Cathy McAllister

Sessions would be via telephone or video call

I am a qualified Integrative Counsellor, which means that I use different models of counselling (including CBT, Solution Focused Therapy and Person Centred Counselling). This gives us the opportunity to explore how life is for you, how you feel about it and how you react during certain situations, all with the aim of finding to solutions that work for you. 

I'm qualified and experienced to work with adults (18 or above) and some of the issues I can help with are work related stress and anxieties, living with past regrets or experiences, surviving abuse from others, relationships, relocation, perimenopause and menopause, changes in life or circumstances, historical trauma including PTSD, feeling like an outsider or having low self esteem and confidence.  Or you have always been a listener or mediator and struggle to heard by others who struggle with responsibility that can come from such a role or maybe you just feel stuck in life, and have felt that way for some time, lacking in motivation and may be your sense of purpose has faded over time and you feel lost. 

Sometimes we just need to offload and talk to someone who is impartial and not related, who can be empathic and non-judgemental and as a result you feel a sense of trust and safety, as well as someone who understands confidentiality and the need for privacy.  Encouraging you to do the best that  you can and develop a way of being that is best for you.
If that is me, then it would be a great honour to have the opportunity to help. 

My style of working is more conversational so that it can encourage a collaborative approach between us, developing a sense of trust, empathy and safety, whilst you receive a sense of not being judged and taking advantage of the fact that I am impartial and so therefore, your perspective is the most important thing.

As our sessions will be via the phone or via video call, you will need to ensure that you are in safe and confidential environment where you are comfortable and not overheard.  I use Zoom for video calls as it allows me to lock our meeting and I send a new link every week to ensure that no-one else can access our sessions.

I offer long term or short term counselling, which is appropriate for you. This is your counselling, so we work through this together in a way that is best for you.

Initially we can have a conversation over the phone to discuss how counselling may help you.  
 

Our first session and future sessions would involve building on what we have discussed during the initial phone appointment.  We'd start exploring how life has been for you and creating a plan together, to help you heal, recover and find strategies that can help to nip things in the bud if similar situations arise in the future.

If you would like to arrange an initial phone appointment, please get in touch and I will reply as soon as I can.

I’m not accepting any new supervisees at the moment.

I am a qualified and experienced online Clinical Supervisor working with other professionals such as counsellors and support workers with their client work. Helping and encouraging them to develop professionally and personally, by adhering to their agency policies and procedures, as well as a code of ethics which promotes good practice.

Although I am an Integrative Counsellor, I often work with Supervisee's who work with different models and together we help establish a learning environment, of support and guidance, enabling discussions to help facilitate their clients needs, whilst ensuring that they themselves remain safe.

I offer an initial consultation of 1 hour, giving us the opportunity to meet via Zoom or telephone and discuss how Supervision may help. This is free of charge  and without obligation.

My fees thereafter are:
1 hour Supervision: £90
1.5 hour Supervision: £110

I offer an initial hour session via telephone or video call, which gives us the opportunity to discuss what you would like out of your supervision.  This meeting is without charge or obligation