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This professional is accepting new clients but may have a waitlist. Please enquire with them directly to discuss availability.
About us
Choosing a therapist can be exhausting if things in life aren't tricky enough! I commit to providing the space YOU need to explore your issues.
Counselling offers a confidential space where individuals can think about and discuss their thoughts, emotions, relationships and events, whether past or present. It presupposes that whatever happens to us as we go through life will have affected us, sometimes in ways we are unaware of.
None of us can escape challenging times; sometimes, thoughts and feelings can be overwhelming. When this happens, we can become depressed or anxious or feel generally very unhappy with our lives.
I offer Counselling to Adolescents and Adults, both time-limited and longer-term work. I have experience in working with a range of issues, including (and in no particular order) low confidence and self-esteem, anxiety and panic attacks, abuse, depression, stress, grief and bereavement, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, workplace difficulties, relationship difficulties, loneliness, difficulty expressing feelings and emotions, anger, and self -harming behaviour.
Counselling sessions usually last approximately 50 minutes. The number of sessions required is unique to each client and will depend on several factors, including your short-term and long-term goals and how much support you have with our therapeutic relationship. Some clients only require a few sessions; others need more. I am happy to work however you choose. When we first meet, we can think about your goals and a realistic timescale.
The rate for counselling is £45.00
Trained EMDR Therapist
What is EMDR? EMDR is a powerful psychological treatment method developed by an American clinical psychologist, Dr. Francine Shapiro, in the 1980s. As a Senior Research Fellow at the Mental Research Institute (in Palo Alto, USA), she published the first research data to support the therapy's benefits in 1989.
Since then, a wealth of research has been conducted demonstrating its benefits in treating psychological trauma arising from experiences as diverse as war-related experiences, childhood sexual or physical abuse or neglect, natural disasters, assault, surgical trauma, road traffic accidents and workplace accidents. Since its original development, EMDR has also been increasingly used to help individuals with other issues and performance anxiety. EMDR is of benefit to children as well as adults.
The rate for EMDR is £60.00
Trained Doula for the Dying.
What is a Doula? A Doula provides emotional and spiritual comfort and logistical assistance. Doulas for the dying offers services to the dying patient and their family. They can guide families through the death process, telling them what to expect and helping them deal with mortuaries, funeral homes, and other agencies interacting with the patient and family. I may sit at the dying patient's bedside, with or without the family, and chat, sing, read or be there. Because I work in the private sector and within a hospice, I can provide this service either in the person's home, hospital, or nursing home.
The rate for Doula work is £25.00
Zero Balancing Certified June 2014
Zero Balancing (ZB) is a gentle, transformative form of total body/mind/spirit healing modality and hands-on bodywork that addresses various physical, spiritual, and mental issues.
After assessing the body's structure, I apply specific and deliberate gentle pressure and touch to the tension in the bones. This pressure creates movement of the energy and openness in these areas of tension. By the end of the session, my patients often feel taller, at peace and, most profoundly, pain-free.
Before each ZB session, I encourage you to design a frame to hold the entire session. I found that a well-framed ZB session can result in an evolution of consciousness itself!
Some Zero Balancing frames to consider:
1. Wanting to be free from the desires and the fears of the mind more than anything else.
2. To renounce victimization and take responsibility for my actions.
3. To face everything and avoid nothing for clarity of intention and purity of motivation.
4. To not take anything personally and to want to be transparent.
5. To have integrity by living up to the highest I've seen for the sake of the whole.
The rate for ZB is £40.00 per session.
Training, qualifications & experience
Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling,
University of Strathclyde.
Certificate in counselling,
Glasgow Caledonian University.
Introduction in CBT skills,
The Centre of Therapy, Glasgow.
Certificate in Solution Focused Therapy
SFT - Training, Glasgow.
Certificate in EMDR parts 1,2,3
EMDR Extra, Edinburgh.
Introduction and certificate in Doula for the Dying,
Livingwelldyingwell, East Sussex.
Certificate June 2014
Zero Balancing Association UK.
I have a wide experience, having worked in the NHS for over 6 years. Alongside this I have worked for agencies and in private practice.
I am Accredited Member of the BACP and abide by the BACP Ethical Framework for good practice.
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.
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.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Other areas of counselling we deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
FEES:
£45.00 per session.
TERMS & CONTRACT:
Payments should be made by cash or cheque at the end of each session.
Counselling sessions last 50 minutes and are held weekly.
I offer reduced fees for those on low income, students, and trainees.
I have both evening and daytime.
CONFIDENTIALITY:
The sessions are entirely confidential except under two circumstances:
- I regularly discuss my work with a senior clinical supervisor. This is standard practice and enables me to provide the best service possible.
- If I believe you may be at risk of harming yourself or others, I would only do this in extreme circumstances and would always try to discuss it with you first before taking any action. I have both evening and daytime/weekend availability.
When we work
I have evening and daytime.
Further information
Things to consider; you will be spending time, emotional energy, and money with a therapist. I recommend if you are considering therapy to think carefully about what you might need to know about me in order to feel safe and confident with this threefold investment.
I work from my home in Inverness, this provides a quiet and peaceful setting.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly either by email or telephone. If I can't help I'll try and help you find someone who can.
Many thanks,
Gail
Clients Testimonials
" I have never received counselling before I met with Gail, and I was unsure what to expect. Gail made me feel at ease. She helped me navigate my way through a difficult time. "K."
"Gail understood, I can tell her anything without feeling judged." "A"
"Gail helped me to understand my situation better and see things in a positive way." "G"
"It has been difficult at times confronting difficult situations, but I felt supported and listened to throughout the sessions. I highly recommend her. Thank you is not enough" "E"
(For confidentiality only first letter used as signature).
