Linda Newbold

My client session hours are:

 Tuesdays 11:00 - 3pm, 

Wednesdays 10:30am -1pm. & eves 5:30pm - 8pm,

Thursday 11:00am - 4:30pm.

I have limited availability but please feel free to email to check my current status. 

If you're struggling and know you need help or would simply like to know yourself better, then there's a good chance that I can help you. I provide a calm, focused and confidential space for you to explore your issues.

In the assessment sessions I take details of your background and get an idea of your life and how you’ve arrived at where you are today. If there is any indication of you having experienced trauma of any kind - whether in your childhood or adult life - and whether an adult single incident or multiple complex traumas originating in childhood, then my treatment of choice would be EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing). Please refer to my focused website dedicated to EMDR for details of this process:

www.emdrandtrauma.co.uk.

Alternatively, my general psychotherapeutic counselling website is: www.holisticcounselling.co.uk

For many years I’ve been dedicated to continuous learning and have collected many tools, techniques and knowledge to help you as best I can. My more recent EMDR training has taken my practice to the next level. Of course, not everyone gets on with the EMDR process. In that case I can revert to other methods of working.

I have an interactive approach meaning I offer feedback which may help to trigger helpful insights and perspectives. No blame is ever attached to you or anybody else; the focus is on clarity and understanding, releasing old, buried feelings and activating change.

Seeking out help is the first step to recovering your happier self and moving forward. Please feel reassured that I have a proven track record in helping people to feel better but coupled with your firm intention to do so the combination is set for even greater success.

My special interest in working with the body-mind interconnection led me to publish a small book on this topic, which is available from Amazon. It is called: "The Development of the Psyche and its Impact on Health - Interweaving Archetype Psychology & Neuroscience". 

My preferred way of working is using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing). Please see www.emdrandtrauma.co.uk for further information. Most difficult  issues which feel disturbing have a "traumatic" element even if there is no one single origin of the problem.

However, EMDR is not always suitable for everyone and I can offer  talking therapy which sometimes includes using more creative processes to facilitate deeper work and insight where appropriate. For this alternative, please look at my other website:

www.holisticcounselling.co.uk

You always have choice though as feeling comfortable is important for feeling safe which facilitates being able to open up more. This can be discussed at the Assessment Session/s.

The first session is an Assessment Session/s which may continue for more sessions to ensure I have sufficient background to your life experiences and issues. 

Please note, I work solely online and mainly using EMDR therapy. I offer the first 1 or 2 sessions in-person at my clinic before transitioning to online sessions.

I recommend that the first session is 1.5 hours so that I can get a fuller understanding of your background and the the kind of therapy work required. It is not obligatory however.

My supervision practice is based on an extensive background in personal growth and a wide range of many therapeutic trainings stretching over thirty years +.  I am therefore able to offer support and advice in a broad and eclectic framework of theories and techniques.

I completed a Diploma in Group & Individual Supervision at CCPE in Dec 2003. I now use various supervision models including  The Seven-Eyed Supervisor Model of Hawkins & Shohet, the Supervision Triangle of Hewson & Carroll and also a more creative approach using Sandtray and imagery. 

I am keen to provide a safe space for you to be able to examine your own inner world in response to your clients' worlds in order to resolve any difficult client issues.  I believe that we can often act as a conduit for  unconscious, unexamined, deeper client issues; and, it is important to untangle these client issues from your own. This enables us, as therapists, to stay clear and present for the client's benefit.

 Most important of course, is our relationship and whether it's good enough for you to face the inner challenges which working with clients can bring. I encourage discussion of the latter, if needed, to help me improve the quality of our work together. I hope I provide a safe enough environment to do this effectively. 

I charge £80 to trainees and qualified and registered counsellors 

Group supervision for up to three people is available but please contact me if you'd like to know more about this option.