Hello
And welcome to my private counselling practice in Christchurch where I work with women, men and couples from across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, the New Forest and online. I have a Foundation Degree in Humanistic Counselling from Middlesex University, am a Registered Member of the BACP (MBACP), and am fully insured.
My psychotherapeutic approach is based on Transactional Analysis and informed by the BACP’s code of ethics to which I have added studies in Relational Couples Counselling, Bereavement Counselling and Trauma-Informed Therapy. These different ideas enable me to respectfully offer you a non-judgemental, confidential and thoughtful space in which to explore your concerns.
This is all well suited to working with you if you are experiencing a general sense of being stuck; wish to understand more about why you think, feel and act the way you do; have experienced a loss; would like a more harmonious relationship, or realise that experiences from long ago are still affecting you today. Working with me will help you identify what to do to bring about the change you seek.
I went to counselling as a way to address my own personal developmental needs and, experiencing the desired change, chose to study and become a counsellor.
Coming to this career a little later in life, I have come to appreciate that it’s never too late or too soon to reflect on how we live if life isn’t satisfying us the way we think it could, and I believe that we all have the capacity to engage in a process of and effect enduring change.
Outside of counselling, I pursue creative interests through photography and drumming, like a decent cup of coffee, and enjoy taking advantage of the local estuaries.
If some of this resonates with you and you feel we’d work well together, please contact me at counselling@paulallen.co.uk or on 07714 978293.
Please take a little time to explore my site to find out more about counselling for:
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Those who grew up in or are living in a military family
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