Jeremy Brooks, MBACP, UKCP Reg
 
Holistic Counselling with Jeremy Brooks Why Come for Counselling? In your journey through life you may experience loss and pain, you may feel that you are losing control, or that your life lacks the meaning it once had. You may find that you are becoming dissatisfied with or uncertain about the relationship between you and your partner, or with relatives and friends. At this time you may find it useful to talk confidentially with someone from outside your family or social group. Counselling can provide help in coming to terms with these and other issues that may be affecting your sense of well-being. Counselling can support you in developing a better understanding of your feelings, of what you believe about yourself and of your behaviour. Through this understanding comes the opportunity to develop new skills, make new life choices and develop a deeper sense of self-acceptance. I offer a professional and confidential service with a particular focus on loss, addictions, stress, confidence and relationship issues. I work with adults, both individually or as couples. My Credentials I am Accredited by the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and of the Centre for Transpersonal Psychology (CTP) in London and I work within all of their ethical guidelines. I am a counsellor for Cruse Bereavement Care, and for the Hertfordshire Alcohol Problem Advisory Service. I am a Supervisor of other counsellors for Cruse. My work is overseen by my peers through weekly individual and monthly group supervision. I am a director of CTP, Treasurer of the Transpersonal Perspectives Association and a delegate to the Humanistic and Integrative Psychology Section (HIPS) of UKCP. I am also a lecturer in counselling at West Herts College in Hemel Hempstead. What Happens in a Counselling Session? Sessions last one hour and take place in my consulting room. a 'safe space' of trust, warmth, and confidentiality. My orientation is Transpersonal, which is a perspective that believes that we are more than the contents of our personalities; it is holistic, treating you as a whole person rather than as a collection of symptoms or problems. My role is to help activate your self healing capacities mainly via talking, but possibly by creative visualisation, writing, free drawing, painting, sand tray - whatever works best for you. Arranging an Initial Session Please call to arrange an appointment on 01727 761947. If I am with clients or otherwise engaged there is an answering machine and I will get back to you as soon as I can. You can also contact me by e-mail on jeremy.brooks@ntlworld.com Anything discussed is, of course, completely confidential. If we think we can work together we would then usually commit to a further 6 sessions and then review progress. I am based in central St Albans, 5 minutes walk from the town centre, 15 minutes from the station. There is on street parking (visitors permit supplied). I look forward to meeting you.mailto:jeremy.brooks@ntlworld.comshapeimage_2_link_0