Aileen McCormack

CURRENT AVAILABILITY WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS

Online via Zoom,

Face to face at West George Street, Glasgow 

Availability Wednesday and Friday 

My name is Aileen and I am Person Centred Counsellor working in the Glasgow City and surrounding areas. I am also an experienced free-lance trainer and lecturer of counselling. 

I am experienced at working with the following issues:

• Relationship difficulties

• Friendship difficulties

• Loss, grief, bereavement

• Loneliness and isolation

• Change and transition in life

• Anxiety and depression

• Self esteem

• Exploring LGBTQ+ identity

• Diagnosis of life changing illness

• Life transitions

My Qualifications and Memberships:

• BA in Social Sciences

• Diploma in Counselling

• Certificate in Sexual Minority Therapy

• COSCA Supervision Certificate

• GSRD (Gender Sex and Relationship Diversity) Aware Trainer

I have completed shorter CPD courses on topics such as Attachment, Autism Awareness, Deaf Awareness, and Cancer Awareness.

Since qualifying, I have spent four years working as a Counsellor for both Crossreach, Glasgow and two years with the Lesbian and Gay Foundation, Manchester. Prior to my counselling career I was employed within the homeless sector and a Macmillan Cancer Support funded program.

Taking the decision to come to counselling can be a daunting and emotional one. You may have had good or bad experiences of counselling in the past or have never been before, all of which may influence your decision to engage with counselling.

From my experience, clients frequently come for counselling as they find it too difficult to speak to family, friends and partners about challenging or unsettling issues or feelings. The counselling room offers the neutral space that can allow you to talk openly, freely and without judgement.

CURRENT AVAILABILITY WEDNESDAYS AND  FRIDAY'S  

I have availability on Wednesdays and Fridays, various times Via Zoom or at West George Street, Glasgow.

I am also a member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) and PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) 

Each counselling session is 50 minutes long. When you come for your first session, we will spend time exploring what you would like to gain from counselling and to see if we are a good match to work together. 

From there we can arrange more sessions or you may need some time to think about this.

Counselling can be both a rewarding and challenging process, which tends to work best with regular attendance. You may not be sure how many sessions you might need or if counselling is for you. 

Our work together maybe be long-term or short-term, all of these things might become more apparent during therapy.

I am available online via Zoom on Wednesdays and Fridays

My name is Aileen and I am Person Centred Counsellor. I am also an experienced free-lance trainer and lecturer of counselling.

I am experienced at working with the following issues:

• Relationship difficulties

• Friendship difficulties

• Loss, grief, bereavement

• Loneliness and isolation

• Change and transition in life

• Anxiety and depression

• Self esteem

• Exploring LGBTQ+ identity

• Diagnosis of life changing illness

• Life transitions

My Qualifications and Memberships:

• BA in Social Sciences

• Diploma in Counselling

• Certificate in Sexual Minority Therapy

• COSCA Supervision Certificate

• GSRD (Gender Sex and Relationship Diversity) Aware Trainer

I have completed shorter CPD courses on topics such as Attachment, Autism Awareness, Deaf Awareness, Food and Mood and Cancer Awareness.

Since qualifying, I have spent four years working as a Counsellor for both Crossreach, Glasgow and two years with the Lesbian and Gay Foundation, Manchester. Prior to my counselling career I was employed within the homeless sector and a Macmillan Cancer Support funded program.

Taking the decision to come to counselling can be a daunting and emotional one. You may have had good or bad experiences of counselling in the past or have never been before, all of which may influence your decision to engage with counselling.

From my experience, clients frequently come for counselling as they find it too difficult to speak to family, friends and partners about challenging or unsettling issues or feelings. The counselling room offers the neutral space that can allow you to talk openly, freely and without judgement.

I have availability on Wednesdays and Fridays, various times Via Zoom

I am also a member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) and PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) 

Each counselling session is 50 minutes long. When you come for your first session, we will spend time exploring what you would like to gain from counselling and to see if we are a good match to work together.

From there we can arrange more sessions or you may need some time to think about this.

Counselling can be both a rewarding and challenging process, which tends to work best with regular attendance. You may not be sure how many sessions you might need or if counselling is for you.

Our work together maybe be long-term or short-term, all of these things might become more apparent during therapy.

Wednesdays and Friday at various times online via Zoom or face to face.

I also offer supervision to groups of counsellors, trainees and professionals in voluntary/support settings.

In addition, I also work with trainers in a supervision/support capacity in their roles as trainers/tutors.

(CURRENTLY FULL FOR TRAINEES)

My name is Aileen and I am Person Centred Counsellor working in the Glasgow City and surrounding areas. I am also an experienced free-lance trainer and lecturer of counselling. 

Counsellor supervision is an important part of working with clients. To get the best from the therapeutic relationship, supervision and reflection is essential. I work with counselling supervisees in order to:

• Help maintain good ethical and practice with clients.

• Monitor self-care whilst at work.

• To aide the exploration of the content that arises with clients through reflection.

As well as being a qualified Person Centred Counsellor, I have completed my COSCA Supervision Course and have been lecturing in counselling for 7 years (Introduction/HNC).

I work with both trainees (Diploma/MSc) and qualified counsellors. 

If you are interested in having supervision, i am happy to have a free consultation where we can explore working together.

In addition, I also work with trainers in a supervision/support capacity in their roles as trainers/tutors.

I am also a group supervisor.

At the moment I am offering supervision online via Zoom.

My rates are:

Qualified Counsellors £55 per hour and £65 for 1 hour and a half.

Trainee Counsellors £45 per hour and £55 for an hour and half.

(CURRENTLY FULL FOR TRAINEES) 

Group Supervision £60 per hour and £75 for an hour and a half.

If you are interested in having supervision, I am happy to have a free consultation where we can explore working together.

Please get in touch with me to discuss your training needs.

In addition to counselling, I have extensive experience in training and development work. I have compiled and delivered training across Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Edinburgh and Fife, both in person and online.

I am interested in working with teams and groups to help them perform better through development of listening and communication skills, learning to be with difference in groups, understanding and responding to conflict and feedback.

I have developed specific workshops on "LGBTQ Awareness for the Workplace" and "Coping with Grief, Loss and Change" and "Group Facilitation Skills"

I have worked for many years with groups on all of these matters as well as facilitating personal development groups to increase self awareness.

I have worked with a number of organisations to deliver training including:

-Greenwood Events, Glasgow

-Moira Anderson Foundation, North Lanarkshire

-The Spark, Glasgow

-FRASAC, Fife

-Dundee and Angus College, Dundee

-Way Forward Counselling Centre, Swansea

-Teen Talk, Scotland

-Insight Counselling, Dundee

-Cairns Counselling, Aberdeen

Leith School of Art, Edinburgh

When training I believe a relaxed, informative and good humoured approach are essential for engaging participants and getting the best out of learning.

I offer training in the following areas:

-Communications Skills

-LGBTQ Awareness

-Understanding Change and Transition

-Facilitation Skills