Roland Tolley

I work Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and will do home visits within 15 minutes of centre of Beckenham subject to availability around current in-person clients.  

I am a very experienced BACP Senior Accredited  counsellor and I have been counselling for over 15 years, with over 13 years experience in private practice. I work in-person with adults and sixth-form students aged 17+ with parental consent.

I worked in a long-term counselling service for over 5 years- providing long term counselling for those with more complex needs and also provided short-term counselling as a lead counsellor in GP surgeries for over 5 years.

I worked for over 4 years in a specialist trauma service with survivors of childhood abuse, domestic abuse and sexual violence and I have worked successfully with clients having most trauma-related conditions, including PTSD, Complex PTSD and most dissociative conditions up to and including DID and who may self-harm and dissociate. I have also worked successfully with many associated conditions including clients with FND and NES.  

I believe that building a successful counselling relationship is a key factor in aiding recovery, so I aim to provide an approach in which you will feel heard and able to explore those issues of concern to you. 

About a third of my work is in general counselling where I have experience of working with bereavement, relationship issues (including separation, divorce and affairs), low self esteem, anxiety and depression.

The other two-thirds of my work is in trauma, where I use a trauma-informed approach with trauma survivors using a standard three-stage model to assist in stabilising any existing symptoms and to minimise the chances of escalating them further.  

I have specialised in trauma for over 13 years and have had hundreds of hours of additional training in this area and had hundreds of hours of experience in counselling trauma survivors. Most of my trauma work is obtained through referrals from previous satisfied clients, organisations, NHS and from other mental healthcare professionals.

Our initial session will provide time for you to ask any questions that you may have and for me to understand the background to your current concerns and to discover together how we might best proceed.  The initial session may last a little longer (60-70 minutes) but will cost the same as my standard weekly counselling session.