Josephine Callaghan

PGDip, PGCert, BSc (Hons) Psychology (First Class), BACP Accredited Registered Member, Relational Integrative Counsellor & Psychotherapist. Helping you explore your difficulties: Highly qualified & Experienced: INDIVIDUALS/COUPLES/SUPERVISION

About me

Welome.  I am a BACP Accredited Registered Member, highly qualified and experienced Relational Integrative Counsellor & Psychotherapist with the aim of helping individuals and couples to gain a more coherent sense of self. 

I am also an experienced Couples Counsellor & Clinical Supervisor, providing supervision in a warm, reflective and containing environment, where both trainee, qualified therapists and mental health professionals, can thoughtfully explore all aspects of their clinical practice.

Training and Experience

My Psychotherapeutic training, gained at The University of Leeds & Leeds Beckett University is Accredited by the BACP. I also hold a First Class BSc (Honours) Degree in Psychology (Accredited by the British Psychological Society) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy (Accredited by the BACP.)

My background experience includes; 15 years working in the NHS, Higher Education and Voluntary Sectors, GP referrals and Student Support. 10 years experience of working with clients in Private Practice.

Gaining my psychotherapeutic training from High Quality Establishments has given me the knowledge and experience to help you with your difficulties. Many client recommendations have helped me build my practice; assuring you I am a practitioner of the highest, caring quality..

My private practice in Leeds, provides a safe space for individuals, couples & supervisees to explore and work through their issues and difficulties. I am passionate about counselling & psychotherapy, as I have seen how therapeutic work can be life changing, when clients are supported and able to explore and understand their experiences. 

Why Me? - What I can offer you:

University-Accredited Training. Gaining my psychotherapeutic training from High quality establishments has given me the knowledge and experience to help you with your difficulties. As an indentical twin, I have always been curious about how people develop their own sense of sense within relationships. This curiosity led me to study psychology and ultimately pursue a career in Counselling & Psychotherapy.

This training is underpinned by a BSc (Hons) Psychology (First Class) Degree, which is the study of mind and behaviour. This knowledge informs my work with a deep understanding of psychological processes, e.g. Child Development, Attachment Theories, Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Somatic Experiences, Cognitive and Developmental Psychology, Trauma and Memory Systems, further helping me to understand the struggles life can bring us and how they affect our well-being.  Understanding how experiences impact our brain and nervous system, enables us to work together to regulate your physical and mental health, providing you with a lifelong positive investment in your overall wellbeing. As every client is different, my integrative training allows me to tailor my work to each client's individual need.

Couples Counselling

Specialist training in Couples Counselling at The Leeds Centre for Psychological Development has enabled me to understand the difficulties some couples encounter in their relating. I work with couples that are distressed, discouraged and disconnected.  Together, we can explore your relationship history and begin to piece together the reasons that the emotional and physical intimacy begin to decline; whether that leads to helping to rebuild an empathic, fulfilling and connected relationship, or to a pathway of separation.

Bereavement Counselling

I have specialist training working with loss, death and grief, and a special interest in ambiguous and disenfranchised loss, family, sibling estrangement, and complexities around this.

• Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy (Leeds Beckett University, Accredited: BACP)
• Post Graduate Certificate in Counselling Skills & Theory (University of Leeds, Accredited: BACP)
• BSC (Hons) Psychology (First Class) The Open University, Accredited: British Psychological Society)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Supervision (Leeds Centre for Psychological Development, Accredited: BACP)
• Certificate in The Social Sciences (The Open University)
• Certificate in Working with Couples (Leeds Centre for Psychological Development)
• CTI Level 2: Counselling Training Programme (Joseph Priestley College)
• Openings: Living in a Changing Society (The Open University)
• Certificate in Mental Health First Aid (NHS)
• Degree Level Modules on pyschological interactions; bullying, harrasment, ethics (The Open University)