Rosalind Henderson
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About me
About me
I provide online therapy from Edinburgh city and rural South Lanarkshire. I have a Postgraduate Degree (MSc) in Counselling. I have also worked in creative industries and love working with and nurturing creative minds.
My approach
Our sense of self is coloured by our early experiences and in many ways determines our adult choices, emotional reactions and internal dialogue. We absorb and adapt to the difficulties of our caregivers and circumstances, which are often filtered through previous generations of adversity. If this is your experience you may find yourself easily hijacked by strong emotions such as anger, fear, shame, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, low self-confidence, social anxiety or self-doubt; feeling easily rejected, judged, inadequate, loneliness or without hope.
Perhaps you find yourself striving for an ideal that doesn't bring you wellbeing. Maybe family issues, the values, beliefs or expectations of your family or culture are at odds with your authentic identity, creating an inner conflict or self-doubt. Have you learned to feed an external sense of self – your job, possessions, status - and have lost touch with who you really are? Have you learned to put others first to the detriment of yourself? Maybe you experience attachment anxiety, jumping into romantic relationships too quickly and deeply, or fearing abandonment. Or are you attachment avoidant, perhaps feeling an impulse to pull back from intimacy, and yet part of you longs for connection. Does living with underlying anxiety manifests as a physical response that affects your health?
Difficulties in living are not always about the past, and living with difficult work or family issues, isolation, grief, loss, worry or prejudice can often leave you feeling anxiety or depression, feeling stuck, shut down, disconnected or drained.
In our sessions together we can create a safe and confidential space to explore your experiences with compassion, acceptance and insight – to bring new perspectives and understandings that help you to reconnect with your authentic self, lifting the burden of resentment, unfairness or self-doubt, learning to trust your inner wisdom and sense of purpose, and to attune to your physical experience.
At the heart of therapy is a non-judgmental and deeply compassionate relationship whereby you feel listen to and understood. Working with attachment dysregulation, subconscious defences, inner conflict, parts of self (ISF), anxiety, depression and trauma informed practices.
I am an Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) practitioner, certified by the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society. Emotional Freedom Technique works in a similar way to EMDR. By pendulating between emotional memory and body tapping, it is possible to greatly reduce distressing thoughts and emotional responses to past events.
Training, qualifications & experience
Having a pluralistic perspective means I study and value many research based therapeutic approaches which allows me to tailor my approach to meet your specific needs, life experience, goals and preferences based on sound research-based interventions and counselling skills.
I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) which is the leading professional association for the counselling professions. I follow the BACP’s Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions. I am also a member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).
I have completed online-therapy training and I also have certification with The Online Therapy Institute.
I am an Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) practitioner, certified by the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society.
I hold professional liability insurance and am a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Disclosure Scotland scheme.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Anxious attachment
Avoidant attachment
Emotional Freedom Technique (Applied EFT)
Pluralistic counselling/psychotherapy
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial online session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Introductory sessions are 30 minutes long, and I don’t charge for these. This is because I really understand how important finding the ‘right’ counsellor is.
Sessions normally last for 60 minutes, though longer sessions can be booked by arrangement. I am currently only working online. Online counselling is a little different to face-to-face counselling, but is by no means second best. It is a way for you to engage in counselling using an online video portal, whereby you can choose the time, the place, and the pace of your counselling to suit your needs. Whatever your reason for choosing online therapy, please be reassured that research into online therapy finds it just as effective as face-to-face therapy, but it is a personal choice.
To book a free introductory session, please contact me by email, text.
When I work
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My evening sessions are at either 6:30pm or 8pm.
Further information
Pluralistic Counselling
Pluralistic counselling is based on evidence that many different psychotherapy approaches can be equally affective, and that no one therapy approach suits all people or circumstance. Therefore, each process of therapy and counselling experience, whilst grounded in therapeutic principles and evidence-based ways of working, will be collaborative, responsive, and unique.
Having a pluralistic perspective means I study and value many research based therapeutic approaches which allows me to tailor my approach to meet your specific needs, life experience, goals and preferences based on sound research-based interventions and counselling skills. A fundamental aspect of my work is to nurture authenticity and trust between us, and I will often check in with you if the way we are working feels right and meaningful to you. We will work towards building a space where curiosity, acceptance, respect, compassion, healthy boundaries, deep learning, and personal growth are nurtured.
I am a recognised provider with VitalityHealth and can accept pre-authorised referrals.
I accept referrals from the Architects Benevolent Society
