About me
Hi, I’m Will, a welcoming counsellor and psychotherapist based in Leeds City Centre offering in-person, online and phone sessions to adults.
How can I help?
You may be struggling with anxiety, stress, or anger. You may be feeling numb, low, or lost. You might be having difficulties in your relationship, at work, after a bereavement or in other aspects of your life. You could also be noticing a pattern which keeps repeating that you want to change. I am here to help you make changes, learn about yourself, and live the life that you want to lead.
As you are unique, I believe your counselling should be too, and I will tailor my approach to you. That might mean that our sessions are a space for you to talk through your thoughts about your issues or work through your feelings at a pace that suits you. They might involve me offering a new perspective, asking thought-provoking questions, or agreeing tasks for you to do between appointments. They could focus on exploring your experiences to find what is outside of your awareness or working out ways for you to deal with situations differently. I will not tell you what to do, but I will help you come to your own decisions.
What is my work experience?
I have run a private practice in Leeds City Centre for over six years working with a wide variety of clients and issues including depression, low self-esteem, relationship issues, stress, anger, anxiety, and trauma. Before that, I volunteered at Bradford Counselling Services offering short-term therapy to a diverse group of clients from a range of backgrounds.
What is my life experience?
Prior to becoming a therapist, I taught English as a foreign language in Italy, and I worked in office roles in health and higher education. In 2019 I went to Sierra Leone for two weeks to teach Maths and English to local children. I have benefitted from counselling myself while facing personal challenges and I know it can help you too.
Where do we begin?
I believe it is important that you find a counsellor that you feel comfortable talking to, so I offer an introductory session for a reduced price of £30 where you can get a feel for how it is to speak to me, and we can discuss how we might go forward together.
Training, qualifications & experience
Core Training
Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Leeds Beckett University (2018)
Certificate in Counselling Skills and Certificate in Counselling Studies (2016)
Additional Recent Training Topics
Best practice supporting autistic clients
Suicide bereavement
Certificate in solution-focused therapy essentials
Integrating artwork into my practice
Working with grief and loss
Working with shame
Working with adult survivors of childhood trauma
Working with complex trauma
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I offer an introductory session for a discounted price of £30.
After that, individual sessions normally cost £60, or you can purchase blocks of 6 sessions for a discounted price of £330.
However, I am offering a discount on the first 6 sessions if you start before the end of July. The first 6 individual sessions would cost £55 or your first block of 6 would cost £300.
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