Namreen | Counsellor

Online therapy

Qualifications and registrations

I have completed my Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy. This has been a very rewarding for me, as I have found that helping others is something that I enjoy, something that I persevere to do.

I have been a Volunteer Counsellor at the Trafford Carers Centre.

I have gained work experience from working with young adults to seniors in our community. I find this job extremely rewarding, working with a variety of different ages, culture and religion.

As my counselling has involved working with different individuals - providing brief sessions where needed. I have consolidated my training during this time.

I also have worked with CDI as a volunteer position. To ensure that my clients feel comfortable and understood, I communicated with them in different languages such as Urdu and Punjabi.

My clients have included individuals who have previously had experiences of counselling and for some of those the adaption of an alternative approach used within their sessions has helped them to explore different thoughts, feelings and meanings to their underlying issues.

For others, this was the first experience of counselling and usually entering with preconceived negative connotations to therapy - for these individuals I was able to support them in firstly feeling safe and comfortable and being able to express their feeling to aid them in accessing counselling which was meaningful and supportive to their needs.

It helped them to also recover from periods of anxiety, depression and supported them in not only their mental health recovery but also their improvement in physical health.

I have trained with NSPCC as a Childline Counsellor and been in the counselling room, where I spent a few supervised hours taking calls or been online. This training and brief experience gave me a taste of how to deal with clients over the phone rather than face to face (although I had a brief experience with children).

I later trained with Place 2be as a volunteer Counsellor in a school. I worked with children in a school environment for a year.

I do feel that my life skills as well as skills from my current counselling work enables me to engage with people in a very positive and empathetic manner. I am a very good listener as well as being able to adapt my communication style to suit different situations.

I have experience helping people from a variety of backgrounds who have gone through distress-inducing personal challenges, such as anxiety, stress in workplace, depression, relationship issues etc.

Areas of counselling I can help with

• ✓ Abuse
• ✓ Addiction
• ✓ Anger management
• ✓ Anxiety
• ✓ Being assertive
• ✓ Bereavement, grief, loss
• ✓ Bullying
• ✓ Burnout

• ✓ Self confidence
• ✓ Depression
• ✓ Family problems
• ✓ Feeling lonely
• ✓ Feeling sad
• ✓ Insecurity
• ✓ Low self esteem
• ✓ Relationship issues

• ✓ Setting boundaries
• ✓ Social phobia
• ✓ Stress
• ✓ Trauma
• ✓ Workplace stress
• ✓ Worrying too much

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