
Hello, I'm A.J. I'm an experienced therapist, providing a warm, welcoming space where you can feel safe, heard and believed... a place to talk about relationships, loss, identity, worries and pain - or your hopes for life...
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How does therapy work? When a trustworthy person ‘gets you’ and shows this, your mind adapts so you feel ready to deal with difficult days. This helps you reconnect with your world - whether that's a life already known, or a life that's been in the shadows. I will listen; and I'll also help you understand the Self (that's you!) who can get through worrying times.
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My therapy is for people aged 18+, and is online via Zoom on weekday evenings. Sessions are confidential, and at your pace. Contact me to arrange a free initial call, to check I'm the right therapist for you. I’ll put you at your ease, and help you consider your choices. AJ Quarmby Counselling is a trauma-informed service.
ABOUT A.J.

My Training
2002: Counselling Skills in the Development of Learning
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2006: Counselling Level 5 Diploma
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2013: BACP Counselling Accreditation
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2018: Counselling Children Level 4
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2024: Clinical Supervision Diploma
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I have completed other short courses in LGBTQI+ awareness, bereavement, suicide, and sexual abuse. Please see the qualifications page for more info.
A Triple Focus
I help you explore how past experiences affect or transform you, with in-depth person-centred therapy.
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I'm trained to recognise how mind and body respond to trauma – so I can help adults speak about pain they have held within, perhaps for years.
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I listen in such a way that anyone can feel free to talk about anything – but also feel safe enough to be free.
My Experience
I have worked in a domestic abuse service, where I counselled people with Complex PTSD and delivered psychoeducational courses. I've been a counsellor in primary and secondary schools, a bereavement charity and an autistic adults' college, as well as co-ordinating a counselling network. I've always offered a warm welcome to clients with diverse orientations, identities and ways of talking.
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CONTACT A.J.
You can send me a message using the form on this page - or via my business email address, or my phone number, both given below.
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If you leave a message asking me to contact you, please state whether it is safe for me to leave voicemails.
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Thank you - I'll get back to you shortly.
PHONE
07716 732 633
I (A.J. Quarmby) am registered with the ICO, to ensure I care well for your personal data. I am fully insured to provide counselling.
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This contact information is for the use of potential clients or their referrers. I do not respond to marketing requests.