
Graham Hagger Registered MBACP Counsellor/CBT Therapist.
38 Firs Lane
Leigh
Greater Manchester
WN7 4SB
01942 746531 / 07535618820
About me
Hi and thank you for viewing my profile, I am a fully qualified and experienced Person- Centred Psychotherapist, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and a Sexual Minority Therapist. As a counsellor I will create, a safe therapeutic place where you can explore your thoughts and feelings, without feeling someone is judging you.
I work with clients suffering from addiction, and the affect it can have on family, love ones and friends. I work with consequence therapy, which can help the client understand what is happening to them and their relationships. This is an intense six-hour course of therapy spread over six weeks. I have worked with clients who were suffering from gambling, drink, drug and sex addictions to name some of the most common addictions. I have clients who regular keep in touch informing me that the strategies we worked on are still working. If you think you might benefit from this type of therapy give me a call, and we can arrange a no obligation session.
Feeling helpless and unable to cope can be an overwhelming and lonely experience, which is often hard to share with someone. I offer a private and confidential counselling service and together we will tailor sessions that are best suited for you. I know it can be quite daunting seeing a counsellor for the first time, but you have already taken the first steps, just logging on to the directory. One more step and we can then start working on the issues that are troubling you.
Counselling may help you if you
*Have unresolved issues from the past
*Are feeling the loss of someone close
*Feel Sad, Anxious or Depressed
*Feel the need to always please others
*Have recently had change in circumstance
*Feeling something isn't quite right but you’re unsure what /why
*Feel your anger is affecting your relationships/work
For quite number of years I have worked with a client group suffering from Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the effect it can have on the sufferer. Anger, depression, alcohol /drug misuse, feeling isolated and that no one understands what going on for them. PTSD can have a devastating effect on the sufferer and their families and loved ones but with help and understanding, they can move on and gain control back of their lives. I have also worked with Victim Support as a counselor helping people who have suffered from trauma gain control back of their lives.
I work in an integrative way and use the best therapies that best suit you and your needs. I regularly work with a variety of issues including low self-esteem/confidence, anxiety/stress, depression, anger and the long-term effects of different kinds of abuse. I regularly work with clients suffering from various kinds of trauma, historical sexual abuse, both male and female, and understand how difficult it can be to open up and talk about this subject. I believe in the importance and significance of the client/therapist relationship and the nurturing of which is instrumental to the therapeutic process.
As a member of the BACP, I work ethically and am fully committed to the principals of confidentiality and client safety. Let me help you find your way back, Let me help you to find you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I currently work for Wigan Family Welfare as a counsellor working in schools seeing children and staff. I have also worked with offenders in a custodial setting. I have also a worked with the Willow Project in Leigh, counselling children within the Wigan Borough. I have run a small and successful private practice for a number of years.
Certificate in Counselling concepts.
Advanced certificate in Person-Centred counselling. ABC Accredited
Diploma in Person-centred counselling. ABC Accredited
Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. ABC Accredited
Certificate in Sexual Minority Therapies.
Certificate in Counselling children and young people.
Short course studied;
Supporting People Bereaved Through Murder & Manslaughter.
Trauma: linked to Complex Grief.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Anger Management.
The Menopause Course.
Alcohol Brief Intervention Therapy.
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- Affairs and betrayals
- Alcoholism
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality disorder
- Anxiety
- Avoidant personality disorder
- Bereavement
- Bipolar disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Career
- Child related issues
- Dependent personality disorder
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Domestic violence
- Drug abuse
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Gambling
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Histrionic personality disorder
- Internet addiction
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- Panic disorder
- Paranoid personality disorder
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Physical abuse
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal depression
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I work with clients suffering from addiction, and the affect it can have on family, love ones and friends. I work with consequence therapy, which can help the client understand what is happening to them and their relationships. This is an intense six-hour course of therapy spread over six weeks. I have worked with clients who were suffering from gambling, drink, drug and sex addictions to name some of the most common addictions. I have clients who regular keep in touch informing me that the strategies we worked on are still working. If you think you might benefit from this type of therapy give me a call, and we can arrange a no obligation session.
Therapies offered
Fees
First ½ hour free, to give you the chance to see if we could work together.
All Session last 50 minutes
£35 for 50 minutes.
Discounts for Veterans, Members of the Armed Forces.
Discounts may be available if blocks of session are booked and paid for in advance.
Further information
People come into counselling for all kinds of issues and I know it can be a very scary time, that fear of the unknown, what am I walking in to, what if they do not understand what I am going through, what if they are going to judge me. That is where I as the counsellor can help to put you at your ease, to offer you that space that is yours, that time that is yours, where you can be you without the fear of being judged.
When looking for a counsellor/therapist please ensure that they are qualified and belong to an appropriate professional body. If not sure, ask to see their qualifications, a good therapist will not mind and will not be offended.
Member Organisation
Registered Member BACP
Published Articles
The power of a question
Maps & Directions
Type of session
Online counselling: | No |
Telephone counselling: | No |
Face to face counselling: | Yes |
Practical details
Sign language: | Unspecified |
Other languages: | None |
Availability
I offer session in the early evening from 1600hrs Monday to Friday