About me
When life becomes overwhelming, it’s a good idea to reach out for help. Counselling is a good option because it provides you with:
- A qualified professional who cares, will listen to you, and won't judge you.
- A safe space where you can explore your problems, thoughts, feelings, behaviours, and relationships.
- Tools and techniques to help you cope and make changes if you want to.
About Me
Established in 2018, CounsellingKind is a person-centred wellbeing service, which offers *Counselling, *Life Coaching, and *Self Care Events, including Reiki.
I'm a friendly and qualified Integrative Counsellor, specialising in stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. My approach is to use a combination of counselling approaches to best meet the individual needs of each client.
I’m a qualified Mindfulness Instructor and can bring the scientifically-proven practice of Mindfulness into your counselling sessions, at no additional cost, if you would like this.
About You
You might be feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, sad, irritable, angry, lost, trapped, disempowered, fearful, under-confident, isolated, tired, or perhaps a combination of these emotions.
Well done for taking the important first step of reaching out for support through Counselling and I hope to be able to assist you on your personal development journey.
In Summary
If you choose to book me as your Counsellor, I'll listen and empower you to navigate your way through your problems.
I’ll use my knowledge to help you to gain a better understanding of what you’re going through, and my skills to support you to explore how you're feeling at a comfortable pace. I'll also suggest resources and techniques that will help you to cope, make positive changes, and feel happier.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Psychology BSc (Hons)
- Integrative Counselling Diploma
- Mindfulness Instructor Diploma
- Award in Mentoring, Level 4
- Excellence In Volunteer Management, Level 3
Experience
- Counsellor at CounsellingKind for over seven years
- Volunteer Counsellor at the Simeon Centre for over two years
- Volunteer Mentor at Bolton Lads and Girls Club for six years
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
£50.00 per session
Additional information
Counselling and Life Coaching appointments are £50 for 50 minutes. To enquire, please book a FREE 20 minute consultation.
I also offer 1:1 Reiki sessions which are £50 for 1 hour, and £25 for 30 minutes.
When I work
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I have counselling appointment availability on:
Mon and Wed - weekday evenings at 7.00-7.50pm
Wed - afternoons between 12.00-3.00pm
Sun - afternoons between 1.30-4.30 pm
Further information
CounsellingKind is situated in Horwich on Winter Hey Lane with plenty of free parking nearby. Appointments are immediately available without a waiting list and you can choose for your appointment to be carried out in person, over the phone, or online via Skype.
Client Testimonials
“I enjoyed the mixture of person centred and CBR based approaches, and the handout sheets. The use of mindfulness to help combat stress and anxiety were particularly helpful, as well as discussing traumatic incidents from my past”.
“I’d rate the counselling service I’ve received as excellent. I really enjoyed having someone who I felt understood me, I truly don’t think there’s anyone in my life who really “gets me”, but you did. Another point to make is my PTSD symptoms improved massively”.
