Counselling psychologist, clinical lead · 22 years · In the room
I started this practice in a room above a pharmacy in 2003 with one other counsellor and a kettle. Most of my own work is with people after a death, and with people looking after a parent who is going.
I am slower than my colleagues and I say so at the start. I supervise the other five, which is why my own diary is the thinnest in the practice.
What comes to Marlene
Taken from the practice list rather than written here, so the two cannot drift apart.
Not a bad week. The kind where you have stopped expecting it to lift.
First session looks atHow long it has been, what has gone out of the week, and whether you are sleeping too much or not at all.
12–20sessions is usual
After a death, including the ones nobody around you counts as a big loss.
First session looks atWho died and when, what the last weeks were like, and what you have not been able to say out loud yet.
10–18sessions is usual
The others
Five more, with their own waits. You can ask for any of us by name, or leave it to the call.
Counsellor · 9 years
Drinking and other substance use, anger, work, men who have not done this before.
1 week
Counsellor, couples and relationships · 14 years
Couples, separating, deciding, intimacy, second families.
3 weeks
Counsellor · 6 years
Anxiety, panic, sleep, exams and job pressure, first-time clients.
1 week
Counsellor, trauma-focused practice · 11 years
Assault, accidents, childhood, flashbacks, nightmares.
6 weeks
Counsellor · 17 years
Low mood, purpose after retirement, bereavement, loneliness.
2 weeks