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Telephone: 07510328016

  • Home
  • About
  • Issues
  • Fees
  • Contact
  • Testimonials
  • Insurance & EAP
  • Neurodivergence

Common issues I work with

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 At Higher Ground Counselling, I offer confidential support for a wide range of issues. If your concern isn’t listed, feel free to reach out, as I may still be able to help. I'm here to share the burden with you, to really listen, and to support you when you feel stuck.


I accept the following insurance companies and employee assistance pro

 At Higher Ground Counselling, I offer confidential support for a wide range of issues. If your concern isn’t listed, feel free to reach out, as I may still be able to help. I'm here to share the burden with you, to really listen, and to support you when you feel stuck.


I accept the following insurance companies and employee assistance providers. If your insurer isn't listed, and it is an 'open or out of

 Network provider, please do get in touch with me to ask, as it's likely I will still be able to work with you.


*Bupa

*Freedom Health

*Cigna

*April UK

*WPA

*Allianz

*Vitality Health

*Aviva

*Traumaticus

*Health Assured

*PAM Assist

*CiC Wellbeing

*HealthHero

*Sparta

*Healix

*Lyra

*Vita Health Group




 
*I do not provide a counselling service for male or female perpetrators of domestic or sexual abuse. If you are a Domestic Violence perpetrator, please click here for suitable programmes: *


*I do not work with Gender Dysphoria.

*For expert help with eating disorders, please click here*
*If you are experiencing distress and can't afford private counselling, or can't wait for an appointment with a charity, please call the Samaritans so you have somebody to listen to you and talk to. Click here for their website*
*Click here for a list of NHS-recommended addiction specialist organisations. 



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  • Abortion
  • Historic abuse
  • Affairs and betrayals
  • Anxiety
  • Behaviour problems
  • Bereavement
  • Bullying
  • Burnout
  • Cancer
  • Carer support
  • Childhood bereavement
  • Childhood bullying
  • Chronic illness
  • Depression
  • Discrimination
  • Emotional abuse
  • Family issues
  • Feeling sad
  • Jealousy 
  • Loneliness
  • Low self-confidence
  • Low self-esteem
  • Menopause
  • Mental health
  • Miscarriage
  • Money

 

  • Abortion
  • Historic abuse
  • Affairs and betrayals
  • Anxiety
  • Behaviour problems
  • Bereavement
  • Bullying
  • Burnout
  • Cancer
  • Carer support
  • Childhood bereavement
  • Childhood bullying
  • Chronic illness
  • Depression
  • Discrimination
  • Emotional abuse
  • Family issues
  • Feeling sad
  • Jealousy 
  • Loneliness
  • Low self-confidence
  • Low self-esteem
  • Menopause
  • Mental health
  • Miscarriage
  • Money
  • Narcissistic abuse
  • Neurodiversity (Please see the 'More' tab at the top of this page if you're on a computer, and the 'Neurodivergence' tab if you're on a phone)
  • Non-monogamy
  • Panic attacks
  • Perfectionism
  • Postnatal depression
  • Pregnancy and birth
  • Racism
  • Redundancy
  • Relationship problems
  • Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
  • Separation and divorce
  • Separation anxiety
  • Sexuality
  • Sexual assault
  • Social anxiety
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Work-related stress


My counselling qualifications and training

  • Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
  • Level 3 certificate in Counselling skills
  • Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Concepts
  • Level 1 Introduction to counselling
  • Diploma in counselling children and adolescents
  • Awareness of child abuse and neglect certificate
  • Neurodiversity certificate in working with clients with ADHD, Autism, and Asperger's
  • Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
  • Certificate in 'How to do counselling online: A Coronavirus primer.'
  • Certificate in 'Dealing with suicidal ideation.'
  • The influence of heteronormativity in counselling and psychotherapy training
  • COSRT-accredited course - 'Being GSRD-Aware.'
  • Co-dependency certificate
  • 'Exploring suicidal risk with clients' training
  • Before setting up my private practice, I counselled students at a local college, and also worked as a counsellor for a registered young people's charity.  
  • I am a former professional member of the IPT (Institute of Psychedelic Therapy)
  • EMBARK Open Access certificate in Psychedelic Therapy Facilitation for major depression. 
  • Certificate in Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) 
  • Trained in delivering solution-focused Postnatal Depression therapy programs
  • Trained in delivering solution-focused Understanding Anger therapy programs
  • Certificate in Working with Clients Who Are Taking Psychiatric Drugs
  • Bereavement training certificate with Health Assured
  • Trained in Neurodiversity in the workplace.
  • Safeguarding vulnerable adults - Level 1
  • Safeguarding adults - Level 2 
  • Safeguarding adults - Level 3
  • Safeguarding children - Level 3
  • Certificate in Information Governance
  • Attachment styles and Love languages training
  • Supporting clients who have experienced pregnancy/baby loss - Training via Health Assured
  • I am fully DBS-checked (enhanced), ICO registered (GDPR), and liability insured.
  • I complete over thirty hours per year of continued professional development (CPD)
  • I have logged over 2,500 hours of clinical client hours in my private practice.
  • I am a former member of BACP's Workplace Division
  • Relationship counselling certificate with Health Assured
  • Qualification in providing Ecotherapy (outdoor client work)
  • Qualification in working therapeutically with Autistic clients
  • Certificate in working with hidden shame
  • Bereavement and grief counselling - Level 1
  • Girls and women with Autism training (with Professor Tony Attwood & Michelle Garnett)

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