Leanne Connelly

I have 2 Practices: Heaton Moor and Wilmslow and they provide welcoming, safe and confidential space for you to begin your therapy.

Heaton Moor: 180a Heaton Moor Road , Stockport SK44DU

Wilmslow : Bright Spaces: 7 Hawthorne Road, Wilmslow Sk9 1AA

I offer appointments out of hours , zoom and face to face appointments, whichever you feel most comfortable with and can fit in with your lifestyle.

Hi, my name is Leanne, Thank you for looking at my profile.

I'm an integrative counsellor, psychotherapist and Supervisor and I offer a friendly, non-judgemental, confidential safe space for you to be heard and begin your counselling journey. I understand that sometimes talking to friends and family is not enough. Working together can help to gain a new perspective and find ways to tackle issues which will empower you to change negative behaviour patterns.

For some time now I worked with the UK's leading charities for both domestic abuse and traumas supporting adults who are suffering the effects of historic and current trauma, abuse and loss . I also specialise in the recovery of narcissistic , coercive, controlling or abusive relationships. This is a very different recovery from the grief experienced from a loss of another relationship and requires a tailored approach to support the effects from gaslighting, trauma bonding and deceit.

Alongside this I have extensive experience working with Anxiety, OCD , BPD and eating disorders and can use all 3 approaches (TA, PC and CBT ) to target issues and make positive change.

My background in education and as a Mental Health coordinator for an authority has afforded me the chance to work closely with Neurodiverse young people and adults. Whether you have had a late diagnosis or you’re navigating anxiety, burnout, relationships, identity, or simply seeking a safe space to explore your thoughts and experiences, I will work with you at your pace, in ways that suit your unique communication style and sensory needs.

You will have the answers and I will work collaboratively to help you unlock these, gain clarity as well as give you the tools to enable you to get you where you would like to be. I will help you to find a new sense of confidence and autonomy to change negative behaviours. If you feel you would work well with honesty, warmth and openness then I may be the counsellor for you.

 I specialise in issues relating to couples and relationships: including narcissism, DV, coercive control , trust, infidelity and infertility.

Alongside this, my expertise lies with working with Neurodiversity. Daily life , communication , fear of judgement and rumination can be a challenge . Together we can navigate the daily complexities you experience , look at strategies to manage these and help to manage emotions. 

I work with anxiety (intrusive thoughts, panic attacks and OCD), trauma and grief using a traingualted appraoch of 3 therapies to help effect positive change.  I offer a grief recovery programme to support you with your loss, grief is not linear but there can be healing to support the pain of the loss.

My qualifications and training include:

CPD Accredited Postgraduate certificate in Supervision in Counselling, Psychotherapy and Helping Relationships (level 7)

Diploma Level 4 Therapeutic Counselling and Psychotherapy

Grief Recovery Programme

PGCE 2007

BA ed (Hons) 2005

Level 3 Certificate in Counselling

Level 2 Certificate in Counselling

Divorce and Relationship Breakup Coaching with Sara Davidson

Domestic Abuse, Violence and Mental Health

Narcissistic recovery programme

Trauma informed approach to Domestic Abuse

Domestic Abuse and Stalking

Effects of Domestic Abuse and Violence on Children

Domestic Abuse and Violence and the Law

Working with Teenagers Engaged in Abusive Relationships

Trauma informed bereavement

CBT-E for eating Disorders

Dialectic Behaviour Therapy

Emotional Freedom Technique

Imago Couples Therapy

Domestic Abuse and Stalking

Acceptance Commitment Therapy

Workshops/training attended

Gestalt therapy

Safeguarding children/adults

Suicide prevention

Self harm

Domestic abuse

Co Parenting with a Narcissist

Narcissist Abuse Recovery

Recovering from Coercive control

Grief Therapy

Young people Qualification

How Children grieve - Grief recovery

Stress; response to exam prep

Lego Therapy

Communication Therapy

Play therapy

Forest School Emotinoal Intelligence Level 4 Trainer

I offer a free introductory video or phone call ,so this will allow you the chance to give me an insight into the issues troubling you and I can advise how we can use integrative therapy to work together to support you.

I can explain the fees and my availability. 

If you feel comfortable to proceed I will send you a copy of the client agreement and we can arrange our first session. Sessions are 50 minutes long and can be face to face, by phone or by video call.

