Linda Banting

I am a person centred counsellor. I use an integrative, humanistic approach, taking my lead from the person I am with at all times. If you are feeling overwhelmed or confused by current or past life experiences, I can offer a gentle listening ear to help you understand what is happening for you. Being listened to and accepted is hugely important to our personal wellbeing and as such, I promise to offer a safe, respectful, supportive and non judgemental counselling environment. You may like to know that I am able to offer a range of creative and mindful techniques within my practice and how we work together will depend entirely on your wishes and needs.  I believe that you have the solutions within you for any challenges you are experiencing and that through working together,  you will find your way forwards.  You may feel a little nervous about counselling and taking that first step may be a bit scary for you. The first step is to contact me and we can talk about what sort of help you think you might need and I can explain how I might be able to help.

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Outside of my own private practice, I work as a Cancer Care Counsellor for a local service and have worked with young people in a busy secondary school.

My counselling qualification is in Person-Centred Counselling (Diploma in Integrative Counselling)

Other CPD/Qualifications are:-

Advanced Diploma Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Advanced Part Diploma Children and Young People

​ASIST - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training

Mental health First Aider (MHFA) England

Spiritual Life Coach

​I am DBS checked/registered with the DBS Update Service

During our first session, we will get to know each other and you will be able to let me know what has brought you to counselling in the first place and what you would like to gain from our sessions.  You may have lots of questions about counselling which we can explore together.