Alexander Coy

I currently offer remote virtual therapy sessions using Microsoft Teams or if preferred, by telephone. 

My working days are currently Monday and Thursday. 

I offer sessions throughout the day and in the evening. 

Thank you for considering me as your Therapist. My name is Alexander. 

As a BACP Accredited trauma informed Counselling Psychotherapist I support both adults and children (11 years and older) from all backgrounds. Through my online practice I offer both short-term and long-term Person-Centred counselling depending on the specific requirements of your therapeutic needs. 

You can expect a therapeutically nurturing, confidential, accepting and non-judgemental space for you to explore your unique and diverse experiences and feelings. I provide people in need of counselling support the space to enable constructive shifts and to facilitate change at a pace that works for you.

My training and professional focus is upon offering a Humanistic, Person-Centred approach. This means a significant emphasis is placed on the therapeutic relationship whereby you can feel supported and understood and, therefore, begin to communicate the issues that are impacting on you and your life, secure in the knowledge that you are being heard by an empathic, compassionate and experienced therapist.

My professional experience has included working at the Pathways Families in Crisis Centre where I provided counselling to clients'  who had experienced emotional, physical and sexual abuse.

Alongside my private practice I have worked as a Counselling Psychotherapist at The Market Place working with wonderfully diverse children and young adults with different and complex presenting issues. In this role I have provided longer-term, crisis and bereavement counselling. Throughout my years in this role I have incorporated creative and solution-based therapeutic counselling methods where appropriate. I have supported many children and young people in crisis to successfully work through a wide range of challenging issues.

I work with a diverse range of clients from all backgrounds. This includes working with student counsellors, elderly clients, clients from multi-cultural backgrounds and LGBTQIA+ clients.

I currently offer remote counselling sessions using Microsoft Teams and telephone. 

My working days are Monday and Thursday and sessions are fifty-minutes. 

I charge £45 per counselling session. 

Having successfully offered remote sessions for many years, I am confident that therapeutic change can be attained through virtual sessions. 

If you would like remote sessions from the comfort of your home, then please feel free to contact me to have a discussion about your therapeutic needs and goals. To make contact please email me at alexandercoycounselling@yahoo.com 

The field of creativity formed a significant part of my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and continues to be an ongoing interest of mine. Having completed my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in fine art practice at the University of Leeds I worked at Leeds Arts University offering support to students in a creative therapeutic context. I have also published a book titled 'The Everything and the Nothing: The Bedroom Artist'. My autobiographical book reflects on my own diverse journey as a younger person and includes my creative artwork that helped me process different emotions and lived experiences that impacted upon me as a teenager and younger adult.

My interest in creativity means that I am able to offer creative ways of working should this be something that you feel would be helpful in your therapeutic journey; because feelings and experiences can be shared and processed in many different and subjective ways. 

My role as an NHS Clinician based at Mind Mate Spa has also informed my knowledge and experience in relation to supporting people living with mental health challenges.

A rigorous ethical approach upheld by sanctioned professional standards underpins every aspect of my work as a Counselling Psychotherapist accredited by The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

I offer a reduced cost for people on low incomes and for student counsellors. 

Prior to a first session, I offer a free thirty-minute telephone discussion so that we can both decide whether a first session is appropriate for you moving forward. 

During this information gathering, we can discuss how many sessions you may want and what you would like to focus on in your sessions. 

This is also an opportunity to discuss how therapy works, including issues such as confidentiality and General Data Protection Regulation. 

This initial consultation also allows for you to ask me any questions that you may have, as well as discussing your goals and hopes for therapy. 

Once you have had a consultation, you can decide whether you would like to embark on your therapeutic journey with me as your therapist.

If you decide to book a first session, I will send you a counselling contract to read through as well as a personal information request form. 

Once this has been completed we can book a day and time for our first session.