Gillian Stanyard


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About me
"We are not broken, we are just unfinished." D Markova
This being human can be both exciting and painful. Feeling stuck or frozen in our life can make it hard to make decisions and to see a different perspective. At times we all need another person to help us see that change can happen and to help us to 'thaw out.' Often this is not easy yet highly possible. It requires commitment, time, learning to trust, compassion, understanding and patience. Developing awareness is one element and recognising choice, as well as developing new skills and experimenting with new behaviours are others. What can really help at times is being heard and empowered to find the words to describe what is important to you and what hurts.
I am a registered Psychotherapist. A Psychotherapist is a clinically trained specialist counsellor, who uses an integrative approach to help people to heal.
I am here to accompany you on the unique journey into the world of being you.Things may have happened in your life that have come as a shock, feel unfair or make no sense. You may struggle with low self esteem or lack of confidence and find yourself worrying a lot about the future. Maybe you have overwhelming feelings such as grief, sadness or anger. You might be anxious with a sense of feeling unable to trust and feeling unsafe or unwelcome in the world. My role is to provide you with a confidential and safe space, where you feel understood and accepted. I will travel alongside you and help you to deepen your sense of self-understanding.
Psychotherapy can help with a number of life's stresses and conflicts that can affect anyone. For example, it may help you:
Resolve conflicts with your partner or someone else in your life
Relieve anxiety, sadness or stress due to work or other situations
Cope with major life changes, such as divorce, the death of a loved person or animal or the loss of a job
Learn to manage unhealthy reactions,such as road rage or passive-aggressive behavior and overwhelm.
Come to terms with an ongoing or serious physical health problem, such as diabetes, cancer or long-term (chronic) pain
Recover and heal from physical, sexual or emotional abuse or witnessing violence
Cope with sexual problems, whether they're due to a physical or psychological cause
Sleep better, if you have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep
Often the first step to any kind of change or healing is acknowledging that you need help.Through engaging in therapy, you will gain an awareness of your emotions, behaviours and responses and improve your self-awareness and personal responsibility. This can lead to a new connection with yourself and others that feels nurturing, respectful and positive. I offer an integrated form of therapy which enables you to
become more aware of how your negative thought patterns and behaviors are blocking your true self-awareness and empower you to be able to start living with more clarity and certainty.
Good and effective therapy comes from within a safe, trusting, empathic and truthful relationship. This is what I bring to you as a therapist, as well as a high level of psychotherapeutic training and experience. In exchange for your courageous request for help, I give you an authentic invitation to safely explore unfamiliar and unchartered emotional territory, in the hope that useful new solutions for action will emerge. Always remember, you are the expert on your life experiences.
Psychotherapy can help when life feels unbearably difficult. It can also make a decent life even better. We will work collaboratively so you feel empowered to bring about changes to increase your wellbeing and enjoyment of life.
I am only offering online sessions at present.
Text or Email me for an appointment
Thankyou
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained for six years in Advanced Psychotherapeutic Counselling and became an Integrative Psychotherapist .I studied CBT, Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy and Gestalt therapy. As part of my course, I spent two years working in clinical placement, treating patients in a NHS Psychology Department. Before, I trained and worked for three years as a Course Facilitator at a specialist residential centre, facilitating growth and change in adults, through Constellation and Field theory. The process held a particular focus on the development of healthy boundaries and assertive, values-based communication.
I have undertaken Internal Family Systems Training and Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) training in working compassionately and effectively with trauma. I also have qualifications in Trauma-Focused CBT, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Functional Analytical Psychotherapy and have recently completed a certificated programme in Somatic Trauma with Babette Rothschild as well as also completing the certificate programme by the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation. I also completed the STAIR programme with the Veteran Affairs Programme in the US and have trained with Harvard Medical Faculty in the General Psychiatric Management of Borderline Personality Disorder . I hold a specialist interest in recovery from trauma and how we create the necessary elements for healing. From the ability to survive to how we thrive and live lives of meaning and purpose.
I am a trained facilitator of Vision Quests, a powerful and challenging form of rite of passage work. I completed my training with the School of Lost Borders in the USA..
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

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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Assertiveness
Pet bereavement
Estrangement from family
Boundaries
People pleasing
Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Hello 😊
To book a session with me ,a first step is for us to arrange a consultation call. This lasts for 30 minutes and costs £15. To arrange this please either text 074644 33054 or email me at
gillstanyard@outlook.com
Sessions cost £65 per hour.
For the first session, which can last up to 1.5 hours, I request that payment is made before our session commences. This can be done via bank transfer.We can arrange all of this when contracting to work together. If we contract to work for 1.5 hours or longer, the fee will be £95. We can talk this through.
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Text or email me to arrange a consultation call. 074644 33054/ gillstanyard@outlook.com
I look forward to hearing from you.
Further information
I am committed to meeting you where you need to be met. Life can sometimes feel painful, confusing and frightening. Anxiety and negative thoughts can make even the smallest decision feel a struggle. Therapy can aid a process of how you and I meet all the different parts of you and enable healing to take place. Life can start to feel good and friendly.
I also offer phone/skype/online coaching in the areas of building self-esteem, confidence and dealing with difficult relationships. I specialise in Leadership coaching and Assertivity.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Gill