Liam Balloch

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FdSc MBACP (Accred)
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location_on Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12
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About me

Hi, my name is Liam Balloch. I am a qualified and BACP-accredited Psychodynamic Counsellor with nearly 15 years of experience in the mental health field. Over the years, I have supported individuals facing a variety of challenges, including loss and bereavement, depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicide, relationship issues, stress, and more.

Currently, I run my own private practice, providing one-to-one counselling and delivering mental health training to organisations across the UK. My professional background also includes working with mental health charities, as well as working as an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Counsellor and Clinical Lead. In this role, I provided clinical management to a team of counsellors and therapists, supporting employees from national organisations with their mental health needs.

Having experienced counselling myself over the past 20+ years, I understand how vulnerable it can feel to seek help. This personal insight allows me to offer a deeper level of empathy and understanding when you turn to me for support.

I regularly engage in clinical supervision to ensure I offer the best care to my clients.

What is Counseling?

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s important to have a space where you can pause, reflect, and work towards meaningful change. Counselling offers that— providing a private, safe, and confidential environment where you can speak freely about whatever’s on your mind.

Sessions are typically 50 minutes to an hour long, held weekly, though I do offer flexibility to meet your needs.

My Approach

The goal of Psychodynamic Counselling is to help you break free from the constraints of past experiences so that you can live more fully in the present (Shedler, 2010). This idea sits at the core of the work we will do together.

Although the psychodynamic approach has its roots in Freud’s theories, it has evolved significantly over time. At its heart is the belief that our current behaviours and emotions are shaped by unconscious experiences, often stemming from childhood. By exploring these unconscious influences, we can gain insight into the patterns driving our actions and begin to make healthier choices.

The therapeutic relationship is central to this work. It’s important that you feel safe, heard, and supported so that together, we can explore the difficult emotions and experiences that may be holding you back. While the process can be challenging, it is through confronting and processing these feelings that meaningful healing and growth can occur.

I look forward to working with you and helping you on your journey toward change.

Training, qualifications & experience

Qualifications

  • Menswork Group Facilitation Training - March 2022 - Present
  • Accredited EMDR Training - Sept 2022
  • FdSc Counselling - Distinction - June 2016
  • Higher Education Cert Counselling - Pass - Feb 2012
  • Certificate in Counselling Skills - Pass - June 2010

Training

  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Advanced Level Certificate
  • Treating Intrusive Thoughts and the Inner Critical Voice
  • Foundation Course Solution Focused Practice
  • Working with Relational Trauma: Dealing with Disorganised Attachment
  • Trauma and the Body: Somatisation and Dissociation
  • Self-Injury and Suicide Prevention
  • Child Protection Level 1
  • Mental Health Training - CAMHS
  • Hidden Harm Training
  • Sex and Relationship Training 

Member organisations

school Registered / Accredited

Registered / Accredited

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BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£65.00 per session
Free initial online session

Concessions offered for

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  • check_circle Keyworkers
  • check_circle Students
  • check_circle Unemployed

When I work

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Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12

Type of session

Online

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Groups
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

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