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- Solution Focused Brief Therapy
About me
Jill Whittingham is an experienced Counsellor/Psychotherapist and Counselling & Consultative Supervisor, offering an experience that can help you find new ways to deal with difficult or challenging feelings and emotions, life experiences and situations.
Talking Therapies can be life changing - they can help you find new ways of thinking and behaving that will help you deal with issues that are difficult for you. They can improve your confidence and can make you question how and why you think and behave as you do. Jill will support a process which allows you to explore your feelings and life situations in a way you may never have done before.
Jill has extensive experience of working in the addiction field, including alcohol, drugs, prescription medication, gambling and obsessive behaviour.
Areas of interest
Anxiety; Stress; Addiction (including alcohol issues); Anger; Bereavement; Depression; Gambling: Fertility Issues; Self Esteem; Relationship Issues; Historical Abuse; Work Related Issues; Suicidal Thoughts
About me
Research interests
Jill has a special interest in two areas - Addiction and Fertility.
Addiction - For some people, the use of alcohol/substances/behaviours reaches a crisis point. Consequences become challenging and even overwhelming. Counselling will offer you the chance to look closely at the issue and affects on your life. Together we will work on plans to make the changes you want. This process will not be judgemental nor will it be critical. Whilst working in this field, Jill has also gained experience of working with the families and loved ones of alcoholics and addicts. Their own lives can be seriously affected by the actions of the alcoholic/addict and frequently they feel as if they have no-one to turn to.
Fertility - As a previous member of the BICA Executive Committee, Jill has significant experience in this field. She has provided Fertility Implications Counselling for several private clinics.
Personal interests
Jill has been developing her interest in photography to train in therapeutic photography and phototherapy. This has led to creating and facilitating projects including The Mindful Photo Project and Recovery In Focus (with Eternal Media).
Jill is co-founder of The Mindful Photo Project and Director and Lead Therapist at Eternal Media.
About my work
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My qualifications & training
Qualifications
- Post Graduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision
Keele University 2011
- Certificate in Counselling Skills
CTI 2006
- Integrative Diploma in Counselling
WEA Coleg Harlech 2008
- Integrative Counselling Skills
WEA Coleg Harlech 2005
Additional training
- Anger Therapy
Skills Development Service 2010
- Working with Suicide
Cruse Bereavement Care 2015
- Essential Toolkit for Running Groups
Skills Development Service 2009
- Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Stress
Bangor University School of Psychology 2009
- Reality Therapy/Choice Theory
Willam Glasser Institute 2011
- Infertility counselling
BICA 2011
- Foundation in Art Therapy (BAAT)
Manchester 2016
Details of entry to specialist register
- Accredited member BACP
, 2014
Affiliations / memberships
Accredited member BACP
Joined 2006, accredited 2014
