About me
If you want to solve challenges in your life, I want to help. I know how empathic listening can make you feel understood and encourage change.
I am attentive and supportive, helping you improve your self-worth and wellbeing. My responses are caring and honest and I show understanding of your sharing about your life. I explore with you the events and thoughts that cause you problems and help you find new ways of seeing yourself. I will also explore with you how you want to be, so you can change parts of life that are currently upsetting or difficult. I am told I am good at helping people change their perspectives positively and to be much less self-critical
I have worked with people with many varied situations and challenges and have 11 years’ experience. I am happy to counsel you about any issue, but I have worked a great deal with clients who have had difficult relationships with parents or partners and have particularly good awareness of the challenges in these situations.
Past clients deeply appreciate the support they get, and you can see their feedback below or on my website. Call/email to arrange a no-obligation call about the issues you want to work on and find out if you would like me to counsel you. You could be moving towards more meaning and happiness in life.
If you are on a lower income and my usual fee would cause you problems, please talk about this with me. I arrange reduced fees for clients to make counselling accessible; I am happy to negotiate to see if we can agree a fee you can afford.
If you want to feel happier and get more out of life I believe I can support you with this. Give me a call to explore how my counselling could help.
To talk to me about counselling call 07448026959 or email. If I'm not available when you call, I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Counselling Children & Young People
I have trained to counsel Children and Young People on a University of Strathclyde course. I also have 24 years' experience as a primary school teacher, so I relate well to young clients and am employed as a school counsellor at Ilkley Grammar School. I recognise how many children and young people experience difficulties currently and I have realised during my training how much counselling as a teenager would have helped me at a pivotal time in my life.
Feedback from Clients
Former clients are very happy and positive about their counselling with me. They tell me that I listen to them respectfully and that I don't show judgement or offer advice. They say they haven't felt so well listened to previously and that they are more able to be work on their difficulties because they feel understood and supported. I'm told that counselling with me helps clients to feel more confident and develop new perspectives they have never considered before.
"Guy conducted himself with grace, kindness and compassion throughout, and I always felt like he had my back...I never thought, in all my 31 years, that I would feel so empowered and proud of the person I am. I finally feel comfortable in my own skin."
"I came to Guy in a very dark period and initially just wanted to find somebody to tell me what to do to make it right, but Guy saw that by working through the situation with me, listening and pushing me, I could right it myself. That's both empowering and enduring. Guy was clear about his process, stayed true to it throughout, and was ultimately successful."
"I felt like Guy was always supportive and never judgemental, allowing me the time and space to talk through my feelings and to come to my own conclusions. He really helped me a lot and for that I am so grateful!"
"There were several times where he helped me to see a new perspective on things that I would not have found on my own. These moments were quite amazing; like the clouds parting and I had found a new way to see the world."
"I am now a new person. I do have some bad days now and again, but thanks to Guy, I now see those as a blip and not a measure of my continued failure. He is a gentle, compassionate, understanding, empathic, professional, funny and wonderful counsellor and I am so grateful that we met and shared this journey together."
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been seeing clients since February 2015 and qualified as a counsellor in 2017 with an MA in Clinical Counselling from the University of Chester. I was a volunteer counsellor at Compass Counselling and The Brain Charity in Liverpool and then set up my own private practice in January 2020.
Clients I have worked with have experienced serious health problems, life-limiting illness, significantly challenging relationship difficulties, bereavement, anxiety and depression, PTSD, compulsive behaviour, childhood abuse, and asked to work with me because they are seeking meaning and purpose in life while managing the pressures of working and family life.
Training I have undertaken since I qualified has included the following areas:
- Managing risk when working with clients having suicidal thoughts
- Working with clients with long-term health conditions
- Transgender Diversity and Equality Awareness
- Supporting clients following sudden bereavement
- Counselling Children and Young Adults
- Trauma, PTSD and the Healing Process
- Counselling remotely using video platforms
- ‘Walk and talk’ counselling
I can offer short and long-term counselling and if you have a condition that prevents you from coming to my counselling room I will be happy to discuss the option of home visits. Please get in touch soon to arrange support with what you are finding difficult
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. 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
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Private counselling shouldn't only be available to those with good incomes. If you are living on a low income and can't afford the usual session fee, please contact me to discuss your circumstances.
The standard fee for each session is £60 and is payable before the session in cash or by bank transfer. If you request a home visit, I will also charge travelling expenses that will be agreed in advance.
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My working hours are flexible. Please contact me to discuss your preference for an appointment time. I am happy to discuss possible weekend sessions on a case by case basis.
