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Specialises in

• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Counselling

• Motivational Interviewing
• Psychotherapy

• Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Bupa specialist

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health services

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

Bonny has run her private counselling practice based in Loughton Essex since 2002 Within walking distance of the central line on the London underground and easily accessed by local bus services and major roads such as M11, M25 and A406.She provides reasonably priced affordable counselling for Individuals, couples and young people, from age 11, and will help you gain the results that you desire in a professional, confidential and friendly environment.

Whether its help you need with relationship issues, anxiety, depression or couples counselling no problem is too big or too small. All of which you can discuss in a safe confidential environment.

Bonny originally trained as psychiatric and general nurse at The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. She practiced as a nurse for over 13 years in a variety of settings including Claybury, a well known ex psychiatric hospital in Chigwell Essex. As a result of this Bonny has knowledge and experience of working with a wide range of physical and mental health conditions.

Bonny decided to retrain in 1996 and qualified as a counsellor in 1998 after completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and a MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy at The University of East London. Following this Bonny worked part time for 7 years with the Essex probation services providing drug and alcohol counselling. A long side this Bonny worked in primary and secondary schools in the London Borough of Enfield for 8 years counselling children and young people aged 5-18 years.

Bonny is also experienced in bereavement counselling and has worked for Whipps Cross Hospital bereavement service providing bereavement counselling for adults and facilitating children’s bereavement groups.

Until recently Bonny was working at Anglia Ruskin University Counselling university students where she worked for 4 years.

Within her private practice Bonny has previously worked in conjunction with the Essex Ambulance Service and in conjunction with Victim Support as a specialist post trauma counsellor counselling clients suffering from complicated grief and post traumatic stress disorder following the murder of a loved one.

Bonny currently works solely within her private practice which includes contract work with GP surgeries in Essex and Hertfordshire and various EAP companies, insurance companies such as Aviva, Right Core Care and Bupa including providing staff counselling for the NHS

Bonny is a trained adoption counsellor with Link Adoption Support Services an adoption agency affiliated to Barnardo’s working with adoptees, adoptees parents and birth parents.

Bonny has also trained and practices as a telephone counsellor and online counsellor.

Bonny is able to also offer Oral Presentation Skills sessions for anyone who needs help with giving presentations. These sessions are aimed to increase confidence, self esteem and performance when giving presentations. Counselling for academic purposes is also available for students covering such areas as organisational skills, motivation work-life balance and increasing / maintaining focus on academic work are addressed.

Bonny also has experience of facilitating group work in variours settings such as schools, psychiatric hospitals, a bereavement service, the prison service, the probation service and within a university setting.

Areas of interest

Adoption, relationship issues, depression
adolescents, stress, work-life balance, anxiety, panic attacks, work-related issues, bereavement trauma

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Psychophysiological disorders