I’m an integrative counsellor, Supervisor and Psychotherapist offering 3 modalities to support clients: Personal Centred Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Transactional analysis. I am passionate about supporting clients with honesty, warmth and openness bringing both expertise and empathy to sessions. 

As a Supervisor, I support this passion by developing further understanding of how to support clients and students holding groups supervision as well as individual sessions. I am always reading books and articles related to current topics, listening to podcasts and developing my CPD through both on line and face to face courses.  I believe we learn best when we have context so try to gain as much of that as I can when working with Supervisees.

I worked in education for 20 years; the beginning as an Early Years Lead and advisor for the authority and later as an Assistant Head , Safeguarding Lead and Mental Health in Education Co Ordinator for Tameside. I gained qualifications to work with young children and teenagers working at the PRU to support children with ADHD and Autism as well as anxiety, exam stress and eating disorders.

This career, alongside my counselling , also afforded me the chance to work with a diverse range of issues when working with adults. These included; BPD, OCD addiction, grief, anxiety, trauma, PTSD and abuse. I have extensive experience of working with childhood trauma and deliver training to universities around this subject.

My expertise lies with anxiety (intrusive thoughts, panic attacks and OCD), trauma (childhood and PTSD) and grief.

For the past few years, I have specialised in issues relating to couples and relationships: including narcissism, DV, coercive control , trust, infidelity and infertility.

I have a love for the counselling and the diversity which it brings and am constantly looking to challenge myself , keeping myself current with new initiatives attending regular CPD which supports the Integrative approach. I run group supervision sessions at my practice in Heaton Moor and enjoy the role of supervisor alongside that of counsellor and pscychotherpist. 

I am an experienced counsellor psychotherapist and understand that sometimes talking to friends and family is not enough.

Counselling is your time to be heard, a space to talk to through the things you may need to talk about the most.

I am here to support you get to where you would like to be and working collaboratively can help you change negative behaviour patterns, develop a sense of autonomy and empower you to tackle obstacles with a new sense of confidence.

​I have worked for 15 years supporting young people, adults and couples with issues that they feel are preventing them from moving forward to get to to where they need to be.

I want to reassure you that if you decide to embark on counselling or supervision will bring this experience to support your journey, you will be in safe hands.

Working collaboratively is essential and I will work with you to share good practice, experiences and to support you to further develop skills. I enjoy learning and the diversity within this profession provides constant opoortunites to learn from each other. I enjoy my supervision and would hope to create the same comfortable trusted learning experience for my Supervisees.

I am always looking to current and up to date as a supervisor and will signpost to a variety of different types of media , podcasts, online courses to support any issues the Supervisee may bring

• CPD Accredited Postgraduate certificate in Supervision in Counselling, Psychotherapy and Helping Relationships

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• Diploma Level 4 Therapeutic Counselling and Psychotherapy 2022

• Grief Recovery Programme

• PGCE (2006)

• BA ed (Hons) Education (2005)

• Level 3 Certificate in Counselling (2021)

Level 2 Certificate in Counselling (2020)

Registered member of the BACP

• 2022- present

• Divorce and Relationship Breakup Coaching with Sara Davidson

• Domestic Abuse, Violence and Mental Health

• Trauma informed approach to Domestic Abuse

• Effects of Domestic Abuse and Violence on Children

• Domestic Abuse and Violence and the Law

• Working with Teenagers Engaged in Abusive Relationships

• Trauma informed bereavement

• CBT-E for eating Disorders

• Emotional Freedom Technique

• Imago Couples Therapy

• Domestic Abuse and Stalking

• Acceptance Commitment Therapy

• TA 101 (Transactional Analysis)

• Take control workshops-solution focused behavioural therapy

• Mindfulness certificate/Acceptance and commitment therapy

• Certificate in Children’s mental health

• Certificate in couples counselling

Working with Children Qualification

• How Children grieve - Grief recovery

• Stress; response to exam prep

• Lego Therapy

• Communication Therapy

• Art Therapy

• Play therapy

• Forest School Emotional Intelligence Level 4 Trainer

• Anxiety in teenagers

• CBT Self Harm and Eating

• Trauma informed therapy for children

• Attachment Focus therapy

Workshops Attended

• Gestalt Therapy

• Suicide prevention

• Self-Harm

• Addiction and family support

• CBT Workshop

• Mindfulness Certificate

• Russian doll, working with your inner child

I have also offered workshops around issues of self-harm and suicide and general mental health awareness. I have worked with groups delivering on issues such as bullying, anger, domestic abuse and sexual health.