Psychodynamic Counselling in Dudley

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The AoC Trust / The Arts of Change Trust
Counsellor, HCPC-Drama Therap.
Dudley DY1
Creative Arts Therapies & Traditional Talking Therapies. At The AoC Trust we really want to support families needing emotional help; couples trying to save their relationship or an individual looking for professional counselling/therapy in order to work through and heal psychological or social difficulties. If you cannot travel to us we can support you via telephone or video call. We are based in Central Dudley just a few minutes from the town centre and local bus station where we have our own lovely therapeutic rooms and training spaces and provide a fantastic team of registered and qualified therapeutic clinicians.
Creative Arts Therapies & Traditional Talking Therapies. At The AoC Trust we really want to support families needing emotional help; couples trying to save their relationship or an individual looking for professional counselling/therapy in order to work through and heal psychological or social difficulties. If you cannot travel to us we can support you via telephone or video call. We are based in Central Dudley just a few minutes from the town centre and local bus station where we have our own lovely therapeutic rooms and training spaces and provide a fantastic team of registered and qualified therapeutic clinicians.
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Emma McCaskill
Counsellor, MBACP
Dudley DY3
You may be feeling overwhelmed, anxious, low, or emotionally drained, unsure how to move forward or make sense of what is happening in your life. Past experiences may still be affecting you, relationships might feel strained, or work and day-to-day pressures may have become too much to manage alone. You may be searching for a safe, supportive space where you can talk openly, feel heard and understood, and begin to process what you have been through at your own pace. You may be seeking relief from distress, support with healing, looking for greater clarity, and a renewed sense of confidence, balance, and direction in your life.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, anxious, low, or emotionally drained, unsure how to move forward or make sense of what is happening in your life. Past experiences may still be affecting you, relationships might feel strained, or work and day-to-day pressures may have become too much to manage alone. You may be searching for a safe, supportive space where you can talk openly, feel heard and understood, and begin to process what you have been through at your own pace. You may be seeking relief from distress, support with healing, looking for greater clarity, and a renewed sense of confidence, balance, and direction in your life.
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Josh Campbell
Psychotherapist, MSc, MUKCP
Serves Area
Life problems are most often programmed into and manifested in our relationships with ourselves, with others and the world around us. Our early social networks, our personalities, and our environments interact to influence how we view & experience life in the present day and how we habitually respond to it. How we grew up and our world as adults sometimes unknowingly constrain how we can think, feel, and cope with life. My treatment approach aims to give you freedom to live with more purpose, fulfilment, choice to make new decisions, and self-understanding and mastery moving forward.
Life problems are most often programmed into and manifested in our relationships with ourselves, with others and the world around us. Our early social networks, our personalities, and our environments interact to influence how we view & experience life in the present day and how we habitually respond to it. How we grew up and our world as adults sometimes unknowingly constrain how we can think, feel, and cope with life. My treatment approach aims to give you freedom to live with more purpose, fulfilment, choice to make new decisions, and self-understanding and mastery moving forward.
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Jim Oldaker
Counsellor, MSc, MBACP
Serves Area
I'm a level 7 integrative counsellor and psychotherapist. I offer support to adults and young people on a variety of issues such as anxiety, trauma, depression, addiction, low self-esteem etc. I offer face to face, online, telephone and walk and talk therapy sessions. I have experience working with people on both a short-term and long-term basis. If you are seeking therapy because you would like an environment to express and process your feelings, or if you are feeling stuck and you think you could benefit from some direction from myself, I would be happy to help in any way.
I'm a level 7 integrative counsellor and psychotherapist. I offer support to adults and young people on a variety of issues such as anxiety, trauma, depression, addiction, low self-esteem etc. I offer face to face, online, telephone and walk and talk therapy sessions. I have experience working with people on both a short-term and long-term basis. If you are seeking therapy because you would like an environment to express and process your feelings, or if you are feeling stuck and you think you could benefit from some direction from myself, I would be happy to help in any way.
