Conscoius Change - About Me
Humanistic Counsellor in Portsmouth
My Ambition through Holistic Counselling...
As a Counsellor in Portsmouth I strive to catalise healing for individuals bringing a holistic understanding of people in their entirety, as whole human beings made of many interacting parts eg. body, feelings, thoughts, senses, imagination and spirit. Holistic Counselling incorporates a whole approach, trained as a Humanistic Counsellor I draw upon this to aid in the facilitation of healing.
With a strong influence in the person centred approach you guide our time, exploring problems, anxieties, issues etc. and what they mean to you, on your level. I believe in creating a strong professional relationship to aid in empowering an individual finding new areas of awareness, solutions and permanent life improvements. As Bruce Lee once stated 'a teacher is a pointer to truth, not a giver of truth'. Aiding your healing is what I aim to do.
Qualifications & Professional Organisations.
BSc (Hons) Biol Sci (psychology minor)
Over 240 hours of formal training in Humanistic Counselling (Diploma Course)
Cert NCFE Levels 1,2,3 Integrative Counselling (Iron Mill Institute / University of Bath)
Associate Member of the UKAHPP (UK Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners)
Member AHPB (Association for Humanistic Psychology in Britain)
Member of HACP (Hampshire Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy)
Humanistic Counsellor - Theoretical Work / Experience & Special Interests
Integrated under the umbrella of the humanistic counsellor model / person-centred & gestalt, aimed at longer term healing, solutions and empowerment. I practice as a general humanistic counsellor in Portsmouth & Chichester and treat a wide variety of issues. My special interests are in the areas of confidence, stress & anger issues.
Experience (Holisitc Counselling)
Working as a Support Worker & Humanistic Counsellor in Portsmouth with young adults (11-25 yrs) at Off The Record for 8 years. Now a referral counsellor for the past year counselling individuals with more pressing and immediate issues. Now in pravate practice working with the UKAHPP towards full accreditation and ongoing professional development.
About me...
My journey started, strangely enough by taking up Kung-Fu & Tai Chi which led my curiosity into the Eastern Arts, Eastern Philosophy, Theology, Psychology & the Holistic Counselling approach. Not only reading but by incorporating many ancient Buddhist teachings into my own personal life (knowing is one thing, living is experiencing). Knowing & healing myself became my first priority, having undergone my own personal therapy. Also inspired by western authors like Dan Millman, Brian Tracey, Deepak Chopra & Dr David Hawkins. Balancing family & work life I trained as a humanistic counsellor and bringing it all together I started holistic counselling in Portsmouth. I like to create a safe, trusting & healing environment in my practice that will produce maximum benefit & progress in each session. If it sounds like you are looking for a humanistic counsellor or maybe interested in holistic counselling then please email (go to the conatct page) or phone me for a chat to see if I'm the right counsellor in Portsmouth for you, it's free and there's no obligation.