Liz

Hello, I'm Liz, I’m currently completing the Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Leeds Beckett University. I began training before the pandemic after having spent 16 years in the education sector where I carried out a variety of pastoral roles within secondary schools. For the final six years I taught in specialist provisions for excluded children and young people.

Whilst teaching, I really missed being able to listen to and support people through their life challenges, hence my training pathway as a relationally therapeutic counsellor.

My practice is integrative, which means that although my core counselling skills are person-centred and humanistic, I’m developing my range to include other therapeutic methods that you may find beneficial; these methods include CBT, somatic and psychodynamic approaches. Whether you’d like to set goals or work through a particularly difficult situation, together, we’ll work on what’s important to you and at a pace that you feel comfortable with.

I'm happy to meet face to face, online or even outdoors, but the most important thing I value is being able to provide you a warm, welcoming, non-judgmental therapeutic space. As a member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) and the ACC (Association of Christian Counsellors), I adhere to their ethical framework and have regular supervision which ensures my practice is safe and includes any new changes in therapeutic protocol.

I currently volunteer for a national bereavement helpline and enjoy growing food in my spare time.