I provide:
Person-centred therapy for adults & young people
Play therapy for younger children
In-person appointments in Airedale & Bradford
Online counselling by video call
Supervision of other counsellors
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I’ve always offered a warm and affirmative welcome to people with diverse identities and ways of communicating. So, talk with me about what you need, and how you want to be known.
I help with:​
Unhealthy relationships
Harmful childhood experiences
Loss and grief
Parenting or family pressures
Faith's effects on wellbeing
Neurodiverse experience
Men's mental health
Post-traumatic stress disorder
My experience:
I've been counselling for 20 years, and I'm accredited – this means I have “high standards of knowledge, experience and development in counselling” (BACP). I've been a therapist in a domestic abuse service, in schools, at a bereavement charity and a college for autistic adults. I was a family support adviser for 10 years. My current private practice is based in Baildon, Bingley and Saltaire. My approach is personable, gentle and respectful, and I love what I do.​
Trauma-informed listening:
For some years, I've been a counsellor to survivors of sexual abuse. I'm trained to know how mind and body respond to trauma, and to listen in a way that respects how trauma affects a person, and helps them feel believed. Feelings that might seem scary now can become a source of strength.​
How does therapy work?
Therapy helps with three things: what’s happened to you; how that still affects you, day-by-day; and how you can reconnect with your world.
You decide what to talk about, and how to talk about it; and I listen. I will not judge you or sway your decisions. When a counsellor gets what you’re going through, you start to trust your own voice and your mind adapts so you feel more in-control. You gain new insights into how your unconscious feelings can affect or transform you.
​Counselling is, first and foremost, a safe place where you want to be.
CONTACT A.J.
If you're looking for a guide on your adventure...
Contact me either by email, text, WhatsApp or phone and I'll be happy to help - or use the form on this page. We can then arrange an initial consultation, which is free of charge.​​​
PHONE
07716 732 633
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