About Peterborough Counselling

A little bit about me and the issues that I work with........

I commenced my Counselling training at the Gestalt Centre in London and later moved on to Psychotherapy training. Whilst Gestalt training, I also took courses in Group Dynamics, Creative Writing, Spiritual Awareness (Gestalt embraces Buddhist principles), Shame, Diversity, Family Systems and learning through Awareness of Body Movement. I trained briefly in Transactional Analysis and I find that my awareness of the "Parent, Adult, Child" and "Drama Triangle" dynamics are often extremely helpful in understanding how people relate to each other in different situations, especially at work and in the family. I later joined the Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute where I graduated with a BSc Honours Degree in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy through Coventry University. At the Sherwood Institute I included more Person Centred concepts which include warmth, respect, and empathic understanding. I also integrated human development theories; I often recall the words of Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491–1556) who said “Give me the child until he’s seven, and I have him for life”. I have seen how our early years may provide the model for our later ones. I have undertaken training in Neuro Linguistic Programming, which has added a whole new dimension to my way of working. More recently, as well as becoming an Accredited EMDR therapist (see separate tab) I have trained in Pat Ogden’s Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing, which helps me to work with memories that are stuck or embedded in the body and the mind. I am an Senior Accredited Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. I offer both short and long term work to adults and adolescents. I work with many issues, including low self- esteem, anxiety, depression, bereavement, addiction, abuse, work-place and relationship difficulties, diabetes and chronic-illness. If in any doubt, contact me and ask. I previously worked in the field of Civil Engineering.

Peterborough

Counselling

A little bit about me and

the issues that I work

with........

I commenced my Counselling training at the Gestalt Centre in London and later moved on to Psychotherapy training. Whilst Gestalt training, I also took courses in Group Dynamics, Creative Writing, Spiritual Awareness (Gestalt embraces Buddhist principles), Shame, Diversity, Family Systems and learning through Awareness of Body Movement. I trained briefly in Transactional Analysis and I find that my awareness of the "Parent, Adult, Child" and "Drama Triangle" dynamics are often extremely helpful in understanding how people relate to each other in different situations, especially at work and in the family. I later joined the Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute where I graduated with a BSc Honours Degree in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy through Coventry University. At the Sherwood Institute I included more Person Centred concepts which include warmth, respect, and empathic understanding. I also integrated human development theories; I often recall the words of Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491–1556) who said “Give me the child until he’s seven, and I have him for life”. I have seen how our early years may provide the model for our later ones. I have undertaken training in Neuro Linguistic Programming, which has added a whole new dimension to my way of working. More recently, as well as becoming an Accredited EMDR therapist (see separate tab) I have trained in Pat Ogden’s Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing, which helps me to work with memories that are stuck or embedded in the body and the mind. I am an Senior Accredited Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. I offer both short and long term work to adults and adolescents. I work with many issues, including low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, bereavement, addiction, abuse, work-place and relationship difficulties, diabetes and chronic-illness. If in any doubt, contact me and ask.I previously worked in the field of Civil Engineering.