Self-Harming Counselling in Belfast
I am a qualified registered counsellor working in the Belfast and Bangor areas. I provide a comfortable and supportive safe space for you to explore any unresolved issues past or present. Whilst we cannot change difficult events from the past, we can work together to better understand and work through the challenges that you are experiencing in your life. Together we can develop an awareness of patterns of negative behavior and perceptions that may be leaving you feeling anxious or depressed. The symptoms of your distress can show in a physical and psychological way.
I am a qualified registered counsellor working in the Belfast and Bangor areas. I provide a comfortable and supportive safe space for you to explore any unresolved issues past or present. Whilst we cannot change difficult events from the past, we can work together to better understand and work through the challenges that you are experiencing in your life. Together we can develop an awareness of patterns of negative behavior and perceptions that may be leaving you feeling anxious or depressed. The symptoms of your distress can show in a physical and psychological way.
I am an accredited member of BACP and NCS. I have substantial experience working with both children and adults. I work in primary schools and also in the local community to provide quality counselling to help people be the best they can be. I am also CEO of a mental health charity and offer consultancy work as well as supervision. My approach is integrative so that I can tailor the service specifically for individual clients and longer term work. I also offer personal therapy for students training to be counsellors.
I am an accredited member of BACP and NCS. I have substantial experience working with both children and adults. I work in primary schools and also in the local community to provide quality counselling to help people be the best they can be. I am also CEO of a mental health charity and offer consultancy work as well as supervision. My approach is integrative so that I can tailor the service specifically for individual clients and longer term work. I also offer personal therapy for students training to be counsellors.
My experience in psycho-education and therapy has focused on supporting individuals living with stress, mental illness & suicidal thoughts. I've supported people who aren't sure what to do next with situations & relationships, or are struggling with feelings of overwhelm or low mood. Most people who I've worked with just don't want to be in pain anymore, but everyone's needs & wants are different & it's important to get to know you & meet you where you are on your journey.
My experience in psycho-education and therapy has focused on supporting individuals living with stress, mental illness & suicidal thoughts. I've supported people who aren't sure what to do next with situations & relationships, or are struggling with feelings of overwhelm or low mood. Most people who I've worked with just don't want to be in pain anymore, but everyone's needs & wants are different & it's important to get to know you & meet you where you are on your journey.
I am an experienced and professional Counsellor and Psychotherapist with a first class honours degree and full accreditation with the IACP & BACP. I am also a part-time Psychotherapy Lecturer. Over the past number of years, I have worked as a Psychotherapist both home and abroad, and have had the pleasure of supporting clients from all over the world both in person and through online therapy. There are no rules as to what you can bring to a therapy session but some common issues include anxiety, stress, depression, bereavement, sexuality, family dynamics, health problems, relationship issues, addiction, abuse, and trauma.
I am an experienced and professional Counsellor and Psychotherapist with a first class honours degree and full accreditation with the IACP & BACP. I am also a part-time Psychotherapy Lecturer. Over the past number of years, I have worked as a Psychotherapist both home and abroad, and have had the pleasure of supporting clients from all over the world both in person and through online therapy. There are no rules as to what you can bring to a therapy session but some common issues include anxiety, stress, depression, bereavement, sexuality, family dynamics, health problems, relationship issues, addiction, abuse, and trauma.
People usually come to therapy because they are in distress, grieving or dissatisfied with certain aspects of their lives and want to address this. Facing change or loss and allowing yourself to be vulnerable can be daunting. I am committed to supporting you through your journey, providing safety, warmth, empathy and consistent reliable support.
People usually come to therapy because they are in distress, grieving or dissatisfied with certain aspects of their lives and want to address this. Facing change or loss and allowing yourself to be vulnerable can be daunting. I am committed to supporting you through your journey, providing safety, warmth, empathy and consistent reliable support.
I work with a wide range of issues. I have experience working with children, young people and adults. I work in primary schools through out Belfast as a counsellor and I also work within the community.
I tailor my approach to each client's individual needs and situation by offering a range of support in a safe, non-judgemental and confidential space. By building a therapeutic relationship we can work together on achieving the best possible outcome for you.
