Creative Therapy Counselling in Leeds

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Charlton George Blackwell
Counsellor, MBACP
Online Only
I've been actively practicing as a Therapist for the last 7 years and have always worked with a variety of people from all ages and backgrounds. The youngest being 8 years and the oldest being 84. Many of these clients have lived in different places all over the country. This experience has meant that I have needed to become a different type of Therapist for each client that I work with to ensure that I am able to best support them. This has also meant that I have worked with people for many different reasons and has given me skills to comfortably meet people where they are and work towards their goals in Therapy.
I've been actively practicing as a Therapist for the last 7 years and have always worked with a variety of people from all ages and backgrounds. The youngest being 8 years and the oldest being 84. Many of these clients have lived in different places all over the country. This experience has meant that I have needed to become a different type of Therapist for each client that I work with to ensure that I am able to best support them. This has also meant that I have worked with people for many different reasons and has given me skills to comfortably meet people where they are and work towards their goals in Therapy.
0161 694 6253 View 0161 694 6253
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James Leighton-Burns
Counsellor
Serves Area
UPDATE: I have one place for someone who requires insight/help, and one place for someone who struggles with other people's boundaries. Summary: Simple, clear, listening. Processing with feedback offered. 30/60/90 minute sessions Psychology Advisor - Discuss the broader spectrum of human behaviour. Plus, CBT Adult ADHD + ACE's + Perception & Perspective Development.
UPDATE: I have one place for someone who requires insight/help, and one place for someone who struggles with other people's boundaries. Summary: Simple, clear, listening. Processing with feedback offered. 30/60/90 minute sessions Psychology Advisor - Discuss the broader spectrum of human behaviour. Plus, CBT Adult ADHD + ACE's + Perception & Perspective Development.
01228 479367 View 01228 479367
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Carly Radford
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBACP
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Has a recent or past negative experience left you feeling lost or stuck? Maybe you’ve tried to just get on with life but inside you still feel broken, replaying events in your mind and asking yourself why or how this happened. Perhaps you know what happened to you was traumatic or maybe you’ve told yourself it “wasn’t that bad”. Some days you seem to feel all the emotions all at once, and other days you feel nothing at all. Other people simply don’t understand, which may leave you feeling alone and like you don’t matter. You are not alone and you do matter. You deserve freedom and peace from your past experiences.
Has a recent or past negative experience left you feeling lost or stuck? Maybe you’ve tried to just get on with life but inside you still feel broken, replaying events in your mind and asking yourself why or how this happened. Perhaps you know what happened to you was traumatic or maybe you’ve told yourself it “wasn’t that bad”. Some days you seem to feel all the emotions all at once, and other days you feel nothing at all. Other people simply don’t understand, which may leave you feeling alone and like you don’t matter. You are not alone and you do matter. You deserve freedom and peace from your past experiences.
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Anthony Howard Trewhitt
Counsellor, MA, MBACP
Serves Area
Life, as they say is a rollercoaster, full of ups and downs with wild twists and turns when we least expect them. Loss, bereavement, loneliness, trauma from past and present, anxiety, and many other issues affect us all in our daily lives. How we deal with these matters varies, self harm physically and mentally through addictions, poor relationship choices, physically harming the body, self deprication, gambling, amongst many other harmful behaviours are often presenting behaviours. They are all distractions from our true selves, when what we need most is to be heard and listened to, to grow and become the person we want to be.
Life, as they say is a rollercoaster, full of ups and downs with wild twists and turns when we least expect them. Loss, bereavement, loneliness, trauma from past and present, anxiety, and many other issues affect us all in our daily lives. How we deal with these matters varies, self harm physically and mentally through addictions, poor relationship choices, physically harming the body, self deprication, gambling, amongst many other harmful behaviours are often presenting behaviours. They are all distractions from our true selves, when what we need most is to be heard and listened to, to grow and become the person we want to be.
01765 532337 View 01765 532337
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Virginia Toole
Counsellor, MBACP
Online Only
Do you feel ripped apart and shaken to your core? You don't want to be a burden to friends and can't talk to family, it is all so overwhelming. The deepest pit of despair and hurt, mixed emotions, anguish, anger, confusion, barely coping with intense non-stop life changes. Loss of family, partner or treasured friends, sudden or chronic terminal illness, loss of the person you used to be, ageing, guilty lifestyle, fear of a new job and moving, or the prickling heartache from loss of your pet. You don’t even have the strength to take the next step, to pull yourself through while trying to reach your old self. You need a safe space.
