Counselling

Healthworks Practitioner:  Kay Player

Telephone: 07577 978741

Email:  info@ipsaycounselling.co.uk

Website:  www.ipsaycounselling.co.uk

I am a highly empathic counsellor, approachable, and passionate about helping clients.  By having a respectful, gentle, and non-judgemental approach, I encourage you to speak freely to gain insight and view situations from a different perspective.  I love my work and I feel lucky to be able to help others.

I offer an integrative approach to therapy.  This means I integrate different styles of counselling depending on what is most effective for you at any given time.  Drawing from mainstream theoretical perspectives and models helps provide a unique therapy for each individual’s needs.

Bereavement, Loss and Life Changing Situation

My specialism is bereavement, loss and life changing situations.  Bereavement and loss are often misunderstood, and its impact often underestimated.  There are various kinds of loss which can be experienced throughout our lives, such as bereavement, redundancy or divorce, and people often feel no one else understands.  Not only can this lead to feelings of confusion but also feelings of alienation and loneliness.  Together we can explore your grief to better understand your feelings and develop ways of coping day to day; focusing on what it is like to be human in a world where time to process grief is usually very limited and seldom understood.  I offer counselling for bereavement from, among other things, long term illness, sudden death, loss of a baby and to those bereaved by suicide.

Anxiety and Depression

Feelings of anxiety and depression do not discriminate and can affect anyone.  Sometimes in life, the situations, challenges, and crossroads we once could work through, can start to feel more difficult.  Whether there has been a specific incident that has led to feelings of depression and a newfound anxiousness, or you have been struggling for a long period, I will provide you with a non-judgemental space to explore your feelings and develop tools to help you cope.

Training and Professional Background

I have been a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy since 2005, becoming a registered member (MBACP) following qualification in 2008.  I adhere to the BACP ethical framework for the Counselling Professions. I also have regular supervision, hold full professional liability insurance and enhanced DBS.

I hold a first-class honours degree in Counselling and Psychology and before establishing my own practice, gained extensive experience working in mainstream organisations including Age UK and Relate.  I also co-founded a bereavement group aimed at helping women affected by the loss of a baby.

I currently also work part time coordinating bereavement support for the elderly.

Sessions Offered and Cost

I understand that it sometimes requires courage to enquire about counselling, so I try to be flexible regarding session times, aiming to see clients as soon as possible.  I offer face-to-face, online and telephone counselling.  Counselling sessions are for 50 minutes and the cost is £40 per session.  I offer a concession rate for multi session bookings so please do enquire when you make contact.