Debbie Garrett

I am available Monday to Thursday from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm and from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm Fridays and Saturdays from 9.00 am until 12.30 pm 

My role as a therapist is to help people to explore their problems and work through them on a supportive way. The aim is always to help a client to gain new understandings and help them move forward.

I have worked with many people who have experienced addiction,  bereavement, anxiety and depression. low self esteem, stress and relationship issues. I also work with couples who are struggling with their relationship and would like to talk about ongoing issues and make positive changes.  

I have 15 years experience in working with drug and alcohol addictions and welcome people interested in managing their addictive behaviours. During therapy we will explore what is underpinning your addiction.

Counselling is offered on an open-ended basis or for an agreed time period, depending on what seems most advisable. for planned short - term counselling we can focus on a particular problem, event or stage in life. In longer term therapy we can work together more deeply, exploring ongoing patterns of behaving and the ways you relate to yourself and others.

Couples Therapy

In working with couples my approach is to focus on assisting you to find what is happening within your relationship. We can explore what is working well within the relationship, sometimes couples in conflict can lose sight of the positive aspects of the relationship when becoming problem focused over time.

Issues i have worked with include: unresolved conflict; breakdown in communication; affairs loss separation and divorce; parenting styles; depression; loss of self esteem and confidence.  

Before the first session i would arrange a 20 -minute phone call or video link (free of charge) to discuss whether i might be the right kind of therapist for you. Then we would book in a 60-minute initial consultation, for me to find out more about what is going on for you, for you to get a flavour of how i work and talk to you about how we might work together to help with your presenting issues.

During the first session i will go through my therapeutic contract outlining the rights and responsibilities for both client and therapist with a main focus on confidentiality. The counselling contract will be sent to you in advance.

Sessions will be 60 minutes either weekly or fortnightly 

Individual sessions £50.00 per hour

Counsellor Students reduced rate £35.00 per hour

Couples sessions £60.00 per hour 

I am flexible in my approach and the hours I work as I am committed to those I work with. I can offer face-to-face supervision in East, North, and Central Lancashire.

I am available Monday to Thursday from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm Friday from 9.00 am until 6.00pm and Saturday from 9.00am until 12.30pm  mornings. 

I currently have availability within my practice for students and qualified counsellors 

I have a  (Level 7- PG  Cert in clinical supervision  from  The Manchester institute of Psychotherapy and I supervise both students and qualified counsellors.

I use Shohet and Hawkins 7 eyed model, which is a relational model that explores the process underlying the work with clients including transference and counter transference, and the parallel process that may appear in the supervision.

In my pre counselling working life I have a background in addiction and work for a a large charitable organisation that specialise in substance misuse and addiction. My role is to manage the counselling service and to offer clients individual, couples and group therapy.