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Therapy Centre Services
Counsellor, MBACP
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Therapy Centre Services provides affordable and accessible counselling sessions for clients across the UK via Zoom or telephone. We know how difficult it can be to reach out for help, or to think about counselling, and provide a confidential and safe place for you to talk to one of our Counsellors. All of our team work in a non-judgemental way, listening to you, hearing you and helping you to work through the issues that you are experiencing.
Therapy Centre Services provides affordable and accessible counselling sessions for clients across the UK via Zoom or telephone. We know how difficult it can be to reach out for help, or to think about counselling, and provide a confidential and safe place for you to talk to one of our Counsellors. All of our team work in a non-judgemental way, listening to you, hearing you and helping you to work through the issues that you are experiencing.
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Charlotte Bowell
Counsellor, BACP
Serves Area
Are you struggling and need some help to understand how you feel? I can offer a safe and confidential space to work through your issues one step at a time, resulting in positive changes.
Are you struggling and need some help to understand how you feel? I can offer a safe and confidential space to work through your issues one step at a time, resulting in positive changes.
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Elizabeth Anne Van Rein
Psychotherapist, MNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
Elizabeth is an advanced accredited Psychotherapist, accredited Master Hypnotherapist and is a senior associate member of the Royal Society of Medicine. She specialises in abuse, trauma, identity disorders, disassociated amnesia, anxiety, stress, phobias, depression and suicidal thoughts.. Elizabeth has a keen interest in the relationship between Neuroscience and Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy and our self belief systems and perceptions. She firmly believes that the advantages of counselling and psychotherapy give us a clear insight to the true essence of ourselves, unhindered by the fast pace of the modern environment.
Elizabeth is an advanced accredited Psychotherapist, accredited Master Hypnotherapist and is a senior associate member of the Royal Society of Medicine. She specialises in abuse, trauma, identity disorders, disassociated amnesia, anxiety, stress, phobias, depression and suicidal thoughts.. Elizabeth has a keen interest in the relationship between Neuroscience and Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy and our self belief systems and perceptions. She firmly believes that the advantages of counselling and psychotherapy give us a clear insight to the true essence of ourselves, unhindered by the fast pace of the modern environment.
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Suzanne Tibbetts
Counsellor, BACP
Serves Area
I believe we are all susceptible, at some point in our lives, to feeling overwhelmed by what life can bring. Sometimes we encounter experiences that are hard for us to come to terms with leaving us in need of support, this may be in the form of a bereavement, a relationship breakdown, a job loss; any event that we struggle to comprehend and understand. Other times a series of events may have taken place that leave us feeling like we are walking under a big black cloud and fail to see a way forward. At times like this counselling can help.
I believe we are all susceptible, at some point in our lives, to feeling overwhelmed by what life can bring. Sometimes we encounter experiences that are hard for us to come to terms with leaving us in need of support, this may be in the form of a bereavement, a relationship breakdown, a job loss; any event that we struggle to comprehend and understand. Other times a series of events may have taken place that leave us feeling like we are walking under a big black cloud and fail to see a way forward. At times like this counselling can help.
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Katherine Thomason
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
Serves Area
Hello, I am an accredited member of the BACP and I offer supportive, compassionate, non-judgmental, confidential, proactive counselling in a warm, comfortable, setting. I'm an integrative therapist, I believe in the individual’s ability to grow and develop in a way that is best for them. I am able to integrate different approaches to suit the needs of the client and I have found that many problems have their roots buried in past experiences. I have a flexible approach that is focused on client growth. Your voice will be heard and it is my aim to understand where you are in life and how that feels for you.
Hello, I am an accredited member of the BACP and I offer supportive, compassionate, non-judgmental, confidential, proactive counselling in a warm, comfortable, setting. I'm an integrative therapist, I believe in the individual’s ability to grow and develop in a way that is best for them. I am able to integrate different approaches to suit the needs of the client and I have found that many problems have their roots buried in past experiences. I have a flexible approach that is focused on client growth. Your voice will be heard and it is my aim to understand where you are in life and how that feels for you.
