{"id":28,"date":"2015-02-18T14:53:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T14:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xml-io.proteusthemes.com\/mentalpress\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2021-10-20T08:43:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T08:43:47","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-28\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-28-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-28-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-28-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Before I am Therapist, I am firstly human with my own experience of challenging life experiences.\u00a0 It was these life experiences which led me to train as a Therapist.\u00a0 I am a wife and mother of two grown up sons.\u00a0 I love to paint, explore ancestry, be around nature and spend time with my two boisterous Weimaraners.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How I work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I trained as a Person centred Therapist and went on to train in Cognitive Behaviour, Attachment and Clinical Supervision. I am also Trauma informed and IFS informed (internal Family Systems)<\/p>\n<p>I work with an Integrative\/Pluralistic approach which is aimed at working in a way that best suits your needs as an individual.<\/p>\n<p>I have training in Suicide, Sexual abuse, Anxiety, Depression, Mind-body illnesses and Trauma and have experience of working with clients who have a diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder.\u00a0 I work in a non pathologising way, exploring life experiences rather than a diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>I am a member of the BACP and I comply with their rules regarding confidentiality and their ethical framework which you can learn more about here.. (www.bacp.co.uk\/ethical_framework\/)<\/p>\n<p>I offer you a nurturing, calm environment to explore your experiences.\u00a0 I understand that starting therapy can be very daunting and I endeavour to help make you to feel at ease.<\/p>\n<p>The therapeutic relationship is built on trust and honesty and my priority is to enable you to feel heard and understood without judgement.<\/p>\n<p>This in itself can help you to feel less alone and that someone is hearing you and this can bring lots of comfort and relief and a feeling of being less burdened.<\/p>\n<p>Therapy can help you to develop a better understanding of yourself and your issues, can build your confidence and help you to make better choices to enhance your life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-28-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-28-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-885\" src=\"https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/549183_10150738631643739_196162862_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/549183_10150738631643739_196162862_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/549183_10150738631643739_196162862_n.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I am Therapist, I am firstly human with my own experience of challenging life experiences.\u00a0 It was these life experiences which led me to train as a Therapist.\u00a0 I am a wife and mother of two grown up sons.\u00a0 I love to paint, explore ancestry, be around nature and spend time with my two &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":885,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":960,"href":"https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferntreecounselling.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}