Welcome to Bayswater Counselling
"Life doesn't get better by chance, life gets better with change"
THERAPIST PROFILE
Gillian Charlton FdSc, Cert DIP, MBACP
Gillian is an experienced qualified counsellor and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist. She works ethically within the framework of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, of which she is a fully registered member.
Gillian is passionate about mental health and has over ten years experience working within a counselling setting. For the past few years Gillian has been working within private practice. She has extensive knowledge of various mental illnesses and has experience working with a wide range of presenting issues, including low self-esteem; depression; self-harm and suicidal ideation; stress & anxiety; sexual trauma including rape and historic abuse; PTSD; strong feelings of guilt, shame and anger; work or school related issues and bereavement. Her client group include adults, and children and young people.
Gillian’s humanistic approach is extremely client focused whilst she promotes integrative counselling including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), specifically tailored to suit the individual needs of her clients. She offers a professional and confidential space in which her clients can explore and understand their experiences and the root to their problems, helping them to process difficult and strong emotions whilst assisting them to break the cycle of negative thinking and subsequent behaviours. Gillian collaboratively works with her clients to facilitate personal growth which encourages her clients to feel more positive about themselves enabling them to live a fuller and happier life. Gillian offers short and long term therapy, according to the needs of her clients.
Prior to working within private practice Gillian has worked for a number of charities including those supporting survivors of sexual abuse, domestic violence and bereavement. She has also supported individuals diagnosed with various mental illnesses including Schizophrenia, Bi-Polar Disorder, Personality Disorders and various levels of autism in both children and adults. Gillian completed her professional training and qualifications in Warwickshire.
Knowledge & Experience working with
- Depression
- Stress and anxiety
- Bereavement
- Self harm
- Suicidal ideation
- Low self esteem
- OCD
- Children & Young People
Training & Qualifications
- FdSc Degree Counselling (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
- Certified Diploma Level 3 Counselling
- Certified Diploma Level 2 Awareness in Bereavement
- BACP Certificate of Proficiency (COP)
- Treating Chronic Stress
- Treating Intrusive Thoughts and the Inner Critical Voice
- Working with Sexual Trauma
- Supporting Victims Of Domestic Violence (CAADA) Accredited
- Supporting Vulnerable & Intimidated Witnesses (Enhanced)
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Training (Level 1)
- Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence Core Training
- Specialist Training Programme for working with survivors of rape and sexual abuse
- Safeguarding in Education
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
About bayswater counselling
Our Therapeutic Practice
Bayswater Counselling Services is based in Wallasey, Wirral. The practice is warm and welcoming allowing you to feel comfortable and at ease. The service will always be honest whilst guiding you to the right help so you achieve the results you want.
The Service offers free face to face or phone consultation, allowing you to meet or speak with the therapist before entering into a therapeutic relationship. Feeling comfortable and relaxed with your therapist is an important part of the therapeutic process.
Our Therapeutic Promise To You
We promise to provide a neutral safe space with warmth and a deep level of empathic understanding. We promise to listen to your concerns without being judgemental whilst helping you to discover the root to your problems.
We promise to be there for you every step of your journey. Our goal is to help you grow from your struggles, heal from your pain, and move forward to where you want to be in your life.
We promise to work with you to facilitate your personal growth whilst helping you achieve your personal goals for therapy. We promise to give you the tools to enable you to live a fuller and happier life. Our promise is to help you heal.
Our Therapy
Depression & Anxiety
Depression, fear and anxiety are some of the most common and uncomfortable emotions that we can experience at any point in our lives. Whilst the symptoms can vary from person to person, one thing is clear, they can be one of the most debilitating conditions of modern times. As many as one in six people will suffer with some form of depression or anxiety at some point during their lives.
Depression and anxiety can have a huge impact whilst interfering with relationships, sleep patterns, eating habits, work, school and routine activities. Effective therapy can significantly reduce or eliminate symptoms associated with depression and anxiety in a relatively short time, allowing a person to resume regular activities whilst regaining a sense of control. Therapy will help you to recover motivation and perspective whilst teaching you new skills to be able to challenge depressive or anxious thoughts and behaviours at the onset, encouraging you to be confident about leading a depression and anxious free life. Depression and anxiety are very treatable conditions.
Bereavement
Grief can be an overwhelming experience and will effect people in many different ways. A wide range of emotional and physical symptoms include profound sadness, feelings of emptiness, despair, yearning, instability, deep loneliness, fatigue, nausea, lowered immunity, weight loss or weight gain, aches and pains, and insomnia. Whilst we are all affected by loss at some time or another, the experience is very unique to each one of us. Whilst many people are able to come through bereavement without the need for counselling, many will suffer serious consequences to both their physical and mental health. Therapy will give you the opportunity to work through your grief and the impact the loss has had on your life. Therapy will help you to embrace change and assist you to take positive steps to enhance your general wellbeing.
Trauma & PTSD
Trauma is the emotional shock experienced after an extremely stressfull or 'traumatic' event. Many individuals will experience various emotional and physical symptoms associated with such painful and traumatic circumstances long after the trauma actually happened. Strong feelings of intense fear, hopelessness, self blame and horror are just a few emotions that can linger post traumatic events and can be triggered at any time causing great distress. Therapy can help you to process these painful experiences and the intrusive thoughts and memories attached to such events. Therapy will help you overcome these symptoms whilst guiding you through the process of healing.
Children & Young People
Whilst there have been some beneficial changes for our children and young people in todays society, some are faced with numerous pressures whilst they navigate their way from childhood to adulthood. The education system is so focused on targets our children and adolescents can feel overwhelmed with constant pressure to succeed. The digital age can also present problems where peer influence is a factor and acceptance is often craved by our children. Constantly compering themselves to others on social media can have an extremely negative impact on how they see themselves. In addition, websites which promotes self-harm and suicide are a worrying influence on our children who are vulnerable to distress.
Therapy gives the child the opportunity to talk about how they feel without the fear of being judged whilst helping them to understand what may be causing them to feel the way they do. The therapy will be structured accordingly to the child's age and development. Various methods of visual interventions can be used including drawing, painting, creative art and computerised interactive tools to help children talk about and understand their emotions.
Therapy can help children cope with everyday worries, such as exam and school pressures, relationship issues with friends and family members, self-harm, grief, low moods and anxiety. Therapy can help children and young people recognise that their negative behaviours are understandable in response to difficult experiences whilst providing a platform from which they can build a more accurate picture of their inner strengths and their ability to change.
Children and young people.
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