Allister Murdoch

I reply to enquires Sunday through to Friday 11am -8pm

Working Hours in Edinburgh

​Tuesday - 1pm to 9pm

Wednesday 1pm - 9pm

Thursday 1pm - 9pm

Friday 1pm - 9pm

Saturday and Sunday appointments can be arranged by discussion.

Online Sessions

I work online with clients across the UK and Abroad, with the exception of the USA and Canada. This is for legal reasons.

I am happy to arrange to see clients in a hybrid way.

I cannot offer same day appointments as I work in a shared centre.

I specialise in providing a counselling men for men and those who identify as LGBTQIA+.

I have extensive experience of helping clients issues of anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and with men who are victims/survivors of domestic abuse along with many other issues.

My style is to support you through a conversation to look at what is currently going on in your life, what you want to change and where appropriate your past. You can then through exploration, choose the way that you want to change. That may include teaching you new practical skills. 

I also have extensive experience and training via Pink Therapy for working with clients of sexuality, gender and relationship diversities.

Professional Qualifications

Post Graduate Certificate in Psychotherapy and a further 4 years at an on going Post Graduate Group 2004

Graduate Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapy from Spectrum Training, (London)

Cert in Counselling UCL (London) 1998

Essentials in Gender And Sexual Diversity Therapy (Pink Therapy)

Other Training

TA101 

Domestic Violence Training (Abused Men in Scotland)

Trinity Hospice bereavement training

Working with Chemsex

Understanding Kink & BDSM 

Asexualities: intimacy and desire

Making An Appointment

I reply to enquires Monday through to Friday 11am -8pm

When I call you and don't get a reply I will leave a message when possible or send you an email to let you know I have called. I will wait for you to contact me. I will not keep calling you.

Fees.

My sessions cost for individuals is £80.00.

I offer reduced priced sessions to Full Time Students and Young Adults 18 to 25 years old. If you qualify these cost £55.00 per session  (Proof of eligibilty is required).

All session are invoiced and payable in advance via PayPal. Only in exceptional circumstances will this not apply. This must be agreed in advance.

When many guys come along to their first session one of my jobs is to make you feel less anxious. Being anxious about coming to counselling if it is your first time is common. You don't know what you are walking into. I am often slightly anxious as well. I don't who is walking through my door.

I have three questions that I ask all new clients.

1. What has made you decide to come for counselling now?
2. What do you want from coming to see me?
3. Do you have any questions for me?

The answer to the first two can be quite long. You may not be able to tell me as much as you want. It's also a choice how much you tell me. I won't know any different.

It's often the first time that you may have spoken about something. There can be a sense of unburdening. It's not uncommon for clients to apologise in this sessions for talking too much. I understand and there's no need to do that. It's like the cork has popped out of the bottle.

Once I know what you want to change we can then explore the way that you want to change. There's usually multiple ways that can be done. If you don't want to change anything you are doing that is a choice but nothing will change.

I work with all clients in an individual way. I don't believe one way of type of counselling fits all. That's where many years of practical experience and ongoing training helps me.

The choices may include teaching you new practical skills or I may suggest some tasks for you to do between sessions. They can be thought of as experiments. If one option doesn't work we can choose something else.

For counselling to be successful this can be extremely helpful. Talking though issues is great and to make changes you often have to take some action to change your pattern.

Counselling doesn't have to be tears and talking about feelings. Humour can play a part of it as well.

Glasgow

Monday from 2pm until 7pm.

Edinburgh

Tuesday to Friday from 1pm until 9pm.

Saturday and Sunday appointments are available by negotiation. All appointments are charged at the same rate.

Additionally I am available online to anyone in the UK and abroad with the exception of the USA and Canada. This is for legal reasons.

I specialise in providing a counselling men for men and those who identify as LGBTQIA+.

I have extensive experience of helping clients issues of anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and with men who are victims/survivors of domestic abuse along with many other issues.

I have many years of experience of working with clients from the LGBTQIA+ community.

My style is to support you through a conversation to look at what is currently going on in your life, what you want to change and where appropriate your past. You can then through exploration, choose the way that you want to change. That may include teaching you new practical skills.

I also have extensive experience and training via Pink Therapy for working with clients of sexuality, gender and relationship diversities.

Professional Qualifications

Post Graduate Certificate in Psychotherapy and a further 4 years at an on going Post Graduate Group 2004

Graduate Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapy from Spectrum Training, (London)

Cert in Counselling UCL (London) 1998

Essentials in Gender And Sexual Diversity Therapy (Pink Therapy)

Other Training

TA101

Domestic Violence Training (Abused Men in Scotland)

Trinity Hospice bereavement training

Working with Chemsex

Understanding Kink & BDSM

Asexualities: intimacy and desire

Making An Appointment

I reply to enquires Monday through to Friday 11am -8pm

When I call you and don't get a reply I will leave a message when possible or send you an email to let you know I have called. I will wait for you to contact me. I will not keep calling you.

Fees.

My sessions cost for individuals is £80.00.

I offer reduced priced sessions to Full Time Students and Young Adults 18 to 25 years old. If you qualify these cost £55.00 per session (Proof of eligibilty is required).

All session are invoiced and payable in advance via PayPal. Only in exceptional circumstances will this not apply. This must be agreed in advance.

My practice has developed over many years from general counselling to specialising in working with specific clients.

Male Psychology is a growing area and implementing how counselling can adapt to the research is how I am developing my practice over the last 10 years.

Some topics are seen as gender specific when they are not. I have specialist training and extensive experience working with Male Victims of Domestic Abuse as an example.

My working hours are set to make my service as available to as many men as possible. Not everyone can pop out for an hour during 9 to 5 to have an appointment.

If necessary I can be flexible how we do our sessions. You can mix both online and in person sessions as appropriate. I can be flexible on the day/times that we meet, subject to mutual availability.

When many guys come along to their first session one of my jobs is to make you feel less anxious. Being anxious about coming to counselling if it is your first time is common. You don't know what you are walking into. I am often slightly anxious as well. I don't who is walking through my door.

I have three questions that I ask all new clients.

1. What has made you decide to come for counselling now?
2. What do you want from coming to see me?
3. Do you have any questions for me?