Vivienne Blackney

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NCPS Registered Integrative Counsellor

About me

As an integrative counsellor, I work one-to-one with individuals, drawing on a range of therapeutic approaches to suit your unique needs. My aim is to offer you a calm, relaxed, and supportive space. A place where you feel safe and comfortable to talk openly about your thoughts, feelings, and experiences.

People come to counselling for many different reasons. You might be:

  • Facing a major life challenge such as divorce, bereavement, betrayal, redundancy, illness, or trauma
  • Struggling with overwhelming emotions like anxiety, anger, depression, grief, loneliness, or low self-confidence
  • Realising that beliefs or behaviours rooted in childhood are no longer     helpful and want to make lasting changes
  • Carrying unresolved experiences from the past that are still affecting you life or relationships
  • Finding yourself stuck in repetitive patterns, perhaps the same types of      relationships or situations that leave you feeling hurt, confused, or                unfulfilled
  • Feeling like you can’t truly be yourself with others, fearing you might upset   or disappoint them
  • Interested in personal growth and self-development, but finding it hard to     turn insight into meaningful change

You may not be able to pinpoint exactly what’s wrong — you just know that something isn’t working and you want things to be different. That’s okay. You don’t need to have all the answers before starting.

How Counselling Can Help

Counselling gives you the time and space to gently explore what’s going on beneath the surface. Together, we can look at the patterns, dynamics, and underlying issues that may be contributing to your current challenges. With greater understanding often comes greater freedom, and the ability to make choices that feel more aligned with who you really are and how you want to live.

Training, qualifications & experience

  • Level 4 Advanced Diploma in Counselling - An integrative approach to counselling combining Person centred, Gestalt, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) & Transactional Analysis 
  • Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills
  • Level 2 Diploma in Counselling Skills
  • Diploma in Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Member organisations

school Registered / Accredited

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NCPS
National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)

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Accredited register membership

National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
Accredited Register Scheme

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National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society

Areas of counselling I deal with

Fees

£50.00 per session

Additional information

£50 for an hours counselling session

20% off your 1st session

When I work

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Further information

I have appointments available:

  • Face to Face at Plympton Therapy Rooms,
  • Face to Face at Plymouth Wellbeing Centre
  • And Online by video call

1 Woodford Crescent, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 4QY

Plymouth Wellbeing Centre, Unit 3, Lynher House, 3 Bush Park, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 7RG

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Key details

DBS check info

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The counselling rooms at Plympton Therapy Centre are on the ground floor

Online platforms

Microsoft Teams
Google Meet

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