My Work
I was a member
of the working party that originally set up
Lancashire’s schools’
counselling service. I currently operate a well established and varied private
counselling
practice working with people from all walks of life and all
ages. I also counsel in
schools and I have worked in a GP’s Surgery and continue to receive GP referrals.
I supervise other counsellors, provide group supervision and
have facilitated a support/networking group for therapists.
I receive referrals via solicitors, GPs
and work for several Employee Assisted Programmes
(EAPs) and a private hospital.
Enquiries: 01253 852865 mob: 07930 306017 e: info@onlinecounsellor.com .
The service I
offer is a confidential, warm, safe, respectful, non-judgemental and
caring.
I aim to be flexible in meeting your needs. Counselling can be
undertaken in your own
home setting if preferred (there may be an
additional charge for this service depending on
distance) and out of office hours appointments
can be arranged.
BACP
I am an
accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and
Psychotherapy and
I adhere to their ethical framework. Further information about the BACP may be
obtained
from their website: www.bacp.co.uk
Services I
offer
 Counselling
Supervision
Hypnotherapy
Expressive Therapy
Peer Mentoring training
Workshops
Group Facilitation
Specialist work with children, adolescents and young people |
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Counselling
I am very sensitive
to how difficult it might be to take that first step to make initial contact about
counselling. Please be assured I
will treat your call with the greatest respect and care.
Choosing the right counsellor can feel
daunting and making that first contact can be very difficult.
My counselling
training is Person-Centred. The
quality of the relationship is central to my work.
You will always be in control of the
sessions and we will work at your pace. The sessions
will be confidential within the boundaries of
safety.
Counselling is a
relationship between the client and counsellor where the joint aim is for
the
growth and good of the client.
By using the
Person-Centred approach I will offer deep empathy, understanding,
genuineness,
respect and unconditional positive regard.
Counselling
provides you with the space to focus entirely upon you, your aims, goals
and issues.
There are times I may
challenge you but it will be done with integrity, respect and gentleness.
Expressive Therapy
Expressive
therapy is another way of working through issues/difficulties or for
personal growth
through the use of various media such as art materials,
movement, sound, working with
miniatures.
If you wish to know more about working in this way I would be happy
to discuss this with you.
Hypnopsychotherapy
Hypnosis is a
state of altered awareness in which imagination rather than intellect is
active. Contrary
to widespread
believe, it does not involve becoming unconscious and has nothing to do
with sleep.
Hypnosis cannot
be forced upon people, but is a state that clients allow themselves to
enter. In this
sense, all hypnosis
is self-hypnosis. Hypnotic states
occur naturally in every day life, in the form of
daydreaming, vivid
remembering, fantasising.
In the clinical
setting, hypnosis goes with a very pleasant state of physical relaxation
that in itself is
very beneficial, especially in the treatment of symptoms
induced or aggravated by stress. In
such
cases it is not a substitute for medical treatment, but a very useful
supplement to it. Hypnosis cannot
perform miracles but it is a state of awareness that can be used for
self-help.
Psychological problems,
from unwanted habits to irrational anxiety states, can usually be traced to
distorted, one-sided, or unbalanced attitudes, deeply imbedded in the mind,
often at an unconscious
level. By
the time they come for help, clients have usually exhausted the resources
of their logical,
critical conscious minds.
In the hypnotic state,
clients can draw upon inner imagination and experiential resources, and be
open to suggestions that encourage positive change.
For some
conditions, regression techniques are used. This means re-experiencing imaginatively
significant events in your life. Sometimes this is used to discover within
yourself qualities and
resources which, when made available in the problem
situation, will resolve it. Sometimes traumatic
experiences that have had a distorting effect on
the mind can be reassessed and their harmful
effects eliminated or reduced.
It is not
possible to get ‘stuck’ in the hypnotic state, like sleep or
any other natural state of mind,
people emerge naturally from hypnosis,
especially when there is a need to do so.
I tend to use
hypnosis in a person-centred way. Any suggestions are after discussion with you and
to benefit
you. I work with whatever you
present, at your pace, your agenda. It might be that you
choose to have a combination of counselling
with some hypnosis. Your needs and
wishes can be
discussed at the initial consultation and reviewed at any
time.
What Hypnosis can help
 Breaking unwanted habits; eg smoking,
nocturnal enuresis, nail biting, stuttering
Obtaining relief and often remission from
symptoms such as: asthma, migraine, gastro-intestinal
and neurological
disorders
Dermatological conditions such as
eczema, Psoriasis, neurodermatitis, herpes simplex and even
Warts
Pain control for minor surgery,
dentistry, arthritis and general neuromuscular aches and pains
Hypnosis can free people from phobias,
compulsions, emotional problems, insomnia, and inhibitions
Sexual dysfunction such as impotence,
premature ejaculation, frigidity
The use of self-hypnosis will prevent
stress and tensions caused by modern day living, reduce high
blood pressure
and the risk of cardiovascular disease
Hypnotherapy for effective weight
control, increasing work/study/sporting performance, improving
concentration and memory, developing the imagination, boosting
self-confidence and achieving
more potential
Supervision
I provide supervision for Counsellors, trainees, NHS staff, teachers, managers, groups
and for a wide variety of people who work in service industries.
Supervision provides a safe non-judgemental space to bring the whole of you. It is a
place to share difficulties and successes.
I offer a caring, supportive, confidential environment where the suppervisee can look at
his client work, bring personal issues concerns, and explore him/herself in relation to his/
her client.
Each supervisee is an individual and I work with each according to their needs.
Supervision is usually in 1.5 hour sessions (the minimum recommended by the BACP) per month.
additional can be accessed when the need is felt eg at times of eadditional stress, increased client
load.
I am also available by telephone or email should the need arise for additional support.
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