Pamela Bruce

I am a qualified and experienced psychotherapist with a thriving  private practice established for over 10 years.  I work with adults on an individual basis, with couples and as a supervisor of counsellors (see separate listings for more detailed information on the latter practice service). I work with clients in person within my area and online across the UK.

For individuals, I offer short-term counselling and longer-term psychotherapy across a range of issues including anxiety and depression, loss and bereavement, challenges relating to low self esteem, identity and despair (including suicidal thoughts and impulses) and issues underlying addiction for those in recovery from active addiction

Within my clinical practice, I also offer specialist expertise in working with trauma, including PTSD, complex trauma and dissociative disorders including Dissociative Identity Disorder. ​This is mainly, but not exclusively around adult survivors of childhood neglect and abuse.

With everyone who contacts me and wishes explore the option of therapy, I request an initial assessment. I recommend that this is done face to face although if necessary it can be conducted by telephone or online. The initial assessment has proved an important step for me and for my clients. It gives us both the opportunity to explore the circumstances which have brought you to counselling, what you hope to achieve and to agree if counselling is the most appropriate way forward for you and, most importantly of all, to decide if we would feel able to work together. The very nature of successful psychotherapy and counselling can involve intense emotions, and an often previously unexperienced level of honesty and vulnerability. It is imperative that you feel you would have the potential to have this quality of working relationship with me, and I with you.

I work online across the UK (my advanced certificate training in supervision had specific focus on online supervision as a key component of the overall supervision training) and offer in-person supervision from my practice in Hexham, Northumberland.

I completed training that is to the BACP supervision competence framework, the National Counselling Society (NCS) Good practice guide for supervision and the Association for Counselling and Therapy Online (ACTO) Online supervision competencies.

You are no doubt reading this page because you are looking for an experienced and reliable supervisor. This may be for the first time, if you are a trainee or newly qualified therapist, or from a need to find a new supervisor or a supplementary one with specific expertise to help you support your valuable client work. Either way, let me tell you more about my experience, approach and areas of expertise.

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I am a qualified supervisor (Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Supervision including online and telephone supervision). I use the Hawkins and Shohet 7 Eyed Model to frame and guide my work with supervisees. This applies to working online and face to face. I work collaboratively with the aim of fostering the best therapeutic support for the client. This, of course, embraces fostering your clinical skills, professional growth and personal welfare.

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Critically, I believe, I also bring a wealth of my own experience gained from over eight years in a thriving private practice in addition to provide therapy in private organisational and charity environments. I practice integrative psychotherapy with a psychodynamic focus. Whilst I work across a range of client issues, I have invested in growing a specialism in complex trauma, including dissociative conditions.

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Sessions are flexible within the normal working week and in order for you to get a feel and sense of how we could work together I offer a free session (up to 50 minutes) to discuss your supervision needs.