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Brittany Batchelor
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBACP
Online Only
Ever feel like your mind won’t stop racing, the tight chest, shallow breathing, that awful sense of doom? Or like you want to pull away from someone you care about but also wish you could get closer, even though their absence feels like rejection? It can feel exhausting, overwhelming and impossible, but with the right help and guidance you can live a life without these constraints. I specialise in supporting people navigating anxiety and difficulties in interpersonal relationships. With anxiety, we explore its purpose and then begin to change how you relate to it, so we get our power back.
Ever feel like your mind won’t stop racing, the tight chest, shallow breathing, that awful sense of doom? Or like you want to pull away from someone you care about but also wish you could get closer, even though their absence feels like rejection? It can feel exhausting, overwhelming and impossible, but with the right help and guidance you can live a life without these constraints. I specialise in supporting people navigating anxiety and difficulties in interpersonal relationships. With anxiety, we explore its purpose and then begin to change how you relate to it, so we get our power back.
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Tabitha Baker
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
Online Only
Everyone's mind is unique and individual to them, and this is why I make sure my therapy is tailored to just that- Being open, adaptative, flexible and working from a pluralistic approach we are able to work collaboratively with whatever issues you may be struggling with or wanting more understanding of. By working from a pluralistic approach this means you are at the heart of the therapy- I fully believe my clients can find it in themselves to understand their behaviours, emotions and though processes, but also with a little support can start to gain new skills-perspectives to change their life for the better.
Everyone's mind is unique and individual to them, and this is why I make sure my therapy is tailored to just that- Being open, adaptative, flexible and working from a pluralistic approach we are able to work collaboratively with whatever issues you may be struggling with or wanting more understanding of. By working from a pluralistic approach this means you are at the heart of the therapy- I fully believe my clients can find it in themselves to understand their behaviours, emotions and though processes, but also with a little support can start to gain new skills-perspectives to change their life for the better.
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Hannah Purdie
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
My CPCAB Level 4 training in Therapeutic Counselling was intergrative, including psychodynamic, person-centred, CBT and transactional analysis modalities.
Are you exhausted with life as it looks now and desperate for a change? When we're already overwhelmed, and then life events happen, loss happens, you just don't have the resilience to press on the way others seem to. Perhaps you've lost all sense of who you are anymore. There's nothing wrong with you, but I know that it can feel like there is. Support is at hand.
My CPCAB Level 4 training in Therapeutic Counselling was intergrative, including psychodynamic, person-centred, CBT and transactional analysis modalities.
Are you exhausted with life as it looks now and desperate for a change? When we're already overwhelmed, and then life events happen, loss happens, you just don't have the resilience to press on the way others seem to. Perhaps you've lost all sense of who you are anymore. There's nothing wrong with you, but I know that it can feel like there is. Support is at hand.
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Michelle Budd
Counsellor, BACP
1 Endorsed
I integrate person-centred and psychodynamic approaches, to enable you to explore your life experiences and understand why they are impacting your life.
Starting counselling can feel daunting, but it is also a courageous step towards change. I offer a calm, compassionate, and non-judgemental space where you can safely explore what may be troubling you. We will work at a pace that feels right for you, gently making sense of your experiences and how they may be affecting your relationships. I have an interest in trauma, particularly childhood traumas, and their impact on our life, which can sometimes show up as feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure of yourself or others, and I aim to support you in developing greater clarity, resilience, and a more secure sense of self.
I integrate person-centred and psychodynamic approaches, to enable you to explore your life experiences and understand why they are impacting your life.
Starting counselling can feel daunting, but it is also a courageous step towards change. I offer a calm, compassionate, and non-judgemental space where you can safely explore what may be troubling you. We will work at a pace that feels right for you, gently making sense of your experiences and how they may be affecting your relationships. I have an interest in trauma, particularly childhood traumas, and their impact on our life, which can sometimes show up as feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure of yourself or others, and I aim to support you in developing greater clarity, resilience, and a more secure sense of self.
