About me
Hi, I’m Poppy, a fully qualified psychodynamic counsellor based in Colchester, Essex offering warm, supportive and non-judgemental counselling for adults, children and young people.
I believe everyone deserves to feel heard and understood, and to have a safe space where they can talk openly about what is happening in their lives. Sometimes we know exactly what is troubling us; at other times, we simply know that things don’t feel right. Counselling can provide an opportunity to slow things down, explore what you are experiencing and begin to understand yourself and your relationships in greater depth.
I work with people experiencing a wide range of difficulties, including anxiety, low mood, intrusive thoughts, stress, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, life changes and feeling overwhelmed. You do not necessarily need to have a specific diagnosis or know exactly what you want to talk about- sometimes having someone alongside you can be enough to begin making sense of things.
Alongside my work with adults, I have specialist training and experience working therapeutically with children and young people under 25. I offer an approach that is adapted to the individual, recognising that children and young people may express their feelings in different ways from adults.
As a psychodynamic counsellor, I am interested not only in what is happening for you now, but also in how past experiences, relationships and patterns may be influencing the way you feel and respond to things today. We can explore these gently and at your own pace, without judgement.
I offer both in-person counselling in Colchester and remote counselling online, from a calm and private space in the heart of historic Colchester.
If you are looking for a counsellor in Colchester and would like to find out whether counselling might be helpful for you, please contact me at poppy.noy@outlook.com to arrange a free 15-minute telephone consultation.
Training, qualifications & experience
I completed the MA in Psychodynamic Counselling at University of Essex, specialising in working with children and young adults.
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
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
Fees
£65.00 per session
