About me
Hi and welcome to Ojas Counselling. I offer a relaxing space where you can come and gain new insights and maybe make some fresh choices around how best to live your life.
I have been a counsellor since 2018 and I take wisdom from nature and philosophical traditions, both East and West.
What's most important in a counselling setting is that you get the chance to open up in an affirming space where you will be listened to, encouraged and nurtured. The process is gentle and takes empathy and a non-judgmental approach as well as authenticity from us both.
Training, qualifications & experience
My method of counselling is person-centred with the emphasis on honesty and openness in the relationship. Through counselling you will develop greater trust in yourself and begin to live with higher levels of awareness and happiness.
I have been working with people's wellbeing for 20 years, as a community mediator, a mental health worker and a tai chi teacher. I have been studying psychology since my degree in 1995, then at Edinburgh University, achieving my counselling diploma with Interface in 2018. It has been a long and rich journey for me and I have the empathy and compassion to make a space where you can feel psychologically safe and held.
I will always be guided by the direction you want to go in, not by a prescribed set of questions or techniques which must be followed. You are the expert in yourself and you have the capacity to make whatever change is going to serve you best. Identifying ways of progressing and having the courage to act on them are two key aspects of a successful counselling process.
Member organisations
COSCA is the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland, and seeks to advance all forms of counselling and psychotherapy and the use of counselling skills by promoting best practice and through the delivery of a range of sustainable services. COSCA Counsellor Accreditation is a pathway to entry onto the UKRC. It is a requirement of all individual and organisational members of COSCA to abide by its Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice and be accountable to the Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I work sensitively around individuality and self-esteem in the workplace.
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
When I work
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Further information
I have the necessary skill set to make positive change in your life. Counselling is much more than a chat and passive learning, it is a space where you build, take risks and open up to get you to a place of greater contentment.
Ojas means essence of life, we have a finite amount of energy and time, so how we use these really does sculpt our lives. I am in your corner and will support and explore how you want things to be and the steps to get there.