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Phinity Therapy
Psychotherapist, MBACP Accred
We will facilitate open and honest dialogue, so we may explore your concerns, anxieties, pain, trauma, or sadness, and uncover issues you might normally avoid because they feel threatening. This safe confrontation will allow you to learn how to process your challenges in a helpful way which is incredibly powerful, changing how you relate to yourself, others, and your world, thereby offering movement toward healing, growth, and.....joy.
We will facilitate open and honest dialogue, so we may explore your concerns, anxieties, pain, trauma, or sadness, and uncover issues you might normally avoid because they feel threatening. This safe confrontation will allow you to learn how to process your challenges in a helpful way which is incredibly powerful, changing how you relate to yourself, others, and your world, thereby offering movement toward healing, growth, and.....joy.
0121 661 2844 View 0121 661 2844
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RichRia Counselling
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBACP
Serves Area
Hi there, I'm Richard, an integrative counsellor and psychotherapist. I blend different therapeutic approaches to suit your needs, combining techniques from person-centred, attachment-based, and cognitive-behavioural therapy with trauma-informed soothing and mindfulness to help heal trauma. Many of us experience anxiety, difficult relationships, self-doubt, or feeling overwhelmed without fully understanding why. It's a completely natural part of being human. Perhaps you notice patterns but wonder where they began. Understanding can help us heal emotional pain, gain confidence and reconnect to our life in a healthy, meaningful way
Hi there, I'm Richard, an integrative counsellor and psychotherapist. I blend different therapeutic approaches to suit your needs, combining techniques from person-centred, attachment-based, and cognitive-behavioural therapy with trauma-informed soothing and mindfulness to help heal trauma. Many of us experience anxiety, difficult relationships, self-doubt, or feeling overwhelmed without fully understanding why. It's a completely natural part of being human. Perhaps you notice patterns but wonder where they began. Understanding can help us heal emotional pain, gain confidence and reconnect to our life in a healthy, meaningful way
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Fenn Banks
Counsellor, MBACP
1 Endorsed
Life can be challenging, and it’s normal to experience times in which we feel overwhelmed, lost, or unsure of how to move forward. I believe the therapeutic relationship provides a strong foundation for meaningful growth and change. My approach is rooted in empathy, respect, and the understanding that each person’s experience is valid and unique. I offer a compassionate, non-judgemental and confidential environment where we can work together to help you find clarity, healing and emotional well-being. I remain open to working with whatever you may be facing.
Life can be challenging, and it’s normal to experience times in which we feel overwhelmed, lost, or unsure of how to move forward. I believe the therapeutic relationship provides a strong foundation for meaningful growth and change. My approach is rooted in empathy, respect, and the understanding that each person’s experience is valid and unique. I offer a compassionate, non-judgemental and confidential environment where we can work together to help you find clarity, healing and emotional well-being. I remain open to working with whatever you may be facing.
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Kerrie Louise Fullard
Counsellor, MBACP
Brewood ST19
I am an integrative therapist offering a complimentary model of therapy that provides insight into a persons life. I believe that our experiences affect the way we behave and relate to others and this can sometimes create distress and conflict within us that impacts on the way we live our life. What I offer is a safe, private and confidential environment to explore in depth the cause of your distress.
I am an integrative therapist offering a complimentary model of therapy that provides insight into a persons life. I believe that our experiences affect the way we behave and relate to others and this can sometimes create distress and conflict within us that impacts on the way we live our life. What I offer is a safe, private and confidential environment to explore in depth the cause of your distress.
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Jo Shenton Counselling and Supervision
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
Welcome. Are you here because you are struggling with something in your life and need some help and support? Perhaps you are experiencing some symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, trauma or addiction? Or something else? Would you like someone to listen to you in a confidential, safe place, without judgement? Are you interested in improving your confidence and increasing your self-esteem? Life can really test us at times and we may be unable to find the answers within ourselves or indeed from our family and friends.
