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Kay | Counsellor
Counselling Bournemouth
Counselling provides the opportunity to gain perspective and helps you consider how you would like to move forward in life. It can also help you understand yourself and others better, leading to a clearer understanding of your challenges. At my practice I will work to support you as you develop the strategies and skills to alleviate the impact of the difficulties affecting your day-to-day life, leading to positive changes for you, your family, your work life, and your relationships.
You may have experienced divorce, separation, job loss, bereavement, family upsets, relationship issues or friendship difficulties. Adverse childhood experiences, trauma, abuse, and anxiety can cause pain, suffering, and confusion that can result in deep pain and negatively impact emotional and mental well-being.
Shame is a common theme, often stemming from childhood. It is associated with many negative emotions, such as feelings of anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem and can lead to substance use, self-harm and suicidal behaviours. More often than not, shame leads to disconnection, from yourself and your emotions and also from others, leading to isolation. Living with shame can be lonely and demoralising however, healing the wounds of shame is possible.
Online therapy
I use the secure online platform Whereby, I will send a link when we have agreed a sessiom time.Working in a Neurodiverse affirming way I have specialised experience in working with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES), Anxiety, Attachment Issues, Bereavement, Pregnancy & Infant Loss, Sexual Trauma & Rape, Domestic Violence and Pre-Trial support.
I am experienced working with a wide range of issues, including: anxiety, bereavement (previously a CRUSE bereavement volunteer), work stress, relationship issues & life transitions (divorce, separation, redundancy, retirement), low self-esteem, past childhood abuse, emotional neglect, chronic illness, PMS/PMDD/menopause, nightmares, trauma, self-harm, panic attacks, issues relating to spirituality.
My focus is on providing support to help you build resilience and gain deeper insight into the factors impacting your mental well-being. By understanding and addressing these challenges, we will work collaboratively towards improving your emotional and mental health. Integrating CBT, Person Centred, and attachment theory and elements of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Systemic Theory enables me to create a personalised experience, specific to you.
Qualifications and registrations
Qualifications & professional registration
- Middlesex University: DipHE Counselling
- MBACP Registered Member 402110
- ACC Registered Member R001502
Continuing Professional Development
2023
- Safeguarding Level 3
- Working with suicide, intervention & prevention
- Applying Attachment Theory
- Strength-based Interventions to Thrive with ADHD from Childhood to Adulthood
- Integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) Across Clinical Applications
- Treating Trauma with IFS: Procedures for Healing Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, and more
- Single-session therapy
- Gaslighting: Rebuild from a Narcissist's Emotional Abuse
- Janina Fisher's Trauma Treatment Certification Training (CCTP)
- Christiane Sanderson’s Intensive Course in Trauma-Informed Practice: Treating Complex PTSD
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss: Strategies to Support Grief and Treat Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression in Bereaved Families.
- BLUESTAR- Pre-Trial Therapy Training Programme
2022
- CPCAB: Trauma Informed Practice
- Working with Gestalt techniques
2021
- Telephone and E-counselling
- BACP/OU Counselling online
2020
- CRUSE: Bereavement Support Training
- Safeguarding, Level 2
Extra
- Enhanced DBS
- Insurance
- ICO Registered
Registrations
Specialisations
I work with a wide variety of different needs however I have extensive experience working with relational trauma such as sexual abuse and domestic violence.
I also work with mature students in overseas placements navigating the complexities of life changes as a result of living abroad,
I am also a trained bereavement counsellor.
Most common issues I support people with:
- Relational trauma
- Anxiety
- Life changes
- Womens mental health issues
- Neurodivergent issues impacting mental health
Therapies offered
Areas of counselling I can help with
- ✓ Abortion
- ✓ Abuse
- ✓ Anxiety
- ✓ Attachment disorder
- ✓ Being a perfectionist
- ✓ Being assertive
- ✓ Bereavement, grief, loss
- ✓ Bullying
- ✓ Burnout
- ✓ Communication
- ✓ Self confidence
- ✓ Depression
- ✓ Family problems
- ✓ Feeling lonely
- ✓ Feeling sad
- ✓ Low self esteem
- ✓ Miscarriage
- ✓ Post-traumatic stress disorder
- ✓ Relationship issues
- ✓ Retirement
- ✓ Self-harm
- ✓ Setting boundaries
- ✓ Stress
- ✓ Trauma
- ✓ Worrying too much
Fees
£60 per 50 minute sessionAvailability (Opening hours)
Monday | 10am-5pm |
Tuesday | 10am-5pm |
Wednesday | 10am-5pm |
Thursday | - |
Friday | - |
Saturday | - |
Sunday | - |
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