Orchid counselling service
"One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things"
Henry Miller
1891-1980
About me
I am degree (B.A.Hon) qualified, and my client area covers Calderdale,
Kirklees and Bradford.
My own core model of counselling is person centred,
however to achieve the maximum benefit,
to you as clients I may also use
other models of counselling in an eclectic way.
These include Gestalt, Transactional Analysis and Pyschodynamic. I maintain
that you are the
best expert on what is going on for you, and together we
explore these issues using honesty
and trust to promote the developing relationship.
Services available
Coaching - Personal and professional
Stress management
Relationship counselling
Anger management
Self- esteem and confidence building
Smoking cessation
Anxiety management
Bereavement and loss
Weight management
Most of our life we are faced with challenges and difficulties
What counselling can offer is the promotion of well-being, and exploring areas of
life that you may be
finding hard and helping you to deal them more effectively.
This is achieved by creating the opportunity for
difference, working in a person
centred direction. The relationship is equal, leading to growth and change,
by
identifying the areas that you may wish to change, and finding the inner resources
to do so.
There are many times in our lives when we all really feel we need someone to listen
to us.
Clients are seen as individuals with unique qualities. Counselling can help
uncover long forgotten
strengths, by talking and exploring different ways of
being, promoting choices and helping you to discover
the prefered you.
The fundamental values of counselling and psychotherapy
include a commitment to:
Respecting human rights and dignity
Ensuring the integrity of practitioner-client relationships
Enhancing the quality of professional knowledge and its application
Alleviating personal distress and suffering
Fostering a sense of self that is meaningful to the person(s) concerned
Increasing personal effectiveness
Enhancing the quality of relationships between people
Appreciating the variety of human experience and culture
Striving for the fair and adequate provision of counselling and
psychotherapy services
From "The ethical framework for good practice in counselling and
psychotherapy" BACP web page.