Dr Steve Kelly
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About me
I can offer face to face counselling in Falkirk as well as online counselling at any UK location. Face to face counselling is in a therapy room in Callendar House, Falkirk. This is a beautiful stately home and museum in the grounds of Callendar Park. I can also offer therapeutic outdoor sessions in the park and surrounding woodland trails in Callendar Park.
I work with couples and adult individuals using a person-centred approach which means that I work collaboratively with you, as the expert in your own life, to explore, understand and change issues that are causing difficulty in your life or relationship. In couples work, I also draw upon other ways of working such as transactional analysis or the 'Gottman Method'. I will offer tools to help explore and repair a relationship but also ensure that everyone is heard by facilitating dialogue and understanding. A core tenet of person-centred therapy is working affirmatively with your identity and experience, offering a safe and non-judgemental space for you confidentially to discuss whatever is causing difficulty in your life.
I also work using somatosensory methods, and a blend of this with techniques that can help process issues that are difficult to reach with just talking. These include EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), Brainspotting, and Rewind. These can promote powerful change with a wide range of issues such as trauma, depression, anxiety, phobias, anger and many more. The important point is that we work in the way that best suits you and can change approach at any time if that might further help get the change you desire.
I know it can be a big step to enter counselling and face whatever is troubling you and so I offer a free short phone or online chat to answer any questions about how we might work together and to get a sense of who I am and how it would be to work with me. The therapeutic relationship we will have together is fundamental to all types of healing mentioned above and so it is important that you feel that you can work with me in a trusting and warm partnership.
My counselling room is in a non-public area on the top floor. While there is a lift to the 2nd floor, if needed, unfortunately there is a further flight of stairs to reach the therapy room. The House itself has a museum, art gallery and tearoom and nearby parking.
Training, qualifications & experience
My therapeutic qualifications are:
- COSCA-accredited Certificate in Counselling Skills (Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Strathclyde/Napier University)
- BACP-accredited Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Persona/University of Aberdeen)
- Certificate in Couples Counselling awarded by Physis Scotland.
- Certificate in Supervision Skills awarded by the British Psychological Society
- I am a COSCA-accredited counselling skills trainer.
- I am a trainer for the Scottish Mental Health First Aid Certificate, awarded by Public Health Scotland
- Brainspotting practitioner (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3 and Expansion trained)
- EMDR therapist in training (via an EMDR Europe accredited trainer) and member of EMDR UK (membership no: 178018)
- My academic qualifications (non-clinical) are:
- PhD in Psychology - University of Glasgow
- BSc (Hons) Biological Science (Psychology) - University of Edinburgh.
- Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - Keele University.
- I am the Programme Director for the BSc Psychology and Counselling degree at the University of Strathclyde,
I have also undertaken CPD which includes:
- Online and Telephone counselling
- Safetalk and ASIST suicide awareness
- Gender, relationship and sexuality diversity
- Working with feelings of low self-esteem and worthlessness
- NHS Trauma-enhanced ways of working
- International Summit on Trauma attendance
- REWIND therapy
- Scottish Mental Health First Aid Certificate
- Gottman Method for relationship difficulties
- Healing from Affairs
- Polyvagal Theory
- PESI Trauma Work.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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.
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.
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
alienation
death anxiety
feeling stuck in life
uncertainty
worthlessness
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £60.00
Additional information
£50 per 50 minute session for individual clients.
£60 per 50 minute session for couples.
For EMDR Trauma work, it may be necessary to use a 90 minute window for some sessions to ensure adequate processing for safety and stability. tPricing for this would be £90. We would discuss session length beforehand.
I offer a free 10-15 minute telephone or video call to discuss your requirements, answer any questions you may have and to let you get a sense of me as a person and whether you feel we could work in a therapeutic relationship together.
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Further information
I am a member of the BACP and of COSCA and undertake regular supervision to ensure I work ethically and safely with all clients. I am a COSCA-accredited counselling skills trainer and Course Leader of the BSc Psychology and Counselling programme at the University of Strathclyde. I also supervise PhD researchers in projects involving counselling and wellbeing.
I reply to all email enquiries, normally within 24 hours. Please check spam filters on your email if you don't receive a reply.
