Tanya Ratcliff

Counselling. FdSc. MBACP

Bristol BS6 & Kingswood Hanham BS15

About me

My name is Tanya Ratcliff, I'm a registered MBACP counsellor based in Central Bristol, at various locations near Cheltenham Road, BS6 and in East Bristol, Sycamore House, Kingswood Estate, BS15 near Hanham. I have been offering counselling support since 2011 within the mental health and substance misuse sector.

If you're considering Counselling, you're probably experiencing some emotional challenges. Perhaps you’re feeling stuck or your struggling with loss, relationships and uncertainty. Battling feelings of depression, worthlessness, anxiety, or stress, you may even be experiencing a variety of physical symptoms.

I offer confidential private one to one counselling with adults of all ages on a variety of issues and have highly specialist knowledge and experience within:

Alcohol/gambling addiction
Anxiety
Bereavement grief and loss
Depression and low mood
Feeling stuck - patterns of thinking and behaviours
Low self-confidence, self-esteem, belief
Life changes
Relationships
Stress and burnout

I don’t believe there is a ‘one size fits all’ solution to counselling, everyone is unique, and our bespoke one to one sessions of counselling will reflect this.

Training, qualifications & experience

I hold a FdSc in Counselling from the University of Bristol. In my professional practice I work as a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor, which basically means you are at the centre of our work and will steer the direction we go in. I will cherry-pick from a variety of appropriate therapeutic counselling approaches to help and guide the process. I have over 8 years’ experience working with the following approaches in:

Person Centred,
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT),
Motivational Interviewing (MI),
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT),
Transactional Analysis (TA)

I have continued to develop my knowledge and have a high level of experience working in the field of Mental Health and Addiction. Offering counselling support at The Addiction Recovery Agency, Bristol Drugs Project, and Developing Health and Independence. Completing additional training in:

Gamcare - gambling counselling training,
Neuropharmacology and Drugs Training,
RCGP certificate in the management of alcohol issues
Mental Health First Aid,
ASSIST suicide prevention
Mindfulness training
ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Which have all given me a great foundation in supporting people with a vast array of mental, emotional, social and addictive behavioural issues, both 1-1 and within group sessions.

I'm a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) my Registration number is 89727.
I am a Member of Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Private Practice (CAPPP)
I hold both public liability and professional indemnity insurance.
I am the registered Data Controller with Information Commissioner Office (ICO)