Anne Durnall

I can offer face to face, online and outdoor sessions.  

I can also offer sessions during the early evening and work flexibly with clients to meet their needs both practical and emotional.   

I currently have availability on Thursdays and Fridays.  

How I work

I’m a qualified person-centred counsellor, which means that I generally won’t tell you what to do or give you advice which might seem strange if you haven’t had counselling before. However, the way in which we work is always open to negotiation so if we incorporates some coaching/personal consultancy as opposed to pure counselling then this might involve some advice or guidance but we’ll agree how we work at the beginning of our relationship.

What I believe is that you are the best person to know what you need and so what I aim to do is to be alongside you, in a really attentive and immediate way whilst you make your own discoveries – I really believe that you are the expert on your own life.

My practice 

I’ll endeavour to create a safe space and a genuine, warm and accepting relationship where you’re free to explore your thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment. I believe that within this kind of relationship there is the potential to allow you the freedom to make choices that are right for you.

I also have an MA in Developing Professional Practice in Management and have spent the last 12 years working with senior management, executive and non-executive teams and use my counselling skills and coaching skills to help managers and management professionals find their way.

I am registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I work within their Ethical Framework for Counsellors and also the BACP Guidelines for Online Counselling and Psychotherapy, www.bacp.co.uk. I offer face to face counselling, online counselling and outdoor counselling, privately.  

First Meeting

Our first meeting is to help us talk about whether you want to start counselling with me and whether I’m the best person to help you or whether another person would be better suited to you. We’ll discuss how counselling might help you and the issues which you might want to begin to talk about so that we can agree, between us, on a way of working, bearing in mind my person-centred approach and the reasons that might bring you to counselling.