Gidget Wong
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About me
Thank you for taking the time to view my profile. I have been a Counsellor for many years, supporting adults, adolescents and young people either through telephone, online or face to face.
Are you going through some difficult times at the moment? Anxious and depressed due to past issues or ongoing challenges ? Low mood? Feeling sad and tired? Losing your temper easily? Or maybe a feeling of hopelessness with life, job uncertainty, relationships and the future? I am here with you to support your healing journey.
These are some of the issues we can experience in our life :
Anxiety,
Bereavement/Loss,
Depression,
Low mood,
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),
CPTSD (Complex),
Marital relationship,
Family relationships - children, teenagers problems,
Workplace issues,
Low self esteem,
Please see below a list of issues that I support my clients in.
I am a qualified integrative counsellor.
I have been practising for many years since completing my COSCA Diploma Counselling in Edinburgh, Scotland. I am a registered Counselling Member of the Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland (COSCA).
The counselling approaches used will be according to your needs as you share them with me. I am a holistic counsellor as I support client to look into every aspect of their overall health and wellbeing. I trained in different modalities as I believe that every person is an individual and requires different ways to gain confidence in order to transform their lives for the better.
Also, I work with children and teenagers who are facing some of the following issues:-
- Anxiety
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Bullying
- Bereavement/loss
- Confidence
- Exam stress
- Low mood
- Parents divorce
- PTSD
- Relationship - peers or family members
- Self Harm/Suicidal thoughts
- Self esteem
- Self identity
Counselling teenagers is different from counselling adult. The approaches used will depend on the age and stage of development of the child. Counselling allows them to express their feelings and thoughts in a safe and non-judgemental environment.
In the counselling room, they are allowed to express their feelings through art or play.
For some teenagers, they may be able to articulate their feelings by talking or both.
By coming for counselling, children can be helped to cope better with their feelings and to be happy and more confident in themselves and their future.
You can be assured that any issues (no matter how unimportant or ridiculous you think it may be) you can share with me. I am here to listen to you, to support you and to help you to make more sense of the issues you are facing. I will help you to work on those issues in the way you can manage at your own pace. I will be with you every step of your journey and, towards an emotionally healthy wellbeing with hope and confidence in your life.
Training, qualifications & experience
- COSCA Diploma in Counselling
- Online and telephone counselling qualification
- Working therapeutically with adolescents
- Early Years and Education qualification
- Internal Family System Informed
- Trauma Informed
- Somatic Experiencing Informed
- Wide experience in the voluntary sector
- Place2Be volunteer counsellor
- Fostering training
- Continuing Professional Development Trainings
- PVG Scheme Register
The ongoing continuing professional development training keeps me up-to-date with new research and tools to support my counselling work with my clients.
I have been supporting clients, around the world, who work in the humanitarian aid organisations.
My years of work as an early years practitioner in council schools enabled me to be in touch with school education system. Also, the contact with children, parents and guardians of different race, culture and nationalities provided me with a better understanding of the different family dynamics.
All the above experiences together with my previous work in the business sector, in Singapore and Hong Kong, have helped me to gain a wide and varied understanding of issues face by clients of different age groups and professions who come to me.
Member organisations
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
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Concession - Apply to UK residents only and depending on financial situation - 2023. Please enquire if you need.
Face to face - 50 minutes per session
Online/Telephone - 60 minutes per session
When I work
Monday-Friday, 9.30am - 6.30pm (last client)
Saturday - 9.30am - 11am (last client)
Further information
The counselling room is very spacious with double windows facing the woods.
The office is within a modern, bright and well established business centre. It is a safe and conducive place for counselling.
