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Experience a more fulfilling life
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- Edinburgh based - currently online sessions only -
Experience a more fulfilling life
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- Edinburgh based - currently online sessions only -
Experience a more fulfilling life
- Edinburgh based - currently online sessions only -
Experience a more fulfilling life
I am not so keen on the phrase "mental health" - I prefer to call it your "thought life health" . Depression, fear, anxiety & panic attacks are some of the most common and uncomfortable emotions that we can experience. Through counselling, I'm able to help you recover motivation, perspective, purpose and joy that you once had .
Aspergers ? Feeling different ? Fostered or adopted ? Boarding school ? Third culture kid? Come - you will be understood ..... Men - you think counselling wont work - come and give it a go - I promise that you don't have to do anything scary, or anything that you don't want to do ! Teen,, young adult, adult - you are welcome here.
Relationships and family are what make our lives work. If your relationships are not benefiting you, let's find out why.
ANGER seems to raise its ugly head in relationships. I believe, through counselling, that you can reduce your need to be angry substantially.
I'm an Aussie, UK registered & accredited counsellor, with 15 years of experience counselling teenagers and adults. I use parts of various models (Choice Therapy, Narrative Therapy, CBT, Solution Focused , The Human Givens), and Single Session Therapy) to look for less healthy patterns and beliefs. We all wear blinkers. I help to widen your vision. You may feel a bit stuck, Therapy helps you to become unstuck.
I have worked and lived in various countries, travelling extensively. Alongside counselling and social care, I have worked in the travel, transport & tourism sectors for much of my life (We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us).
My vision is to see people living transformed lives, lives of freedom with choice, owning what makes us unique. Being liberated from everything that we summarise as Depression, Anxiety, Anger and Stress.
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” ( STEPHEN COVEY)
The right conversation can change a life
Therapy is a chance to talk with me about things in your life that don't make sense, or that make us sad, angry, confused, frustrated, or afraid. Talking with me can help you negotiate these things better, and feel more confidant about living your life.
Not everybody comes to counselling for a specific issue. Sometimes people want to explore a general feeling that their lives are not quite right; to develop a purpose, and to learn how to make conscious and more authentic choices.
‘Your emotions will drive the decisions you make today, and your success may depend upon your ability to understand and interpret them.’ Mary C Lamia PhD Psychology Today
“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety” – Abraham Maslow
“If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it” — Richard Rohr
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou
Neurodiversity is welcome and respected here There is no recipe - we learn together. It is a collaboration. Whether you have received an official diagnosis, or feel aligned away from our culture's norms - consider therapy to make sense of your life, our wiring, our thoughts, feelings & expectations.
What will this Aussie counsellor in Scotland look like, what will he sound like, what will he make me do, is he weird? Well now you'll know !!
I'm using up too much energy worrying
It takes a lot of effort to keep hating
My biggest request is not to be judged
I was on medication for 10 years, and now off for a month, and never felt better
Anger no longer controls me, I am now in control of it
When I leave this room I am so calm, I react to things differently now
What you most want to find will be found where you least want to look
I caught myself thinking about my thoughts ..........
What I like about coming in here is that you and I don't agree on anything. If you just agreed with everything I said - I would not see things in a different light.
What I wanted most from counselling was for someone to ask the right questions.
It used to feel like a hurricane in my head ......
I feel like I have the self sabotage gene
All the things that give me instant gratification, make me feel terrible afterwards
We mustn't measure others with our own tape
Anxiety is actually a disease of our perception
My extreme worry , it's neither necessary nor useful
I want to ruthlessly eliminate hurry
The more vulnerable I become, the less afraid I am
I became honest with myself and self corrected
I want my brain and me, to be on the same team
i have been giving people too much power in my life, letting them control me
When I first came to therapy, it was purely about survival, now it is about thriving
I am going through a rehabilitation process with my thoughts
I didn't want to start therapy - as I was afraid of what I might say.
I'd like therapy to be freely available to all on the NHS for no charge. Limited counselling is possible via the NHS (GP referral). I charge modest fees for private therapy available immediately.
Fee - £45 for a 55 minute session
£165 for 4 sessions paid in one transaction, taken as you decide
£245 for 6 sessions paid at once, taken as you decide
Reduced fee situations considered. .
90 minute session - £65
If considering fortnightly or longer gaps between sessions, I find it's better to meet at least weekly for the first 3-4 sessions to build a stronger rapport, then stagger sessions if you wish.
Emails/texts will be responded to normally within 1-2 hours, Monday to Saturday.
0750 3288563 - text only/request a call back.
++ Effective end of October 2023 - UFN, sessions will be held by video call only - not face to face. ++
Online sessions from November - times TBA
Better with the written word, opposed to the spoken word? Maybe email therapy might work well for you. Find it hard to articulate on the spot what you are feeling? Like to write things down and be prepared ? Writing helps you empty your mind, and articulate things? Consider therapy by email with Andrew
Borrowing concepts from The Human Givens model. Click here to listen to a radio interview.
Click here for a BBC video clip
Why might I - a normal human being, consider therapy?
This Welsh video clip looks at what it may be like attending counselling as a teenager.
You do not have to do anything that you don't want to when you come to counselling. However there needs to be a desire of your own to attend, not just the desire of others around you.
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