I strive to offer a safe and quiet place to explore, understand and heal. I work with individuals, couples and families and facilitate therapeutic groups. I also offer supervision to practicing counsellors.
Hello, my name is Steve; I have a counselling practice in Horsforth, LS18, where I see individuals, couples & families. I hope you will get a sense of me and what kind of a counsellor I am on this page but if you would like to know more, please have a look at the other pages or, if you prefer, get in touch. The main links to other pages can be found by clicking the colourful blocks at the top of the page and by looking for the row of links at the top and bottom of each page. You will also find many underlined 'active links', as you read the material, each of which will take you to other information that I hope you will find useful. Information about counselling fees and cancellations can be found here and other information about counselling sessions here.
I offer counselling for Individuals, Couples and Families. Typical work includes helping people struggling with current relationships at home or at work, family, work-related, life-stage, stress, persistent and continuing challenges from past relationships, a difficult or traumatic childhood, issues from the past or any difficulty that is important to you and not reaching a natural resolution on its own.
My practice is in the Horsforth district of Leeds within easy reach of many central, north,
west & south Leeds districts. Leeds City Centre, Guiseley, Bingley, Pudsey, Bradford, Otley, Morley,
Dewsbury, Batley and surrounding districts are all within easy reach.
I am a qualified and experienced BACP Accredited, and UKRCP counsellor carrying appropriate insurance for working with individuals, couples (including marriage and relationship counselling) and families (see Counselling ) and running therapeutic groups. I have 6 years formal training as a counsellor and therapist and have experience of helping people with family and relationship issues, childhood-related difficulties, problems with relationships at work and also high stress environments and professional burnout. I have worked as senior counsellor/psychotherapist and clinical lead in NHS-led mental health services and have worked with individuals, couples and families struggling with some of the most severe personal histories and also mental health difficulties, including psychiatric conditions and personality disorders and have worked many times with suicidal individuals and the families of those that have suicide in the family (see Psychotherapy) and (Professional Profile).
In Horsforth, I can recommend my colleague, Valerie Ward, who has a similar ethos and working method to my own. Valerie is also a qualified supervisor and trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.