Maggie Costella

Please note-

Here at Shamanic IFS & Reiki- Update- I'm taking a pause from accepting new enquires 'till the New Year.

 I have a few new enquiries to check out and other people recommencing in the New Year.

 Once I know what my diary will be like in January 2025 I will change this note.

 I imagine most new spaces will be on a Wednesday.

 Thank you.

Hello, welcome here. I am an IFS therapist & an Integrative Counsellor.

That means I have trained in several different models of theory and this allows me to find a way to work with you that's a 'best fit' for you and what you bring.

I originally trained in Psychodynamic Counselling. In my 25 years Counselling experience I added Egan, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Polyvagal Theory and Internal Family Systems (IFS) and I like to work creatively.

I enjoy and often have a few other Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Psychologists or Energy workers as part of my client group. 

Counselling for Trauma

I have almost 25 years of experience working as a Counsellor including my training years. I have undertaken extensive  CPD and Training to help me understand and work with others who have experienced Trauma or had difficult early attachments to their caregivers or parents.

I understand that seeking professional help and sharing at this level is a powerful and courageous step to take. I will be mindful of where you are at on your journey and we will work together at your pace.

The therapeutic space I co-create is a safe, non judgemental place, to come and start and/or continue to explore what is currently troubling you.

To enable the therapeutic process, I will draw from all of my training, knowledge and experience to find a way to work with you that’s the best fit.

We will work together (relationally) with what you bring.

I believe the relationship you build with me is as important as the theory that underpins the work. 

IFS is the main model I am drawn to work in my Counselling Practice as I have seen profound results with it both personally and professionally. 

Complex Trauma & Difficult Early Attachment

Complex Trauma & Developmental Trauma comes under many guises and often goes alongside growing up with a difficult or disrupted early attachment to a parent or caregiver. This Trauma is passed down unconsciously through parent/carers own unresolved, unhealed Trauma parts. 

Resulting in significant times in childhood when you were not seen, heard or acknowledged and you had difficult later life experiences too.

Together they result in complex trauma that comes from a variety of sources. These days we can also understand Trauma as individual, generational or collective.

If this is part of your experience you may be experiencing some of the following?

Or in IFS language - these are some of the different parts of you and what they hold.

Anxiety
Panic
Stress
Depression
Suicidal Thoughts
Anger/Rage
Addiction(s)
Emotional abuse
Sexual abuse
Post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
cPTSD – complex post traumatic stress
Relationship issues
Self Harm
Bereavement
Mood swings.
Unfinished Business

I believe coming to therapy is about exploring our unfinished business.

All our unresolved life experiences and our early attachment patterns are deeply etched in the neuroplasticity of our brains, it’s hard wired if you like.

These patterns repeat physiologically and make us who we are in the present moment time and result in current symptoms. If our symptoms and these old patterns or ways of relating are triggered, this is usually what drives us to seek help.

Sessions

Sessions are in the main weekly to start with, fortnightly sessions may be possible if there is another client who also wishes the same arrangement at same time. 

New Office Space

From mid November 2024 I will be working weekdays from my own office at 58 Bonnygate, Cupar, Fife offering face to face sessions and  online sessions.

I hold an Accredited Membership with the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society MNCPS (accred.)

I aim to retire by July 2026 but will review this before that date.

Creative

I really enjoy being creative in my work and if this is for you we can include this in face to face work and in a more limited way in online work.

Working creatively, I use a variety of creative means, to enable clients to have a better understanding of their current situation e.g. sand tray, drawing, visualising, and naming parts -all of which help externalise the issue and allow meaning that is beyond words.

I have Neurodivergent parts who find the written word challenging.

My pronouns are she/her/they.

There is a lot more information on my website. I invite you to explore it
maggiecostella.com

Please get in touch

If you feel connected to anything written there, please don’t hesitate to be in touch and we can begin to explore if it feels right to begin to work together.

With best wishes, Maggie

Other information

I am also trained and practice Reiki and as a Shamanic Practitioner. 

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I offer a free 20/30 minute chat by zoom before sessions can commence, please email me to arrange this. Thank you.

I have a sliding scale for payment

£50-60.00 per session

Sessions last between 50 to 60 mins. 

Payment in advance or on the day of the appointment, Cash or Bank Transfer - BACS.

Thank you

I am working weekdays ( days and times vary) from 58 Bonnygate, Cupar, Fife. KY15 4LD.

I'm super excited to have this fabulous opportunity to work from a professional, quiet, space in Cupar town centre, with easy ground floor access. There are great local parking options: Fluthers car park which is free and then behind the building there is a large paid car park offering both short and long stay options.

Alongside this there are great easy transport links to mainline Train Station and Buses, both are about a 10 minute walk away. Why not consider making a day of it? Cupar offers many fabulous local shops and plenty of nice Cafe options alongside local walks and parks.

Dundee is 20 minutes by train, Edinburgh is about 60 minutes. Regular direct buses also run via Fife, Glenrothes Bus Station heading to Dundee X54, X59 Edinburgh and X24 Glasgow.

I am a Reiki Master and have also trained as Shamanic Practioner, both these fabulous therapies support and enhance my Counselling (IFS) work. IFS is a Psycho-Spiritual Therapy.