We are fully qualified counsellors. Our experience includes several years working within the NHS as staff counsellors, which has brought us in touch with people from all kinds of backgrounds with a wide variety of problems, in both their personal and working lives. Sandy is a qualified hypnotherapist and has worked with clients experiencing a range of problems, including anxiety, phobias, low self-confidence and eating problems.

As members of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (www.bacp.co.uk), we are committed to achieving the standards of professional practice and ethical conduct required by this professional body. Confidentiality is a key issue and we believe this is vitally important if people with whom we work are to feel safe to explore personal feelings and experiences. As members of the BACP we are also required to undergo regular supervision of our practice, which we believe is essential to ensure that we continue to work and develop to a high standard.

Wendy Gregson, MBACP, Diploma in Counselling, Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

I‘ve spent many years in work settings that have given me the opportunity to do what I enjoy most – helping and supporting other people. As well as a long standing career in higher education, I have worked with people with special needs and also trained to be a teacher. When I made the decision to become a counsellor I knew it was the right one for me, as the one thing that kept me going through professional and personal difficulties was the knowledge that we are all human, with worries, anxieties and insecurities. It is heartening to see how people face up to some of the most traumatic and challenging life situations, and I feel privileged to be part of that process.

 

Sandy Macpherson, MBACP, Diploma in Counselling, Diploma in Hypnopsychotherapy, Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

With a life-long interest in working with people and understanding what makes us feel and behave as we do, my career has taken a number of turns over the years with a predominant theme of supporting people. I have learnt much from working with people in difficulty of all ages and from a variety of social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. My decision to train as a counsellor and psychotherapist felt like a natural development of my experience and interest in working with people, based on a continuing belief that everyone can make positive changes to themselves and their lives, if they wish to and if they are given the opportunity. The clients with whom I have worked constantly demonstrate the power and potential which lies within us as human beings to bring about such changes.