Bridgett Cole
I am an integrative counsellor with over 12 years experience. I have worked in private practice for the majority of that time but also in organisations including a national charity for mental health issues and an organisation providing support for addictions. I have extensive experience working for a number of Employer Assistance Programmes (EAP), providing therapy for the front line public services and organisations in the private sector.
As an integrative counsellor I draw on my training and experience as a person centred counsellor being at the core of my practice, but drawing on elements from my training in other models, including CBT and Solution Focused Therapy. Using this approach allows me to recognise that every client that comes to counselling is an individual and will require something different from therapy. Together we can explore what is right for you at a pace you choose.
My experience has given me the skills to recognise that any challenges, issues or distress can impact on the whole person enabling me to work in a more holistic way. This allows for a comprehensive exploration of all areas of need that may require support.
I provide a confidential, non-judgemental, relaxed and supportive space to allow discussion and exploration of issues, challenges, and life events that may be causing distress and difficulties, impacting on daily life. This may include, mental, physical, emotional, social and spiritual well-being, which all may need attention, therefore as a passionate practitioner of meditation and mindfulness, I can offer these skills as a way for you to help explore all these areas, to enable a deeper connection of mind and body to gain more understanding of self and what you may need to focus upon in therapy.
I have experience in working with anxiety, depression, trauma, suicidal thoughts, PTSD, OCD, relationship issues, self-worth, long term health conditions, bereavement, domestic abuse, sexual abuse,
I understand how difficult it may be to know if counselling is right for you, you may be unsure if counselling can help, or have lots of questions and unsure what to expect. To alleviate some of those initial worries I offer an initial telephone consultation to answer some of the questions and how we might work together and then help you to decide if you would like to book that first session.
- Level 4 Diploma in counselling theory and practice 2007
- Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma including CBT, Solution Focused Therapy and NLP 2012
- Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate 2015
- Certificate of Proficiency 2013
- BACP Accreditation 2017