Lesley Hepburn - therapist in stirling-fk9

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Phone number: 01786 643480

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Features

Flexible hours available
Concessionary rates

Availability

I offer sessions on weekdays, during the day and in early evenings.

About me and my therapy practice

Thank you for reading my profile. I'm Lesley and I'm a BACP accredited counsellor/ psychotherapist, offering short-term and long-term individual therapy to adults. I also offer personal therapy to trainees (counsellors, psychotherapists and counselling psychologists). I am currently working only by telephone or using video-calling software, such as Zoom.

It can seem daunting to seek counselling, but I truly believe it to be a positive experience and I see my role as a counsellor to facilitate that positive experience, by enabling my clients to implement the changes they seek and to restore or enhance their wellbeing.

I can offer a safe place for you to discuss and explore your issues confidentially and for us to work together as we build a strong, trusting relationship between us. I draw on my training in and experience of different counselling models to work in the way which is most appropriate to you as an individual. This may include: encouraging you to look at things from a different angle, considering coping mechanisms or developing an awareness and understanding of how your past experiences might link to the present. The counselling process is a collaboration and does require a certain level of commitment to the work involved, on both sides.

I have been in private practice since 2008, seeing clients for anything from one session to weekly sessions for several years. I have experience of working with a wide range of issues, gained in a variety of settings, including a hospice, the NHS, occupational health, student health and an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). My particular interests lie in the areas of: bereavement and other losses; illness, including long-term health conditions and work-related issues such as redundancy and work-life balance.

In addition, I have been offering personal therapy for trainees entering the counselling professions from Level 4 to Doctorate level since 2014. I aim to link theory to practice for trainees when appropriate.

Practice description

I work with individual aduts and counselling trainees either on the telephone or using video-calling software such as Zoom. I am based in Stirling, but clients are welcome from throughout Scotland and the rest of the UK.

I offer reduced fees for trainees, on request.

Qualifications

BSc (Honours) Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy - University of Roehampton (2006) - including Person-centred, Psychodynamic, Existential and CBT modules

Cruse Bereavement Support - bereavement training (2007)

BACP Accreditation since 2008

My first session

I offer a free 15 minute taster session either by telephone or on Zoom, on request.

My first full session is an hour long assessment, after which sessions are 50 minutes each.

What I can help with

Anxiety, Bereavement, Cancer, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability, Health related issues, Identity issues, LGBTQ+ counselling, Loss, Menopause, Personal development, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Stress, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues

Types of therapy

CBT, Existential, Humanistic, Integrative, Person centred, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Solution focused brief therapy

Clients I work with

Adults, EAP, Older adults, Trainees

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Online therapy, Short term sessions, Telephone therapy, Time-limited