EDUCATION & YOUTH SERVICES
COUNSELLING APPROACH
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​I have eighteen years’ experience as a counsellor, supporting the mental health and wellbeing of teenagers, young people and adults. I am available to offer your school, college, university or youth centre counselling support to your students, and service users, either in-house or from my office in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
I also incorporate Mindfulness and CBT tools which have successfully helped adults to manage negative thoughts, compulsive self-criticism, low mood/depression and anxiety.
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SUPPORTING STAFF MEMBERS WITH SUPERVISION OR COUNSELLING
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I am also available to offer a reflective practice or supervision to teaching staff, to aid them to be more effective in their role, or counselling support to help resolve any personal issues that’s encroaching on their professional lives, to help them to manage work-related stress, to mitigate burn-out, or to help them to return to work following a period of convalescence/absenteeism.
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SESSIONS
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I am available to see you face to face at my office, or by telephone.
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WORKING FOR YOU
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I am available to offer counselling at your school, college, university or youth centre.
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I have experience helping young people to manage and overcome the following mental health concerns and presenting issues:
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Abuse and neglect
Academic performance issues
Addictions
Anger-management
Anxiety
Binge-eating Disorder
Bereavement and loss
Bipolar Disorder/manic depression
Bullying and Cyberbullying
Depression
Eating disorders
Emotional Abuse
Exam-related stress
Family Issues (including coping with divorce and separation)
Feeling sad
Generalised Anxiety Disorder
Hearing voices/hallucinations
Internet addiction
Loneliness
Low self-confidence
Low Self-Esteem
Negative or intrusive thoughts
Over-thinking and worry
Panic attacks
Panic Disorder
Personality Disorder
Physical abuse
Poor Attendance/truancy
Poor concentration
Procrastination
Relationship Issues
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Sexuality
School stress and academic pressure
Sleep problems
Smoking (tobacco or cannabis)
Social anxiety
Stress
Substance misuse
Suicidal thoughts
Trauma/Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
