Isabel Hicks

Name: Isabel Hicks
Address: Bridlington, YO16, GB
Telephone: +447941322870
Price range: £40.00 per session

UKCP Registered Psychotherapeutic Counsellor

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Bridlington, YO16

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About me

I'm a UKCP Accredited Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, working in Bridlington from my Garden Cabin, and also video/phone calls, whatever is best for you.

I'm a relational counsellor which means we explore your issues and relationships between yourself and others - friends, family, colleagues etc. In our sessions, I listen to what you say about your thoughts feelings and behaviours. With exploration, I can help to bring patterns of behaviour into greater awareness for you, help you view things from a different perspective and find a way forward that is right for you.

We will gently work with whatever is causing you an issue -

relationship problems
anxiety
grief
loss
depression
domestic abuse

You may have gone through a difficult experience and need to be able to talk about this in a safe place. Maybe, you are a couple going through a difficult stage in your relationship.

I'm kind and compassionate. I will work creatively with you. I use analogies to help explain. I have studied theories that help me, as tools to help you, like Gestalt Therapy and Transactional Analysis. I continue to learn about many things like -

addiction
baby loss
ectopic pregnancy
trauma
complex PTSD.

Free Telephone 15-minute session.

If you'd like to know more call, text or email me and I can arrange, with you a good time to have your free telephone call to discuss the sort of things you might want to talk about in your sessions and a few background details for your self or both of you if a couple. It will also give you an idea of what I'm like. You can ask any questions you might have. If we feel we'll be able to work together, we'll arrange a suitable appointment time.

Arriving or waiting for your first appointment can lead to anxious feelings, which is really natural. I will show you to my counselling cabin and you'll be able to get settled. My cabin is in my garden, which has hedges and trees all around. We will be pretty close to nature. Once we start we'll go at your pace, you'll be able to take your time. If we are going to work online, I'll start the call with you and we will check we can hear and see each other clearly.

How many sessions will I need?

Thoughts, feelings and behaviours can get pretty tangled up when we bring in the stresses of everyday life. Add to this a traumatic event or several events and the tangle gets tighter. Some of these might be physical health problems, family relationship difficulties, parenting, post-natal depression, bereavement, financial worries, career change, studying, shame, panic attacks, autistic spectrum disorder, ADHD, abuse and a lot more. At the beginning of our journey together, we may not know how long this will be, but what I suggest is we start with ten sessions, then reassess and at that point. Some people stay in therapy for several years, some need only a few to steady themselves.

Training, qualifications & experience

I have an Advanced Diploma in Relational Psychotherapeutic Counselling which I gained at Scarborough Counselling Psychotherapy Training Institute.

I have certificates in a wide range of topics, including Gestalt Therapy, Bereavement, Online & phone counselling, Autism, and Couples Counselling.

I have been Volunteering for many years with a National Mental Health Charity on its Listening Service and for five years with a National Bereavement Charity offering individual support sessions to those who have experienced the death of someone close. I

I have also helped with a homeless charity, worked in the inpatient unit at a hospice, helped teach English skills to refugees and counselled within the criminal justice system.

This gives me a wide understanding of situations where people are feeling distressed.