The Exeter Counselling in Scotland

Living with a visible or invisible long term illness can impact on your thoughts, feelings and behaviour and affect your relationships, wellbeing and ability to function. I’m comfortable having difficult conversations about health and medical conditions, treatments, symptoms and the effect they have on your mental wellbeing. Psychological support can help you manage these challenges and get on with living a good life. Psychological support can also be helpful when you are receiving medical care or surgery. Collaborating with me before and after you have medical treatment or surgery can maximise your coping strategies and recovery.

Life can be difficult to manage at times, especially when stressors build up, or we experience difficult events. Our early life experiences may also impact our view of ourselves, our behaviour, and our mood. This can prevent us from feeling at our best. Sometimes we may not know why we feel down or worried. Psychological talking therapy acts to increase understanding of why a person may feel a certain way and offers approaches to improving mood and mental wellbeing. Foremost, my aim is always to create a respectful and supportive environment where you will be listened to, and together we can work towards your therapy goals.

At Yorkhill Childrens’ Hospital, Cross House Paediatic Unit and Glasgow Royal Infirmary, I helped children and adults manage illness, pain and invasive treatments. In Maternity & Neonatal Services, I supported couples during pregnancy, after traumatic birth and loss and supported families with babies in SCBU and ICU. I've worked in Adult Services, both in community mental health services and alongside the medical profession in hospitals. I worked for more than six years at the Canniesburn Plastic Surgery and Burns unit supporting individuals with poor body image, changes in functioning due to illness or injury and PTSD.

I am a person-centred counsellor and psychotherapist. I offer an empathetic, non judgemental and congruent environment for therapy. The sessions are led by you, the client, and I aim to enable you to explore and start to process your thoughts, feelings, experiences and any issues to improve and enhance your self awareness. I aspire to develop a trusting, therapeutic relationship with you where we work collaboratively to empower you in your life. I am able to work face-to-face, telephone, online and home visits. Please contact me by email/text/phone to arrange an initial consultation.

Are you struggling with with anxiety, depression, uncertainty about which way to turn, and even despair? Perhaps you find yourself stuck in the same life patterns over and over and wonder where these come from. Maybe you feel your life is at a crossroads and you need a helping hand to make sense of your options. Are you looking for a therapist who has lots of different approaches and tools in her toolbox and a lot of life experience, and who will really listen to you and work with you to help you improve your experience of life?

My professional experience has been working with people affected by mental health issues such as depression, suicidal thoughts and feelings, anxiety and panic, grief and loss among other issues. I also specialise in working with trauma particularly childhood sexual abuse and the debilitating impact of many life areas. I work with what people bring and go at their pace; my approach being person centred and bespoke to the individual.

Welcome. I started my training in 2003 and completed a Bsc in Psychology. I gained a Msc in Health Psychology specifically focussing on behaviour change and health related counselling. My Post Graduate Diploma was in Counselling Psychology. My last post was within a recovery service working as a counsellor supporting individuals with problematic alcohol use from a person centred and integrative modality. I am currently working for a service who have launched an in-house therapeutic service for individuals working through family conflict, separation and trauma. This includes developmental trauma, childhood trauma and acute trauma.

Hi my name is michelle and I am aware Choosing to start therapy can often feel daunting and terrifying.  I understand this journey, both from a personal and from a theoretical perspective. So, I just want to say thank you for putting yourself out there, even know you may have feelings of apprehension. 

Is everything okay?....... This can be a difficult question to answer. Our default response is often "yes", but deep down, for a lot of us, that's simply not true. Often we struggle to verbalise it, can be exceptionally good at denying it even exists or spend copious amounts of emotional energy keeping it at bay. Perhaps you know why you don't feel okay and perhaps you don't. Either way, I can help. I offer a safe, confidential space to allow you to explore any issues you may be experiencing. "Above all things, to thine own self be true"- William Shakespeare.

Life is tough. We didn’t choose to be born into this world, nor did we choose our earliest life experiences. But these lay the foundations, and set out our initial resources, for understanding and engaging in the world. We all need a bit of support at times, to reconnect with our true selves, build on our available resources or to navigate a particularly difficult experience or life adjustment.

I am an accredited therapist . And I offer sessions online . I do offer face to face sessions after a period of assessment. My work is with psychosexual and complusive sexual behaviours, Poly solo and poly couples .I work with people who need mediation; divorcing couples; who are struggling with thier complusive sexual behaviour relationship trauma from thier kink, bdsm life style I work with survivors of sexual assult, sexual , physical , emotional and or finicial abuse; I have 30 years of work experince and am police checked. I work within a sex postive framework I provide clinical supervision.

Connected Health and Wellbeing is a network of accredited and experienced psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors and trainers. The directors Colin and Anne are well qualified experienced psychotherapists, clinical supervisors and trainers. First contact is with Colin or Anne who will arrange to work with you or identify who in the network is has the knowledge and expertise to meet your therapeutic or training needs.

Life these days can be difficult. It is only normal to have your bad days, yet, do not allow yourse to defined by these. Perhaps you are searching for more meaning in your life? Perhaps you have developed negative coping strategies from some pain in life or situational stress. Whether you want to build your resilience or begin positive change to excel within your life, I am here to help. I have experience dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, depression, addiction, eating disorders, compulsions to name a few. Perhaps the time is now, to start the change and if so I can help you to create long lasting formative growth.

Sometimes we feel stuck or lost. Life at times can leave us feeling overwhelmed or overburdened. Low mood might be weighing you down or anxiety and stress exhausting you. A relationship with someone you care about may be too much to bear. You may feel haunted or held back by experiences you have had, such as loss or trauma. Or you might just not be feeling yourself and can’t figure out why. All of these experiences, as hard as they may be to face, are perfectly human. And it is every bit as human, and wonderfully healthy, to want to feel something better. Sometimes we need help to find this.

Hi, I’m Dr Nadia Balmain. Thank you for taking the time to look at my profile. I am a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and an accredited EMDR Practitioner. I have provided psychotherapy for over ten years both in the NHS and in private practice. I offer therapy for many different problems, but I have a special interest in providing therapy for PTSD, complex Trauma, Anxiety and Depression. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is the gold standard treatment for PTSD and is recommended by NICE guidelines. EMDR helps clients to process traumatic and distressing experiences which are causing the present-day symptoms.

If you are looking for help with anxiety, depression or feeling bad about yourself and find that you lack motivation, I can provide individual help. My specialist areas of expertise are working with Imposter Syndrome and anxiety. I also have a background working with other areas of interest such as PTSD, C-PTSD and trauma. I work in a compassionate, non-judgmental way that is clear and collaborative. Clients often choose me to work with as they find me 'normal, approachable and empathic'.

When you need it, it’s important to be able to access the right help as soon as possible. You may have concerns about your mental health or emotional wellbeing, would like to address past traumas or have noticed unhelpful patterns in your relationships. I offer brief and longer term therapy and have specialist training and extensive experience practicing a range of therapies including EMDR, CBT, IFS and ACT. We would use the best approach, or combination of approaches for you, creating a bespoke therapy tailored to your needs, meeting at a time that works for you, either weekly or on alternate weeks.