Kathleen Copeland
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About me
Having spent the majority of my adult life working in the social care sector, I have found that counselling and psychotherapy are really where I feel I belong.
Making the first step towards contacting a counsellor can be daunting and incredibly brave. It’s very important to find a counsellor who you click with. So, I’m happy to have a chat over the phone prior to making a first appointment.
Counselling can help you make sense of things. It is an opportunity to look at patterns in your life and how you respond to things. Being very passionate about my work, I truly believe that talking therapies can have a profound effect on a person’s ability to heal, develop and move forwards.
I also work in a creative way, using images, objects and sandtrays and more, but this is a completely optional way of working. I feel that this can be a powerful compliment to talking therapy. Sometimes words are difficult, and it’s about finding other accessible ways to express and explore what’s going on in side us.
However this is optional, never mandatory - everything I do is geared towards what each client requires and wants.
I have trained to practitioner level, with APCCA (Association of Person Centred Use of Creative Arts) and Creative Connections in Cumbria.
I am also an ambassador for The Creative Counsellors Community and I facilitate monthly peer groups from my peers based in Scotland.
I recently completed a certificate in Integrate Creative Supervision, I use the CRAFTS model.
I work face to face in rooms in the City Centre during the week, I also work over zoom.
I can offer Walk and Talk/outdoor sessions.
I have worked with issues such as bereavement, trauma, grief, depression and anxiety, gender issues, PTSD, physical and sexual abuse, adverse childhood experiences, family estrangement, chronic ill health, domestic violence, loss of a child, miscarriage, abortion, suicidal thoughts, people affected by suicide, low self-esteem and self harm.
I have a few special interests, Such as working with Neurodivergent Clients, ADHD in particular, whether it be diagnosed or self identified. Being Neurodivergent myself, diagnosed ADHD, and having focused on this in my ongoing professional training, (happy to provide details) I aim to provide a Neurodivergent affirming space.
I am also currently developing some group work around both ADHD and Creativity.
I am a HAES and LGBTQ+ friendly Counsellor.
Please have a look at my website for further details and to contact me via email.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a Post Graduate Diploma from Aberdeen University in Psychological Wellbeing, Counselling and Psychotherapy.
I am an accredited member of the BACP
I have completed courses on Online Therapy, Creative Therapy and The therapeutic use of creative arts in the Person centred approach.
I work with ‘The Creative Counsellor’ as an ambassador. I have founded a peer support group for therapists who work in a Creative/expressive way here in Scotland.
I am a Practitioner Member of APCCA (Association of Person Centred Creative Arts)
I have trained to practitioner level with Creative Connections in Cumbria, this is a model developed by Dinah Brown through her work with Natalie Rogers.
Member organisations
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
£55 per 50 min session.
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