Alison Cunningham

Hello and welcome to my profile. Counselling can be thought you have had for a while now but taken the step to starting your journey through counselling, can feel a little daunting, asking yourself "what is counselling?" and "how can counselling help me?"

It maybe that you feel you have tried everything else but still feel the same or repeating your same patterns.

I am a BACP and an NCPS accredited counsellor, meaning that I work to meet counselling profession standards, having gone through the accreditation process means I have evidenced to an advanced level my knowledge and skills to work with clients in a safe and ethical way.

I currently work as a counsellor, supervisor, a tutor teaching counselling qualifications and author.

I believe that everyone is an individual and will work to meet your needs throughout your counselling journey, using different theoritical approaches to meet you at your pace.

I work with both short term and long term clients, you will know when you are comfortable with the changes you make within your life.

Through working together, I will listen to the hurt, empower change through skills and building coping stratagies that you can take forward to use throughout life, continuing to build your resiliance, confidence and self worth.

I am an integrative counsellor working with an ethical framework and good practice standards. I also hold an enhanced DBS  

I am an Integrative counsellor working from an humanistic and person centred approach. 

My practice is remote based, providing either telephone or zoom sessions on a weekly or fortnightly basis. 

All appointments are one to one, fully confidential and a space free from judgment. 

Appointments are 50 minutes in length. 

I offer an initial appointment that is free for 30 minutes, where we an discuss what is bringing you to counselling, how we can work together and a chance for you to see if you are comfortable with me. 

Initial appointment are done via telephone and if agreed to work together, we will discuss how you would like future sessions, either telephone or zoom

I am a qualified Supervisor working with supervisory theroritical approaches.

I am also accredited with BACP and NCPS (formly NCS) so am able to to meet both trainee and qualified counsellors needs.

My aim as a supervisor is to offer a space where you can reflect on your practice, that is supportive and empowering for your continued growth as a counsellor.

I am able to bring in my years of experience working as a counsellor, running an agency, as well as being a tutor teaching counselling qualifications.

The aim of a supervisor is to be able to work with you on different fronts, supportive, informative and empowering.

I will help you understand and work with different client groups, recognise any potential blind spots, build your therapeutic tool bag and develop as a counsellor.

I am able to complete any reports/ paperwork that you may need completed and able to work to meet your agency or college requirements.  

My practice is remote based, working through either telephone or zoom 

I work to meet BACP / NCPS requirements for supervision, working to there Ethical Framework.

Appointments are flexible to meet your supervisory requirements. 

I offer an initial free appointment by telephone (3o minutes) for us to discuss your requirements and expectations from supervision and for to see if you feel comfortable working with me.

if you decide you would like to continue to work with me, we will then discuss delivery for future appointments, telephone or zoom and the frequency you are looking for.