Annagreth Brem

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I am a BACP accredited counsellor and registered dramatherapist with over 28 years of clinical experience in adult mental health in the NHS and private practice. I work with a wide variety of concerns, such as relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, feelings of emptiness, problems with coping, self-destructive patterns of behaviour and lack of confidence.

There are many reasons why you might be thinking about individual or couple counselling, from dealing with difficult life events to feeling overwhelmed by difficult feelings that seem to have little obvious cause but disrupt your personal life.

You may be considering counselling because you want to understand yourself and your relationships better - either personally or in your workplace; or you may be considering talking about something painful or difficult that you have been struggling with for some time.

I offer a safe and confidential space where you will not be judged. I can help you make links between your present difficulties and your past experiences and together we can explore how things might be able to change, or become more bearable. Recognising and understanding your problems will help you to cope better and feel more in control of your life.

In the first consultation you have the opportunity to tell me about your concern and what has brought you to consider counselling, and you can get a sense of how I work. At this stage you may wish to think about what we talked about before you decide whether you feel counselling offers a way forward.

Couple Counselling can be beneficial to attend in order to address difficulties between you. To see your relationship from another viewpoint and help you discuss difficult feelings, different values or expectations. To think together about your relationship and what you can do to change your situation for the better. 

I have over 24 years experience of supervising Arts Psychotherapists, Trainees and other Allied Health Professionals affiliated to psychological services in Adult Mental Health in the NHS.

In private practice I provide supervision to Trainees, Counsellors and Arts Psychotherapists at all stages of their professional development. I place a particular emphasis on providing a safe, thoughtful and containing space in which to explore your own thinking and practice in order to help you work more insightfully and effectively.

I like to foster curiosity in counselling and psychotherapy by thinking about theoretical models, clinical techniques, the use of the art form and how these may be applied in practice.

Supervision is an essential aspect of looking after yourself and your clients. As well as offering supervision to individuals, I provide supervision to groups and pairs.

I am a BACP accredited counsellor and psychotherapist, a state registered dramatherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council and member of the British Association of Dramatherapists. I am a group work practitioner and associate member with the Institute of Group Analysis. I practice in line with these institutions code of ethics and conducts.

Other Experience

In my capacity as a group work practitioner I have run experiential groups for the Counselling Foundation for the trainees of their foundation and diploma courses in psychodynamic counselling.

I have run clinical supervision groups for staff in the charity sector.

I have been a visiting university lecturer to Arts Psychotherapies MA training courses.