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Offers

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

About me

About me
My name is Denise and I am a registered BACP accredited counsellor with a background in ITU nursing, hypnotherapy and Emotional Freedom Technique.

Whether you are struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, confidence issues, loss, grief or life in general, I will listen to you and not judge. I will adopt a holistic approach to your therapy and we will work together to find a way forward.

I am an integrative counsellor - which means I use various counselling styles to suit clients’ needs. These include: Person-Centred Counselling (PCA), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Transaction Analysis (TA) and Psychodynamic Therapy.

Our sessions will take place either via Zoom or in a warm and safe environment at a discrete location within a village in the heart of Shropshire. Parking facilities are available.

Experience

I have worked in private practice for many years as a counsellor, hypnotherapist and Emotional Freedom Technique practitioner. I have also spent three years at a GP practice working with clients with mild to moderate mental health issues.

Prior to being a therapist I worked as a nurse for around 10 years at several NHS hospitals, and during that time gained invaluable experience at a forensic unit in a psychiatric hospital.

In addition, as a former journalist, I wrote a regular health column on a variety of topics for a daily newspaper.

I am also a qualified yoga and Pilates teacher, and believe in the importance of exercise in helping to create and maintain a healthy mind.

My experience to date allows me to work with people from all walks of life, with wide ranging issues.

Training and Qualifications

BA (Hons) International and Political Studies: at Coventry University
Edexcel Level 5 diploma in therapeutic counselling
Practitioner diploma in clinical hypnosis with London College of Clinical Hypnosis
Diploma in clinical hypnosis - with London College of Clinical Hypnosis (validated by the University of Greenwich)
ENB in intensive care nursing
ENB in general nursing
Diploma in yoga
Diploma inn Pilates
NVQ level 4 in newspaper journalism
NCTJ newspaper journalism – two distinctions, one credit
Emotional Freedom Technique practitioner – levels 1, 2 and 3
NCFE level 3 in counselling skills and theory
Cruse Bereavement Care foundation course.

Areas of interest

Abortion;
Abuse;
Affairs and betrayals;
Anxiety;
Attachment disorder;
Bereavement;
Body dysmorphic disorder;
Bullying;
Cancer;
Career counselling;
Child related issues;
Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME;
Depression;
Disabilities;
Domestic violence;
Emotional abuse;
Family issues;
Feeling sad;
Generalised anxiety disorder;
Hoarding;
Infertility;
Loneliness;
Low self-confidence;
Low self-esteem;
Miscarriage;
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD);
Panic attacks;
Phobias;
Physical abuse;
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD);
Pregnancy and birth;
Redundancy;
Relationship problems;
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD);
Separation and divorce;
Sexual abuse;
Stress;
Trauma;
Work-related stress;