Our Counsellors

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Katarina Simonovicova

Katarina Simonovicova

Psychodynamic Counsellor, Psychologist

Katarina offers you a space to explore your current situation in relation to events and repeating themes in your life.

Donald Ashburn

Donald Ashburn

Person-Centred Counsellor

Donald works with a wide range of clients and will provide you with a safe and confidential space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings and concerns.

Heather Robertson

Heather Robertson

Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Heather will listen to you and work with you to discover and understand what’s brought you to therapy, how you feel, and ways you can bring about the changes you’d like to see in your life.

Dr Johanna Pronk

Dr Johanna Pronk

Clinical Psychologist

Johanna is an experienced Clinical Psychologist who can offer a safe place to think about and clarify your difficulties and explore alternative and positive ways to address these.

Christine King

Christine King

Person Centred and Emotion Focused Counsellor

Christine is a person-centred counsellor. She is committed to building a collaborative and trusting relationship with you so that you can freely express and explore whatever it is you need from counselling.

Victoria Murray

Victoria Murray

Person-Centred Counsellor

Victoria offers a friendly and understanding space for you to work on thoughts and feelings that are leading to unhappiness and distress.

Skye Mariam Liepyte

Skye Mariam Liepyte

Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Skye is passionate about helping people to overcome anxiety, nurture their self-esteem and become more comfortable with their emotions.

Fazila Dawson

Fazila Dawson

Relationship Counsellor

Fazila is a qualified relationship counsellor, who works with both couples and individuals experiencing a range of issues affecting their relationships and personal well-being.

Robert Backai

Robert Backai

Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Robert can help you explore and seek solutions to areas of life you are finding difficult or challenging, be it emotional difficulties, life transitions or solving problems.

Lorna Allport

Lorna Allport

Person-Centred Counsellor

Lorna is positive and passionate about the benefits of counselling and would aim to work with you collaboratively to meet your individual needs.

Linda Smith

Linda Smith

Integrative Counsellor

Linda will greet you with compassion, empathy and respect at all times.  You will feel heard, considered and valued. You will have her undivided attention which will be confidential, non-judgmental and supportive of your autonomy

Aasma Mohammad-Smith

Aasma Mohammad-Smith

Psychodynamic Counsellor

Aasma is an experienced Psychodynamic therapist offering individual counselling in a safe, non-judgemental space

Neil Sproul

Neil Sproul

Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Neil offers a warm and non-judgemental space for you to explore your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Early morning appointments are available from 7am onwards.

Francesca Howell

Francesca Howell

Person-Centred Counsellor

Francesca is an experienced therapist and person centred counsellor. She offers both short and long term counselling.

Ross Chalmers

Ross Chalmers

Psychodynamic Counsellor

Ross provides a safe and supportive place for clients where you can feel valued and able to explore your reasons for coming to counselling.

Dr Lindsey Macleod

Dr Lindsey Macleod

Clinical Psychologist

Lindsey has worked in mental health services as a clinical psychologist with children and young people, families, parents and carers and professionals for over 20 years.

Martin McDonald

Martin McDonald

Person-Centred Counsellor

The juggling act of modern life, having too many balls in the air, can be exhausting. Counselling offers you a time to rest that load, maybe even leave some of it with your counsellor.

Juanita Hunter

Juanita Hunter

Person-Centred Counsellor

Juanita likes to provide a supportive space that enables you to connect to yourself, explore, detangle and discover your own patterns of behaviour, thus allowing for change and personal growth, a new perspective that allows you to move forward.

Brenda Vincent

Brenda Vincent

Pluralistic Counsellor

Brenda works in collaboration with you to help you identify what you want from therapy and how you may achieve it.

Rosina West

Rosina West

Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Rosina has 15 years’ experience of helping people with a wide variety of issues and from different cultures and backgrounds.

Lee Groden

Lee Groden

Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Lee provides a welcoming, safe and confidential environment where you can explore what is troubling you and find ways of overcoming these issues.

Constanza Aranguren

Constanza Aranguren

Psychoanalyst

Constanza offers open-ended psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

Martin Innes

Martin Innes

Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Martin is a qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist who can help you to explore unhelpful thoughts and behaviours that are difficult to live with.

Lorna Henderson

Lorna Henderson

Psychodynamic Counsellor

Lorna provides a safe place for her clients so that they feel valued and are able to explore the reasons for accessing counselling. 

Jen Grant

Jen Grant

Art Psychotherapist

Jen is a creative and dynamic practitioner who works integratively to find the best approach for each client.

Dr Sarah Luczaj

Dr Sarah Luczaj

Person-Centred Counsellor

Sarah is an experienced Person-centred Counsellor, who also offers focusing, which is a gentle, bodily-based technique that can help when words are not enough.

Rachel Dimond

Rachel Dimond

Solution Focused Hypnotherapist

Rachel is a Solution Focused Hypnotherapist and has been working as a therapist since 2006. In that time Rachel has gained a wealth of experience working with clients with a wide range of issues.

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