Perth; Scotland; United Kingdom
About
I am an experienced Counsellor and Psychotherapist offering a sensitive and professional service online, by phone, text or face to face.
Welcome; If you are looking to make changes in your life, to deal with something that has been bothering you or causing you emotional pain and distress, don't hesitate to get in touch to see how we can work together to help you reach your goals. I offer a professional and sensitive approach to all my clients and have been working in the counselling field since 1993.
I am qualified and experienced in Person-Centred Counselling and in the Egan Model of Counselling alongside other therapeutic approaches including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (Accredited Practitioner with EMDR UK)), Clinical Hypnotherapy and the Comprehensive Resource Model.
I have significant experience in working with people who have experienced trauma, including Domestic Abuse, Rape or/and sexual abuse, road traffic accidents, traumatic grief, including expereince in working with individual bereaved by suicide and sudden infant cot death. I have worked with individuals experiencing post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, stress, chronic pain and phobias.
I trained in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) sin 2008. EMDR is very effective at relieving the distress and resolving the impact of a traumatic event; post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, flashbacks and phobias. I am a fully accredited practitioner with EMDR UK (Further information about EMDR can be found at Discover EMDR - EMDR Association UK - Overcoming trauma with expert help
I have additionally trained in Eye Movement Integration +. This offers a unique way of working with emotional distress and trauma, enabling you to address trauma, anxiety, grief, without having to re-experience traumatic and distressing memories. There are many similarities between EMDR and EMI+ which enable an integrated approach to help you best address your needs.
There is a large amount of evidence and research which shows that EMDR can help with a wide range of problems. Stress, Trauma, Pain Management, Phantom limb pain, Anxiety, and Phobias are all areas where EMDR, EMI+ have been used with success.
I use all these different therapeutic models to offer you a more unique approach tailored to your needs.
In 2021 I completed the Online Therapy Institutes Online Cyber-Therapist in depth training. I continue to offer services in person, online through ZOOM, by email or text messaging, giving you the flexibility of being able to access a service suitable for your needs.
Over 30 years of working in the voluntary sector I also provided supervision to volunteers, counselling placement students and staff working from a counselling approach. I went on to qualify as a Counselling Supervisor across 2022 and 2023 ad now offer Counselling Supervision in my praticve.