I work with a wide range of issues. I have experience working with children, young people and adults. I work in primary schools through out Belfast as a counsellor and I also work within the community.
I tailor my approach to each client's individual needs and situation by offering a range of support in a safe, non-judgemental and confidential space. By building a therapeutic relationship we can work together on achieving the best possible outcome for you.
I am a Highly Specialist Chartered Psychologist with over 20 years experience in the area of adult mental health, teaching and research. I currently work in NHS and Private Practice. I am registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). That means you can be assured that I am trained to the highest standards. I specialise in adult mental health, with specialist interest in complex trauma. I offer individual therapy to address any type of mental health issue such as depression, interpersonal problems, trauma, anxiety, stress, abuse, and self-esteem issues.
I am a Highly Specialist Chartered Psychologist with over 20 years experience in the area of adult mental health, teaching and research. I currently work in NHS and Private Practice. I am registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). That means you can be assured that I am trained to the highest standards. I specialise in adult mental health, with specialist interest in complex trauma. I offer individual therapy to address any type of mental health issue such as depression, interpersonal problems, trauma, anxiety, stress, abuse, and self-esteem issues.
I am an Integrative therapist working with adults and young people to provide therapy and counselling services. My aim is to give you a safe space to express how you feel, understand your goals for therapy and work together to take steps towards achieving those goals. Through my experience working in different settings such as an Addiction Therapist for Inspire, Staff counsellor at ChildLine, staff therapist in multiple counselling agencies and a private therapist, I am able to work at your pace, provide an approach that is specific to your needs and give a therapy that works for you.
I am an Integrative therapist working with adults and young people to provide therapy and counselling services. My aim is to give you a safe space to express how you feel, understand your goals for therapy and work together to take steps towards achieving those goals. Through my experience working in different settings such as an Addiction Therapist for Inspire, Staff counsellor at ChildLine, staff therapist in multiple counselling agencies and a private therapist, I am able to work at your pace, provide an approach that is specific to your needs and give a therapy that works for you.
You might be stuck in the same painful patterns or relationships, feeling drained, doubting yourself, or carrying pain from childhood or past abuse. Maybe you always put others first or struggle to trust. You want to feel safe, set boundaries, rebuild confidence, and finally take back control of your life and relationships.
You might be stuck in the same painful patterns or relationships, feeling drained, doubting yourself, or carrying pain from childhood or past abuse. Maybe you always put others first or struggle to trust. You want to feel safe, set boundaries, rebuild confidence, and finally take back control of your life and relationships.
Are you feeling stuck and uncertain about the path ahead? I am an Integrative Counsellor and can help you navigate the obstacles that are preventing you from living the life that you want. Working collaboratively, we can explore the right tools to come up with a tailor-made approach to assist you in improving your emotional well-being. Working at a comfortable pace for you, gaining a different perspective and acquiring new skills along the way, it is possible to achieve a healthy emotional well-being that supports you in your day-to-day life. I welcome the opportunity of working with you in reaching your individual goals.
Are you feeling stuck and uncertain about the path ahead? I am an Integrative Counsellor and can help you navigate the obstacles that are preventing you from living the life that you want. Working collaboratively, we can explore the right tools to come up with a tailor-made approach to assist you in improving your emotional well-being. Working at a comfortable pace for you, gaining a different perspective and acquiring new skills along the way, it is possible to achieve a healthy emotional well-being that supports you in your day-to-day life. I welcome the opportunity of working with you in reaching your individual goals.
Hello and welcome to my profile. I am an integrative counsellor offering one to one therapy. I aim to provide you with a supportive environment where you feel comfortable and safe to talk through and explore your issues and concerns. In my practice I use a number of therapeutic approaches including Person-Centred therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Psychodynamic. I tailor my approach to meet your individual needs. I qualified in 2020 and since then have worked extensively with adults and adolescents privately, in the school environment and through post education training providers.
Hello and welcome to my profile. I am an integrative counsellor offering one to one therapy. I aim to provide you with a supportive environment where you feel comfortable and safe to talk through and explore your issues and concerns. In my practice I use a number of therapeutic approaches including Person-Centred therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Psychodynamic. I tailor my approach to meet your individual needs. I qualified in 2020 and since then have worked extensively with adults and adolescents privately, in the school environment and through post education training providers.