Do you feel ripped apart and shaken to your core? You don't want to be a burden to friends and can't talk to family, it is all so overwhelming. The deepest pit of despair and hurt, mixed emotions, anguish, anger, confusion, barely coping with intense non-stop life changes. Loss of family, partner or treasured friends, sudden or chronic terminal illness, loss of the person you used to be, ageing, guilty lifestyle, fear of a new job and moving, or the prickling heartache from loss of your pet. You don’t even have the strength to take the next step, to pull yourself through while trying to reach your old self. You need a safe space.
01254 781838 View 01254 781838
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All Things Therapy Centre Ltd
Psychotherapist, PhD, MBACP
Serves Area
We work with children, young people, adults, couples, parents and families. We offer inclusive therapy to support those who hold a diagnosis of neurodiversity or behavioural/emotional difficulty. We also work with parents to discuss parenting strategies to build resilience in the household. We work with anyone from any background with a number of problems. These can include: behavioural and emotional problems, suicidal ideation, trauma, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, parenting, family relationships, divorce, bereavement, illness, developmental disorders, eating disorders and more.
We work with children, young people, adults, couples, parents and families. We offer inclusive therapy to support those who hold a diagnosis of neurodiversity or behavioural/emotional difficulty. We also work with parents to discuss parenting strategies to build resilience in the household. We work with anyone from any background with a number of problems. These can include: behavioural and emotional problems, suicidal ideation, trauma, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, parenting, family relationships, divorce, bereavement, illness, developmental disorders, eating disorders and more.
01756 639053 View 01756 639053
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Jacquibird Counselling
Counsellor, MA, MBACP Accred
Serves Area
Welcome I am a registered MBACP accredited Counsellor/psychotherapist. I am qualified in several modalities of therapy - meaning I can integrate a range of interventions to support you. I work with individuals, couples, families, children and young people. I offer online appointments and face to face appointments in York and Thirsk. I also offer walk and talk sessions in York and Thirsk. I specialise in relationship and psychosexual therapy, trauma and PTSD. If you are experiencing difficulties and would like to talk in confidence, I'm here by your side to support you and help you move forward at your pace.
Welcome I am a registered MBACP accredited Counsellor/psychotherapist. I am qualified in several modalities of therapy - meaning I can integrate a range of interventions to support you. I work with individuals, couples, families, children and young people. I offer online appointments and face to face appointments in York and Thirsk. I also offer walk and talk sessions in York and Thirsk. I specialise in relationship and psychosexual therapy, trauma and PTSD. If you are experiencing difficulties and would like to talk in confidence, I'm here by your side to support you and help you move forward at your pace.
01889 227313 View 01889 227313
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Biscuits Tea & Therapy
Counsellor, BACP
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Oh love- I'll get you a brew. Sound familiar? As much as I love a good cup of tea, it doesn't fix everything. Perhaps you are struggling with upsetting memories, tension in relationships or in doubt about the decisions you have made in life? My aim is to build a therapeutic relationship where you feel safe to share your thoughts and feelings, empowering you to continue on your own healing journey. I am currently undertaking training in order to provide EMDR Therapy.
Oh love- I'll get you a brew. Sound familiar? As much as I love a good cup of tea, it doesn't fix everything. Perhaps you are struggling with upsetting memories, tension in relationships or in doubt about the decisions you have made in life? My aim is to build a therapeutic relationship where you feel safe to share your thoughts and feelings, empowering you to continue on your own healing journey. I am currently undertaking training in order to provide EMDR Therapy.
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Stacy Carrie
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
Serves Area
Everyone has their own unique struggles and experiences and sometimes it can feel difficult to process our thoughts and feelings. I aim to show respect by working at a pace that feels comfortable for you to gain insight and enable you to feel heard and understood. Maybe you have experienced life events that were out of your control and your ability to cope has been impacted. I aim to provide you with a space that feels safe and supportive to explore what is going on for you without the fear of judgment. This may be a space to heal. This unique relationship is tailored to you and I see my role as being alongside you on this journey.
Everyone has their own unique struggles and experiences and sometimes it can feel difficult to process our thoughts and feelings. I aim to show respect by working at a pace that feels comfortable for you to gain insight and enable you to feel heard and understood. Maybe you have experienced life events that were out of your control and your ability to cope has been impacted. I aim to provide you with a space that feels safe and supportive to explore what is going on for you without the fear of judgment. This may be a space to heal. This unique relationship is tailored to you and I see my role as being alongside you on this journey.
0113 519 5551 View 0113 519 5551
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Tasali Therapy | Aishah Malik
Psychotherapist, MSc, UKCP Trainee
Serves Area
Hi, I’m Aishah. I’m a psychotherapist working with Transactional Analysis (TA). I offer a warm, respectful, and culturally sensitive space to explore anxiety, identity, trauma, family patterns, and generational trauma. As a British Pakistani woman, I understand the complexity of living between cultures and the impact of silence, shame, and pressure to conform. You might feel like you are always holding it together for others while feeling lost or overwhelmed inside. I work relationally and at your pace, helping you reconnect with yourself and build a life that feels more grounded, free, and aligned with who you are.
