About me
Hello and welcome. My name is Judith and I have been working as a therapeutic counsellor and psychotherapist for over 30 years.
If you are struggling to cope with life and your emotions, you don't have to be alone. Contact me and I will do my very best to help you in a kind, respectful and confidential way.
I am experienced in helping people cope with anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief and general stuckness in life.
I have a background in trauma research and therapy With a particular focus on the helping people cope with difficulties brought about through attachment and relational traumas.
About you
Perhaps you are having relationship difficulties or struggling with grief or other changes in your circumstances?
Perhaps you are in pain, anxious or depressed. Feeling stuck or scared or concerned more generally about your life.
Perhaps it is many issues, overlapping issues that cause you to feel hopeless and depressed.
Benefits of counselling
Life can be really difficult and very lonely, especially now. This in itself can be extremely painful, never mind if you are anxious and have other worrying and difficult things going on in your live. Even more so if you have experienced trauma and are navigating life with the legacy of that.
Perhaps you need another person to listen, to really hear. Someone who is not involved in your life and so can support you in an unbiased and non judgemental way.
Perhaps you also need someone to help you develop more practical ways to cope with your emotions and help you build resources to get you through.
I have been trained to help you in these ways, and meeting with me and building up a relationship of trust, can be an incredibly healing process.
Maybe it will be the first time in your life that you will experience the feeling of being listened to, cared about and valued.
'Only when we are listened to by another can we begin to listen to ourselves'
What do I offer?
I offer you the time and space for you to talk and for us to begin to understand the concerns or difficulties you are having.
I will listen to you in a caring, non judgemental and confidential way.
You and I will look together for patterns in the way you feel, think and behave.
I will help you develop new ways of coping and increased knowledge in how to take care of and manage your feelings.currently
Face to face or online counselling -
I currently offer online therapy via what's app.
Face to face therapy will resume in Autumn this year.
Online therapy is very effective and all you need is a place where you can access the internet and have some time and privacy for yourself.
How to get started
If you decide to phone or email me, we can arrange an initial appointment, for one hour, where you can talk and I can listen and you can get a sense of whether or not you would like to continue to work with me.
I look forward to meeting you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Accredited with UKCP (UK Council For Psychotherapy)
- Accredited member of GPTI (Gestalt Psychotherapy Training Institute)
- Diploma in Gestalt Therapy (4 year training with Edinburgh Gestalt Institute)
- Diploma in Relational mindfulness (Karuna Institute)
- Cert Couple Counselling (3 year training with Relate)
- Fully trained in the neuroscience of trauma with Janina Fisher
- Foundation in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling/Psychotherapy (1 year training with Bath Centre Psychotherapy Counselling)
- Residential trainings with Lynne Jacobs and Gary Yontef
- Child development and play therapy (Playing Matters)
- Healing task training (James Kepner)
Background
My initial training was in relationship counselling (Relate) an area I worked in from 1999 to 2005.
After that I worked with adults, couples and adolescents, in both voluntary and employed capacities.
Subsequent training in Psychotherapy, with the Edinburgh Gestalt Institute led me into private practice which is my main work now.
I have 30 years experience of working as counsellor / psychotherapist
I am fully accredited with UKCP (UK council for psychotherapy) and work to their code of ethical practice.
I have full professional indemnity insurance.
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
The Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training Institute is a membership organisation for Gestalt Psychotherapists. It provides a framework for training, accreditation, post-qualification development opportunities and networking.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Additional information
I charge 65.00 for a one hour session.
When I work
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Further information
Face to face work will resume in Autumn from a dedicated garden room at my home. This will offer you comfort, privacy and ease of access.