Welcome. Are you here because you are struggling with something in your life and need some help and support? Perhaps you are experiencing some symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, trauma or addiction? Or something else? Would you like someone to listen to you in a confidential, safe place, without judgement? Are you interested in improving your confidence and increasing your self-esteem? Life can really test us at times and we may be unable to find the answers within ourselves or indeed from our family and friends.
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Andy Martin
Counsellor, MBACP
My ideal clients are people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or weighed down by anxiety, low mood, stress, shame, trauma, or the impact of past experiences. They may appear to be coping on the surface but feel distressed internally, or find it hard to understand their thoughts, emotions, or relationships. I offer a calm, confidential space where we can explore what is happening at your pace. Together, we work towards understanding patterns, easing distress, and finding more manageable and meaningful ways forward.
My ideal clients are people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or weighed down by anxiety, low mood, stress, shame, trauma, or the impact of past experiences. They may appear to be coping on the surface but feel distressed internally, or find it hard to understand their thoughts, emotions, or relationships. I offer a calm, confidential space where we can explore what is happening at your pace. Together, we work towards understanding patterns, easing distress, and finding more manageable and meaningful ways forward.
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Yvonne J Gordon
Counsellor, BACP
1 Endorsed
Online Only
My integrative clinical approach incorporates Psychodynamic, CBT, Humanistic and Mindfulness therapy.
As a qualified Integrative Counsellor and Coach, my passion lies in helping individuals reach their full potential and guiding them through challenging times. I assist those who feel trapped in their current situation, yearning for more meaning in life, seeking to understand their purpose, and struggling to find satisfaction. Together, we will address any past or present obstacles that may be contributing to your feelings. By working through these issues, individuals can align with their true selves, leading to a greater sense of self-worth.
My integrative clinical approach incorporates Psychodynamic, CBT, Humanistic and Mindfulness therapy.
As a qualified Integrative Counsellor and Coach, my passion lies in helping individuals reach their full potential and guiding them through challenging times. I assist those who feel trapped in their current situation, yearning for more meaning in life, seeking to understand their purpose, and struggling to find satisfaction. Together, we will address any past or present obstacles that may be contributing to your feelings. By working through these issues, individuals can align with their true selves, leading to a greater sense of self-worth.
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Psychodynamic Counsellors
Is psychodynamic therapy evidence-based?
Studies have found psychodynamic therapy to be effective in treating conditions like social anxiety, eating disorders, chronic pain, some personality disorders, and depression; indeed, some studies have found it to be just as effective as CBT or medication. What’s more, several studies have found that the benefits of psychodynamic therapy tend to endure—even grow—long after treatment has ended.

How long does psychodynamic therapy last?
Unlike CBT and other more structured forms of therapy, psychodynamic therapy tends to be open-ended and may not be limited to a set number of sessions. It is common for clients to be in therapy for a year or longer and to see their therapist one to three times a week, though the exact schedule and timeline may vary depending on a client’s challenges and progress. However, brief psychodynamic therapy is available, which tends to be more goal-oriented and typically unfolds over 16 to 30 sessions.

Does psychodynamic therapy work?
Research finds that psychodynamic therapy can help someone manage or reduce symptoms of diagnosable mental health conditions like depression or anxiety. The modality may also offer a range of benefits that are harder to measure but just as valuable—such as increased self-worth or healthier relationships. While no therapy type will work for everyone, research and anecdotal evidence suggest that psychodynamic therapy can be highly effective.

What are the limitations of psychodynamic therapy?
Some meta-analyses have concluded that there is little evidence to suggest that psychodynamic therapy can effectively treat certain mental health conditions such as PTSD, OCD, or psychosis, though it is sometimes used to do so. More broadly, the open-ended, free-association structure of psychodynamic therapy may be frustrating for clients who prefer a more structured, time-limited, or goal-oriented approach.