Summoning the courage to talk to a professional about what is distressing us can be the most difficult, but also the most powerful step towards improving our wellbeing and our lives to a standard that we are more satisfied with and that we deserve. I aim to create a space where the client feels safe, whilst also communicating trust, compassion and understanding so that I may understand what their current experience is truly like for them. I integrate various schools and models of therapy, which I have assessed, are the best intervention for a client in each session and closely monitor their reaction to these.
Summoning the courage to talk to a professional about what is distressing us can be the most difficult, but also the most powerful step towards improving our wellbeing and our lives to a standard that we are more satisfied with and that we deserve. I aim to create a space where the client feels safe, whilst also communicating trust, compassion and understanding so that I may understand what their current experience is truly like for them. I integrate various schools and models of therapy, which I have assessed, are the best intervention for a client in each session and closely monitor their reaction to these.
I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and MBT therapist who works both in the NHS and in private practice.
In my private practice I offer individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy to adults from once to four times a week, both online and in person.
I also offer parent infant work, either pre or post childbirth. After birth this involves working with parents and their infants together up until the children are two years of age to support their relationships.
In conjunction with colleagues, I also offer a private Mentalisation Based Therapy programme, involving a weekly online group and weekly individual sessions.
I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and MBT therapist who works both in the NHS and in private practice.
In my private practice I offer individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy to adults from once to four times a week, both online and in person.
I also offer parent infant work, either pre or post childbirth. After birth this involves working with parents and their infants together up until the children are two years of age to support their relationships.
In conjunction with colleagues, I also offer a private Mentalisation Based Therapy programme, involving a weekly online group and weekly individual sessions.
My counselling and supervision speciality lies in providing supportive, reflective, and growth-oriented spaces for both clients and fellow practitioners. In my counselling work, I use evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), person-centred therapy, and mindfulness techniques.
As a supervisor, I am passionate about fostering professional development and ethical practice. I offer supervision that is collaborative and tailored to each supervisee’s needs, whether you are newly qualified or an experienced therapist.
My counselling and supervision speciality lies in providing supportive, reflective, and growth-oriented spaces for both clients and fellow practitioners. In my counselling work, I use evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), person-centred therapy, and mindfulness techniques.
As a supervisor, I am passionate about fostering professional development and ethical practice. I offer supervision that is collaborative and tailored to each supervisee’s needs, whether you are newly qualified or an experienced therapist.
I am a fully qualified and accredited psychotherapist and lecturer in Counselling & Psychotherapy. I am a PhD researcher with full registration with BACP. Through my work with clients I have developed an increasing passion in assisting and empowering people to help a vast range of issues including addiction, relationship issues, mental health concerns, sexuality and gender issues. My work has often been with clients who seek deeper psychotherapeutic reflections on their predicaments. I accompany clients in embracing their vulnerability, tackling their perfectionism, need for certainty, and black and white thinking.
I am a fully qualified and accredited psychotherapist and lecturer in Counselling & Psychotherapy. I am a PhD researcher with full registration with BACP. Through my work with clients I have developed an increasing passion in assisting and empowering people to help a vast range of issues including addiction, relationship issues, mental health concerns, sexuality and gender issues. My work has often been with clients who seek deeper psychotherapeutic reflections on their predicaments. I accompany clients in embracing their vulnerability, tackling their perfectionism, need for certainty, and black and white thinking.
Are you currently experiencing symptoms of low mood and/or anxiety. Come and talk to me and together we will explore these issues and work on ways of managing these current difficulties in a positive way. Having worked in the mental health sector for 13+ years I have experienced how talking therapy can allow clients to explore their issues that they face on a daily basis and enable them to develop coping strategies which provide positive changes moving forward.
Are you currently experiencing symptoms of low mood and/or anxiety. Come and talk to me and together we will explore these issues and work on ways of managing these current difficulties in a positive way. Having worked in the mental health sector for 13+ years I have experienced how talking therapy can allow clients to explore their issues that they face on a daily basis and enable them to develop coping strategies which provide positive changes moving forward.
