Moira Bishop

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Phone number: 07799350160

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Features

Flexible hours available
Available for home visits
Concessionary rates

Availability

I always try to arrange a counselling session time to suit my clients and I can be flexible for individuals who work shifts. I can offer counselling sessions week days and weekends.

I offer Walking Therapy in Ashridge Forest or other locations to suit you.

I see clients at Naturality Wellness Centre Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted, see Naturality Website.

I also offer counselling sessions by phone.

I am normally available on my mobile 07799350160 weekdays between 9am and 9pm or weekends between 10am and 6pm. If I am unavailable I will respond to a voice message or text as soon as possible.

About me and my therapy practice

I qualified as a Person-Centred Counsellor in 1991 and became a BACP Accredited Counsellor in 2001. I have worked in a variety of settings. These include voluntary counselling working with individuals experiencing a variety of challenging issues, GP surgery clients and employee assistance programmes and in private practice.

In my private practice I work with both individuals and couples. The main part of the counselling work is talking but using creative materials can be very valuable and this can be included when working at the Naturality Wellness Centre and can be explored and ideas discussed during Walking Therapy or during telephone counselling. I can suggest creative exercises that can be used at home.

Walking Therapy enables individuals to benefit from counselling in a therapeutic outdoor environment. Walking Therapy is a particularly effective form of counselling because of the benefits of being in nature and seeing the changing sessions around you and being aware of the impact these changes have on you personally. I am willing to walk in all weathers, the choice about whether to walk if the weather is challenging is up to you.

I provide personal therapy for students on counselling courses where personal therapy is a course/BACP requirement.

Practice description

In my practice I believe that every individual is valuable and unique. I value that uniqueness and individuality and offer a relationship of equals that respects you as my client and offers a space for you to be yourself and to explore what is troubling you in your own way and in your own time. I work in a Person-Centred way and offer empathy and unconditional positive regard and I endeavour to be real, honest and genuine in the counselling relationship. My commitment is to be alongside you and for us to work together for as long as you need the space. I have seen clients for as little as six weeks and for as long as 6 years and I believe that both short term and long term work is beneficial for individuals and couples depending on their needs. Occasionally just one counselling session can be enough, allowing an opportunity for exploration and resolution of a current issue.

My first session

In the first session I will go through all the practical details including confidentiality and its limitations. We will complete any necessary paperwork and if working remotely this can be done via e-mail. We can explore together what you are looking for and what I can offer. It is important to me that you get the opportunity to ask questions and to find out more about the counselling process. Once we have dealt with the practicalities we can begin to talk and you can share with me in your own way what has brought you to counselling. We will go at your pace and you can gradually share what you have been experiencing. You will probably find that there are some experiences that you want to talk about straight away and that there are other experiences that you are not yet ready to talk about. I will be alongside you to hear you and to support you, how you use the time is up to you. I offer 60 minute sessions and we will save a few minutes at the end to confirm the date of your next counselling session and to arrange your payment method.

What I can help with

Abuse, Addictions, AIDS/HIV, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cancer, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability, Health related issues, Identity issues, Loss, Menopause, Men's issues, Personal development, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Service veterans, Sex-related issues, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues

Types of therapy

Brief therapy, Creative therapy, Existential, Humanistic, Person centred, Relational, Solution focused brief therapy

Clients I work with

Adults, Couples, Older adults, Trainees

How I deliver therapy

Home visits, Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Outdoor therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone therapy, Time-limited

Languages spoken

English