Trudi Jackson

Weekday evenings and early mornings.

Saturday mornings.

I am available for shorter term and longer term work. 

I am Trudi, a BACP Accredited counsellor. I'm here for you if you are struggling  and would like to talk this through. 

You may be feeling lost and unsure . Maybe you do not wish to burden family or friends with your concerns , or do not feel you have someone  able to listen without judging you or without becoming over-involved. Your main concern may be that you feel overwhelmed and not sure where to turn or where to start.

I am experienced in supporting clients who have experienced loss or abuse and are feeling distress, difficulty, flatness, shame, guilt, fear, anger, disillusion, emptiness or confusion. Types of loss could include loss of job, security, relationship, or  a bereavement of someone significant to you. 

I am here to help you  make some sense of your experiences.  I am driven by my belief in human beings' capacity to grow, learn and work towards fulfilment, if given space and respect. I will offer you a confidential and respectful space to explore, reflect,  recognise and adjust to knowing the real you. 

My counselling experience includes:

 counselling with charities such as local Minds and a local Women's counselling charity; counselling for a cancer charity and in an NHS Talking Therapy service. In addition to being a counsellor, I am a qualified and experienced lecturer in counselling  and have also been a service manager for counselling services.

Training/ qualifications includes:

Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, CPCAB; 

Level 5 Diploma in CBT, CPCAB; 

Level 7 Advanced Certificate in Person Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD), University of Central Lancashire, (recommended by NICE)

Online & Telephone Counselling Certified Counsellor (Counselling Tutor, 80 hours CPD); 

Grief and its Complications; Trauma-informed Practice; Attachment Informed Practice, 30 hours CPD, Portland Institute for Loss and Transition ; 

Working with Suicidal Ideation in LGBTQ Clients, Online Events.

I am currently undertaking a Level 6 in Counselling Supervision 

I work online and over the telephone with adults living all over the UK. I am trained and experienced in working in a range of ways, guided by the needs and preferences of the individual I am working with. I may draw on my CBT training  or my Person Centred and Humanistic therapies. 

My professional experience over the last 12 years has been predominantly in the field of mental health. This has included: working for two  local Minds;  a  mental health charity for people who have experienced homelessness; for charities supporting people living with dementia and visual impairments;  for the fire service and ambulance service in community  roles.  I have counselled with 6 different charities in 3 different parts of UK, including  a National Bereavement Charity, a national cancer charity and a women's counselling charity. 

I bring all this experience together to support and value you as an individual. Together we will help you find a fuller and truer version of yourself that you are currently missing.

I am registered with ICO and insured with Towergate I have an up-to-date Enhanced DBS certificate. 

You may  contact me by text, voicemail or email. I offer an  initial conversation of up to 15 minutes for which there will be no charge.  

We can use this time so that  you understand what to expect from working with me and for both of us  to get a sense of what kind of  'fit' we may be, assessing if I am the best counsellor for you and your circumstances.

If we decide to work together, we will agree our first session of 50 minutes and in this session, we will go through a 'working agreement'. This will include my confidentiality agreement and limits to it; my cancellation policy, ethical approach and the frequency of our sessions. 

Importantly, this is also your  chance to ask questions  about the counselling work we can undertake. 

Having agreed this together, we will begin  where you are ready to begin-  taking that first step towards a more fulfilled, adjusted, settled and clear sense of 'you'.

weekday evenings and Saturday mornings

I’m based in Greater Manchester, providing supervision online to counsellors working with adults.

My fees are at a reduced cost whilst I am completing my clinical hours for a Level 6 in Clinical Supervision.

I have decided upon costs based on my experience, time, running costs (including Supervision of Supervision, PLI insurance) proportional, Zoom subscription, ICO) and my stage of training in supervision.

As part of my own learning journey, I am reflecting more deeply and from different view points, on my own counselling practice and the possibilities of supervision. I would love it if you would consider being my supervisee, learning together with me, whilst being supported and developed by an experienced practitioner, as I give my the focus to your practice and your processing.

I support fellow counsellors to :

• be able to offer their best service to their clients

• maintain their own psychological wellbeing

• develop themselves as professionals

• develop themselves as individuals

• feel safe to be vulnerable and honest - celebrating what is working and exploring areas for development and additional support

• review their work holistically , ethically, professionally

I aim to offer supervisees guidance and appropriate challenge.

I’ve 7 years’ experience counselling in NHS settings, charities and in private practice. Areas of practice include, counselling clients experiencing:

cancer

• long term health conditions

• bereavement, depression

• identity issues

• abuse

• adjustments to changes in life stages and losses.

I’m BACP Accredited and qualified in CBT (level 5) but predominantly I’m person-centred at heart, trained in NICE-approved modality of PCE- CfD and I am a qualified tutor of counselling.

Our supervision may be your primary supervision or in addition to other supervision (for instance to focus on a specific client group or area of your practice or for accreditation applications.)

You may choose to work with me short-term or as part of a longer-term supervisory relationship, which may extend into when I am qualified as a clinical supervisor (anticipate this will be December 2024).

Working Together:

Before we begin working together, I offer free Introductory Session (up to 30 minutes) to get a sense of if we are a good ‘fit’ and to explore:

• how we may work together and what I can offer
• your previous experience of supervision, your current client group, your expectations of supervision