Name: Gillian Stanyard
Address: Castle Douglas, Dumfries And Galloway, DG7, GB
Telephone: +447464433054
Price range: £65.00 per session

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

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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 hold specialist training in the spiritual and neurobiological aspects of cultivating attachment to self, when trauma has disturbed this. 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.'

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.

I have recently become a member of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation and am undertaking their formal certification process.

I am also trained in Trauma Focused CBT, Cognitive Processing Therapy and have just qualified in .Lebel 1 Functional Analytical Psychotherapy. In. the summer I start training with Babette Rothschild in Somatic Therapy training for trauma.

Member organisations

Accredited register membership

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Assertiveness

Pet bereavement

Estrangement from family

Boundaries

People pleasing

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Upcoming events

20 May

Write your wrongs: Mini expressive writing retreat

Two wrongs don’t make a right. Writing your wrongs can. , Got a lot on your mind? Are you having trouble sleeping with the sam...

Fees

£65.00 per session
Free initial telephone session

Concessions offered for

Low income
Unemployed

Additional information

I charge £65 per session.

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 for a session: 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.