Dr Steve Kelly
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About me
I offer relationship counselling for couples or other groups, face to face or online. I use a combination of transactional analysis and person-centred approaches, which means I will offer some tools to help explore and repair a relationship but also ensure that everyone is heard by facilitating dialogue and understanding.
For individuals, I offer face to face and online counselling sessions for clients struggling with issues such as anxiety, depression, feeling of worthlessness, abuse and trauma and feeling 'stuck' in life. I work affirmatively in a 'person-centred' way which means I offer a safe and non-judgemental space for you confidentially to discuss whatever is causing difficulty in your life.
I know it can be a big step to enter counselling and face whatever is troubling you and so I offer a free 15 minute phone or online chat to answer any questions and to help you be sure that I am the right therapist for you.
Please send me a message to enquire about booking a session.
Currently I can offer face to face counselling in Falkirk as well as online counselling for clients 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. My counselling room is in a non-public area on the ground floor and is wheelchair accessible.
I can offer a 'somatosensory' way of working called 'brainspotting' - see https://www.counsellingwithsteve.com/about-me-1 for more details of a brainspotting session. For help with phobias or specific traumatic events, I can also offer a highly effective technique called 'rewind therapy'.
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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.
- Brainspotting practitioner (Phase 1 and Phase 3 trained)
- 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 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
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.
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
Free initial telephone or online session
Additional information
£50 per 50 minute session for individual clients.
£60 per 50 minute session for couples.
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.
When I work
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If my appointment diary allows, I can block book several sessions at once. Otherwise I can negotiate a suitable time session by session.
Sat = face to face
Weeknights = online
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, Course Leader of the BSc Psychology and Counselling programme at the University of Strathclyde, and Deputy Course Leader for the MSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
I reply to all email enquiries, normally within 24 hours. Please check spam filters on your email if you don't receive a reply.
