About me
Hello there. My name is Lisa Ellerton, and I am an experienced counsellor based in Aberdeen. If you are needing a confidential space to explore your thoughts and feelings, I am here to help.
I offer individual counselling for young people and adults, as well as couple and relationship counselling. We have the choice of meeting at my counselling space, which is based in Aberdeen, or we can meet online or by telephone, whichever feels best for you.
I will support you in a warm, friendly and genuine therapeutic space where you can be yourself. Together, we will explore your worries, at your pace.
If you are struggling to come to terms with loss or change in your life, or you have been through upsetting or traumatic experiences, the feelings of anxiety or depression can be overwhelming.
Everyone’s needs are unique, so I offer both short-term support to focus on specific issues and longer-term therapy for deeper exploration of what may feel like more complex issues. You are the expert of your experiences, and I will offer my knowledge and therapeutic experience to collaborate with you, and find the support that feels right for you.
We will regularly review our work together to reflect on how you are experiencing the sessions, and to make sure the pace and depth continues to feel right for you.
You don’t have to face this alone.
Training, qualifications & experience
Alongside my private practice, I work with a national charitable organisation, providing therapeutic support for construction employees and their families. I previously had the privilege of working for a local mental health charitable organisation, as staff counsellor in their adult counselling service.
As a trauma-informed practitioner, my continued professional development and training includes, but is not limited to: understanding and managing depression, anxiety, bereavement and loss, life transitions, relationship issues, behavioural changes, financial stress, addictive behaviours.
I am experienced working with neurodivergence, with an understanding of how individuals who are neurodivergent may experience symptoms of anxiety, or depression due to social or communication challenges and sensory sensitivity to the world around them. Counselling can provide a trusted space to explore and understand the difficulties you may face.
Qualifications:
Post Graduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling, University of Aberdeen (COSCA Accredited)
Post Graduate Specialist Certificate Counselling Children and Young People, University of Aberdeen (COSCA Accredited)
MA (Hons) Psychology, University of Aberdeen
Certificate in Couples Counselling and Relationship Work, Persona
Counselling Skills Certificate (COSCA Accredited)
Counselling People Towards Behaviour Change Certificate (alcohol/substance use) (COSCA Accredited)
Registrations:
Registered with BACP
Member of The British Psychological Society
Certified by Disclosure Scotland.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer an initial 20-minute consultation, free of charge, where I can tell you a little bit more about what counselling may feel like, and an opportunity for you to ask questions.
Therapy is such a personal, individual experience, and the therapeutic relationship has to feel trusted and right for the client. This is an opportunity for you to consider and reflect if you feel comfortable working with me, with no expectation from myself.
Individual session (50min): £55
Couple’s session (50min): £70
Couple’s session (90min): £90
Concession rate (£45) for students and OAP’s.
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