other problems such as anxiety, depression, stress, bereavement, eating disorders, addictions, chronic pain conditions, rape, anger management.

I also work for the University of Leeds as part of the Disability Services support worker team, as a Specialist Mentor for students with diagnosed mental health difficulties and other chronic conditions. The mentoring role allows a more developmental therapeutic relationship where there is collaboration and support tailored to a variety of aspects of a student’s life, to encourage and ultimately empower the student.

All potential clients will be offered an initial clinical assessment, I will need some personal information and we will talk about your wellbeing and what has brought you to therapy. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and we can agree together how you want to work, we can also decide together if I am the right therapist for you.

Costs:

• Initial Assessment / Consultation session: £50 per session.
• Adults (18+): £60 per session
• Students or counselling trainees: £50 per session
• Each session lasts 50 minutes.

How to make payment:

I am currently accepting bank transfers only. Bank details will be given upon appointment confirmation.