Hi, I’m Aishah. I’m a psychotherapist working with Transactional Analysis (TA). I offer a warm, respectful, and culturally sensitive space to explore anxiety, identity, trauma, family patterns, and generational trauma. As a British Pakistani woman, I understand the complexity of living between cultures and the impact of silence, shame, and pressure to conform. You might feel like you are always holding it together for others while feeling lost or overwhelmed inside. I work relationally and at your pace, helping you reconnect with yourself and build a life that feels more grounded, free, and aligned with who you are.
01889 227332 View 01889 227332
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Ben Groves
Psychotherapist, MA, MUKCP
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Hello, I’m Ben, a psychotherapist based in York, and I support people to resolve life and relationship difficulties. If you’ve ever felt trapped, possibly disliking who you have become and feeling others blaming you too; we can work together to make sense of how you came to be the person that you are today, and how to make positive changes in your life- to make you more you. Often we feel life’s pressures, or that there is some is just ‘wrong’ but we are unsure of what ‘it’ is, we can resolve the it - to make you more you. I support clients with childhood trauma, complex diagnosis, as well as seemly day to day issues.
Hello, I’m Ben, a psychotherapist based in York, and I support people to resolve life and relationship difficulties. If you’ve ever felt trapped, possibly disliking who you have become and feeling others blaming you too; we can work together to make sense of how you came to be the person that you are today, and how to make positive changes in your life- to make you more you. Often we feel life’s pressures, or that there is some is just ‘wrong’ but we are unsure of what ‘it’ is, we can resolve the it - to make you more you. I support clients with childhood trauma, complex diagnosis, as well as seemly day to day issues.
01904 935837 View 01904 935837
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Lucy Harrison
Counsellor, MBACP
Online Only
Being in therapy is something many of us have needed over the course of our lives, by acknowledging you need some help now you have already come a long way. By working together we can make a real difference in how you cope and live your life. Over the years I have worked in a variety of settings helping people who were struggling with issues such as fear, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, stress, self harm, addiction, co dependency, anger. I have been helping people come to terms with their past, enjoy the present and look forward to the future for the past 18 years.
Being in therapy is something many of us have needed over the course of our lives, by acknowledging you need some help now you have already come a long way. By working together we can make a real difference in how you cope and live your life. Over the years I have worked in a variety of settings helping people who were struggling with issues such as fear, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, stress, self harm, addiction, co dependency, anger. I have been helping people come to terms with their past, enjoy the present and look forward to the future for the past 18 years.
01535 286047 View 01535 286047
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Anna Kurzakowska-Bailey
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
I am a qualified counsellor with a Degree in Therapeutic Counselling and Psychotherapy. I integrate CBT into a person-centred approach, responding to your needs with compassion and flexibility. Finding the right therapist can be a challenge, as successful therapy requires trust and openness. I provide a space where you can feel comfortable expressing your thoughts and feelings, no matter how challenging they may be. I provide online, phone or face-to-face sessions in English or Polish.
I am a qualified counsellor with a Degree in Therapeutic Counselling and Psychotherapy. I integrate CBT into a person-centred approach, responding to your needs with compassion and flexibility. Finding the right therapist can be a challenge, as successful therapy requires trust and openness. I provide a space where you can feel comfortable expressing your thoughts and feelings, no matter how challenging they may be. I provide online, phone or face-to-face sessions in English or Polish.
01773 300707 View 01773 300707
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Philippa Westmacott
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
Hello, life can sometimes throw challenges at us. At times these challenges are expected and at other times they come as a complete surprise. Often, we are able to manage them and sometimes we may feel less able to cope and could benefit from some therapeutic support. I offer psychotherapeutic counselling support in Wetherby and have some available appointments now. www.philippa-counselling.co.uk
Hello, life can sometimes throw challenges at us. At times these challenges are expected and at other times they come as a complete surprise. Often, we are able to manage them and sometimes we may feel less able to cope and could benefit from some therapeutic support. I offer psychotherapeutic counselling support in Wetherby and have some available appointments now. www.philippa-counselling.co.uk
01937 227403 View 01937 227403
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Adele McGovern
Psychologist, PsychD, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
Serves Area
My clients say they feel safe with me and that I have really helped them gain deeper self-knowledge and self-regard, and to feel better. I have an LGBT+ and neurodivergent - friendly, warm, nurturing style. I don't judge you, I want to hear you, and value you, and genuinely help. I'm trained in different therapeutic approaches, so I fit the approach to you, not to other way around. I'm best at being honest, safe, and alongside you as I help you to deeply understand yourself. From those foundations we build up a better psychological safety for you. We do therapy, and you work toward your goals with me, knowing I am on your team.