How do you feel right now? Can you put a word to that feeling? Feelings can often go unchecked and we don't notice until we feel overwhelmed. In modern life we are constantly bombarded with information and feel pressure to make decisions. We anxiously think about the future and regretfully think of the past. Unable to find peace in the now. A therapist can act as a companion who can help you explore your feelings in a safe environment. Help you learn more about yourself. We all have aspects of our personality that we keep hidden from others and even ourselves. Together we can explore these aspects.
How do you feel right now? Can you put a word to that feeling? Feelings can often go unchecked and we don't notice until we feel overwhelmed. In modern life we are constantly bombarded with information and feel pressure to make decisions. We anxiously think about the future and regretfully think of the past. Unable to find peace in the now. A therapist can act as a companion who can help you explore your feelings in a safe environment. Help you learn more about yourself. We all have aspects of our personality that we keep hidden from others and even ourselves. Together we can explore these aspects.
My role as your counsellor is to help you explore what is going on in your life, while supporting you to make improvements and find better ways to cope. This might involve examining the messages that have shaped you from childhood, looking at the nature and quality of your relationships and exploring your communication patterns, moods, feelings and life choices. I’m a strong believer that our lives have to have meaning if we are to thrive. Counselling gives you the space to consider how you might begin to make transformative change.
My role as your counsellor is to help you explore what is going on in your life, while supporting you to make improvements and find better ways to cope. This might involve examining the messages that have shaped you from childhood, looking at the nature and quality of your relationships and exploring your communication patterns, moods, feelings and life choices. I’m a strong believer that our lives have to have meaning if we are to thrive. Counselling gives you the space to consider how you might begin to make transformative change.
I am an experienced Clinical Psychologist working with young people and adults with a range of difficulties. I have held posts working with people with a range of mental health difficulties as well as those adjusting to physical ill health and disability. I am an integrative practitioner, incorporating person-centred, psychodynamic and attachment theories, as well as cognitive models such as CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I have also completed training in Autism diagnostic assessment (ADOS-2 and DISCO) and have over four years experience in completing diagnostic assessments for ASD within multi-disciplinary teams.
I am an experienced Clinical Psychologist working with young people and adults with a range of difficulties. I have held posts working with people with a range of mental health difficulties as well as those adjusting to physical ill health and disability. I am an integrative practitioner, incorporating person-centred, psychodynamic and attachment theories, as well as cognitive models such as CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I have also completed training in Autism diagnostic assessment (ADOS-2 and DISCO) and have over four years experience in completing diagnostic assessments for ASD within multi-disciplinary teams.
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How does therapy for self-harm work?
A person may turn to self-injury so that they can distract themselves from their stress, depression, anxiety, or upsetting circumstances. Therapy can address the cause of an individual’s suffering. A therapist can help a person understand why they may want to self-harm and help the person learn new methods of coping. A person may have poor emotion regulation, and treatment such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is helpful for breaking this behaviour. In addition, treatment such as dialectical behaviour therapy can help a person manage their tolerance of distress.
Which therapies are best for self-harm?
Specific approaches used by professionals include cognitive behavioural, dialectical behaviour, psychodynamic, and mentalisation-based therapies, among others. Cognitive behavioural and dialectical behaviour therapies are common approaches for people who have painful thoughts and past traumas. These therapies help an individual cope with distress, regulate emotions, and manage impulsive urges.
Does the tendency to self-harm mean the person is suicidal?
Having this urge does not mean the individual suffers from suicidal ideation. People who want to self-injure look to distract or alleviate themselves from the pain they are experiencing. People with suicidal tendencies want to end life altogether. However, this does not mean a person with the intent to self-harm will not attempt suicide.
How often and how long are therapy sessions for self-harm?
As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual. Clients may see improvement within 20 sessions, at an average of 50 minutes per session, while others may opt for 20 to 30 sessions over, maybe, a six-month period. People, especially those with co-occurring conditions like depression and anxiety, may need to continue therapy for up to 12 to 18 months.