About me
The Coronavirus Outbreak (COVID-19)
The widening pandemic has hit globally impacting nations hard. The direction of life has taken an unexpected change causing a lot of individuals to experience high levels of anxiety, many of whom continue to worry about dealing with the uncertainties that may lay ahead. This truly is a very challenging time.
With this in mind my focus is on your present need to be able to relationally connect with someone who can offer attentive empathetic support when face to face contact proves difficult.
Therefore as a result of the need to self isolate, I offer my support to you through telephone, Skype, Zoom and video call through WhatsApp at a reduced fee of £30 per therapeutic hour.
Hello my name is Jamie and I work as a qualified counsellor offering face to face support in the Kirklees and Calderdale surrounding areas. I provide a confidential counselling practice in a calm and safe environment and offer appointments in the morning, afternoon, evening and weekend to suit your commitments.
Having trained and worked as a qualified counsellor over a number of years, I have experience and special interests in a range of areas. My experience is varied and includes working with adults, young people and children in a number of settings to help improve both mental and emotional wellbeing. Some of the key areas I work with are, for example, anger, anxiety, confidence issues, low self-esteem, depression, sleep disturbance, relationship problems (including parental/marital), bullying, loneliness, domestic violence, adult and child trauma, rape, which are just a few.
In addition, I have worked as a counsellor in various environments in West Yorkshires and as a result have developed special interests and experience of working within, for example, the gay and lesbian sexual orientation/gender sector, drug and alcohol dependency, persons living with and those that are affected by HIV and mental health issues.
What I offer
* Acceptance, patience and understanding
* A warm and non-judgmental space for you to share your concerns
* Genuineness
* Privacy
* A safe and confidential space to help you gain insight which may lead to change and an increase in confidence and self-esteem.
* An insured and professional counselling service
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Diploma (H.E.) in Therapeutic Counselling, which means that I am qualified to offer emotional support to persons aged over 16 years.
I have extensive experience working alongside adults suffering from mental health, in addition to persons experiencing lesser extreme adversities in life.
I am a registered member of and work within the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapists (B.A.C.P) Ethical Framework for Good Practice.
Member organisations

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
An Initial session will last for 60 minutes and costing £25. At this session we can talk about your concerns and decide if we want to work together. Thereafter each session lasts approximately 1 hour costing £40.
Due the the current coronavirus situation, I offer my support to you through telephone, Skype, Zoom and video call through WhatsApp at a reduced fee of £30 per therapeutic hour.
Further information
Please may I ask when making contact could you add both email and telephone details.. This is to ensure that I am able to reach you on both platforms. Many thanks