My clients say they feel safe with me and that I have really helped them gain deeper self-knowledge and self-regard, and to feel better. I have an LGBT+ and neurodivergent - friendly, warm, nurturing style. I don't judge you, I want to hear you, and value you, and genuinely help. I'm trained in different therapeutic approaches, so I fit the approach to you, not to other way around. I'm best at being honest, safe, and alongside you as I help you to deeply understand yourself. From those foundations we build up a better psychological safety for you. We do therapy, and you work toward your goals with me, knowing I am on your team.
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Nicole Beckford
Psychotherapist, MBACP
Serves Area
My name is Nicole and I am a Person-Centred Therapist. I believe that you are the expert in your own life, and I am here as a tool to be utilised for you to take control back from any intrusive thoughts and difficult circumstances that have been holding you back. I have worked with people (Adult, families and children) from a range of backgrounds, with a range of complicated histories and life stories - such as Fostering and Adoption, survivors and perpetrators of Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse Emotional Abuse and Neglect.
My name is Nicole and I am a Person-Centred Therapist. I believe that you are the expert in your own life, and I am here as a tool to be utilised for you to take control back from any intrusive thoughts and difficult circumstances that have been holding you back. I have worked with people (Adult, families and children) from a range of backgrounds, with a range of complicated histories and life stories - such as Fostering and Adoption, survivors and perpetrators of Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse Emotional Abuse and Neglect.
01422 411154 View 01422 411154
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Lynda Chebbihi Msc Gmbpss Mbacp
Psychotherapist, MBACP
Serves Area
Hello, I'm a counsellor and a trauma-focused therapist based in Aberdeen, Scotland. I offer one-on-one therapy sessions, either online or in-person. My professional , educational and volunteering journeys have enabled me to understand impacts of traumatic events (war, childhood abuse, and sexual abuse) on mental health. These adverse events can shatter everything you believe in, leaving you feeling lost, suicidal, not knowing who you are anymore. I can help you make new meanings, heal and grow. I am flexible in my practice where I integrate various evidence-based therapeutic interventions to meet your needs and foster healing.
Hello, I'm a counsellor and a trauma-focused therapist based in Aberdeen, Scotland. I offer one-on-one therapy sessions, either online or in-person. My professional , educational and volunteering journeys have enabled me to understand impacts of traumatic events (war, childhood abuse, and sexual abuse) on mental health. These adverse events can shatter everything you believe in, leaving you feeling lost, suicidal, not knowing who you are anymore. I can help you make new meanings, heal and grow. I am flexible in my practice where I integrate various evidence-based therapeutic interventions to meet your needs and foster healing.
01224 007819 View 01224 007819
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Claire Austin
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
Online Only
I am an experienced Women focused Counsellor, who has worked in various sectors over my career.. I have a depth of experiencing in offering therapeutic space to explore issues arising and work in an integrative, compassion focused way to develop the therapeutic relationship. I work creatively with individual need allowing a range of therapeutic processes to be used. EMDR is a huge part of my practice using creative means to explore 'stuck memories'. Working in a EMDR process helps move memories quickly and focuses on primary target memories.
I am an experienced Women focused Counsellor, who has worked in various sectors over my career.. I have a depth of experiencing in offering therapeutic space to explore issues arising and work in an integrative, compassion focused way to develop the therapeutic relationship. I work creatively with individual need allowing a range of therapeutic processes to be used. EMDR is a huge part of my practice using creative means to explore 'stuck memories'. Working in a EMDR process helps move memories quickly and focuses on primary target memories.
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Rachel Ambrose
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
Not accepting new clients
Hi, I’m Rachel welcome to my profile. I work with individuals across the UK aged 18 and over who are experiencing a range of issues including anxiety, depression, bereavement, relational difficulties, problems relating to confidence and self-esteem. Perhaps you are feeling overwhelmed & unable to see a way through; alone with no one to share your difficulties; stressed and 'frazzled' at work; trapped or bored in your current circumstances? Struggling after a bereavement or the end of a relationship? Feeling concerned about worrying or being a burden to loved ones. You may wish to appear stronger than you feel for them.
Hi, I’m Rachel welcome to my profile. I work with individuals across the UK aged 18 and over who are experiencing a range of issues including anxiety, depression, bereavement, relational difficulties, problems relating to confidence and self-esteem. Perhaps you are feeling overwhelmed & unable to see a way through; alone with no one to share your difficulties; stressed and 'frazzled' at work; trapped or bored in your current circumstances? Struggling after a bereavement or the end of a relationship? Feeling concerned about worrying or being a burden to loved ones. You may wish to appear stronger than you feel for them.
01484 598911 View 01484 598911

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