About me
Hello, I’m Nova at Natural Space Counselling.
Are you looking for a confidential space to explore your needs, where you feel heard and free from judgement?
Together, we can create a calm, compassionate, and confidential space where you feel heard and validated. Creating a sense of comfort and trust is important for developing curiosity, gaining insight, and reconnecting with yourself. We will work with your preferences to explore any difficulties, while uncovering your natural strengths, resources, and ways of coping. Looking after your mental health is just as important as your physical wellbeing.
My background supporting people and working with trauma provides a strong foundation for my therapy work. My approach is relational and warm, person-centred, and pluralistic. I recognise that different approaches support different people at different times. My core Pluralistic training includes Person-Centred Counselling, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
We work with what you bring, in ways that feel right for you.
Talking therapy can be combined with creative techniques to support you in exploring and expressing your experiences and feelings. This can help deepen understanding, support processing, and promote healing.
You might also prefer to work outdoors, in a familiar place. Nature can bring unique qualities to the counselling experience, becoming part of the therapeutic process itself.
We can work in one way, combine approaches, or move between them over time. I adapt my practice to suit your needs.
I can support you in making sense of your experiences, promoting healing, and moving forward feeling more grounded and balanced.
I work with a wide range of therapeutic issues and have particular experience supporting young people, ex-service personnel, care experienced people, neurodivergent individuals, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people who have experienced trauma.
My approach is often helpful for those who find it difficult to express themselves, feel uncomfortable sitting still and talking, or feel hesitant about beginning therapy.
*Please visit my website for more information.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been in counselling practice for over three years, following my role as a Senior Outdoor Therapist within a third sector organisation.
I have over 15 years’ experience as an outdoor practitioner, beginning in early years work before moving into intensive, trauma-informed systemic support for children and families affected by substance use.
I also have particular experience supporting young people, veterans and ex-service personnel, and neurodivergent individuals.
- 2025 - Registered SandStory Therapist©
- 2024 - FAA Level 3 Award in Outdoor First Aid (RQF)
- 2024 - Counselling Children & Young People, Understanding Adolescence (Susan Maciver HDS)
- 2023 - Diploma in Pluralistic Counselling & Psychotherapy (COSCA/SQA)
* please see my website for further qualifications and CPD
Member organisations
COSCA is the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland, and seeks to advance all forms of counselling and psychotherapy and the use of counselling skills by promoting best practice and through the delivery of a range of sustainable services. COSCA Counsellor Accreditation is a pathway to entry onto the UKRC. It is a requirement of all individual and organisational members of COSCA to abide by its Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice and be accountable to the Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Additional information
All sessions are 60 mins @ £65
Individual Counselling session, in person, online or by phone, Outdoor Therapy session or SandStory Therapy© session.
*I have a limited number of spaces available on a sliding cost scale, please enquire.
When I work
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Further information
My therapy room in Broughty Ferry is private, cosy, and comfortable, with an airy feel and views across the town and the Tay. Please note that the room is accessed by stairs.
The space includes chairs, beanbags, cushions, and a range of resources available to use during sessions. Refreshments and toilet facilities are also available.
I also work outdoors in parks, green spaces, woodlands, and beaches. You are welcome to choose a place that feels meaningful or comfortable for you.
