Heather Moran
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About me
I am a Chartered Clinical and Educational Psychologist and I am keen to help people who might feel they have lost their way and are facing life in a way that is uncomfortable or stressful for them. This could be related to life events, or to unpleasant feelings that are making life difficult at the moment.
I tend to work briefly, over a few weeks or months, but I am very comfortable with longer term work and single session therapy as well.
The approach I bring to therapeutic work is Personal Construct Psychology because that allows me to work with the sense individuals have made of their own experiences, whatever their age. I have training and experience in other therapies, such as Solution Focussed Therapy, Brief Therapy, Single Session Therapy and CBT.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a Clinical and Educational Psychologist with an additional diploma in Personal Construct Psychology Counselling. I have been working therapeutically with people for over 40 years, mostly in the NHS. Throughout my career I have specialised in psychological work with people who are neurodivergent (particularly with autism and ADHD) working with children and young people and their carers, and with adults. Although I am trained and qualified to assess autism and I have spent many years working to develop assessment and therapeutic services within the NHS, I do not do that now. I know that there is not enough therapy available for people who are, or identify as, neurodivergent, and I have seen how difficult things can be for people and for their families.
At the start of my career, I worked as a Residential Social Worker and then as a teacher in a residential special school for young people with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. Then I became a foster carer for young people who were difficult to place in families. In my roles as a psychologist, I have worked with families where the child is adopted or living with foster carers. I am particularly keen to help young adults who have had these experiences so that they can develop their own coping skills.
Within the NHS, I have been working in clinical leadership roles and have strived to develop ways of working that were accessible to the public and reached more people.
Through the Coventry Constructivist Centre, I teach counsellors, therapists and psychologists who are following the Foundation Course in Personal Construct Psychology. I have also taught and written about my own practice, and spoken at many national and international conferences about my work and the services I have been part of developing.
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£95.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
When I work
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Monday evening is available for online sessions.
I am sometimes available at other times. Please check with me.
Further information
I also offer coaching for the same fee.
