Lifeline Counselling

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Laura Smith

In addition to Lifeline Counselling, I have worked with many Clients referred through their work or GP presenting with many different issues. I have provided specialist counselling to those who have experienced or are currently living with domestic abuse in their lives, and have spent a number of years working and supporting many victims of crime.

Lifeline Counselling welcomes:

  • Self referrals from individuals, couples and students
  • Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP)
  • GP’s, Consultants and Health Professionals
  • Critical incident support

Qualifications:

  • BACP Accreditation Certificate
  • BACP Registration Certificate 
  • CPCAB Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
  • EFT – Practitioner Certificate in Emotional Freedom Techniques
  • Diploma in ACT – Acceptance and Commitment Therapy              
  • Counselling Skills CPCAB 
  • Counselling Studies CPCAB 
  • Introduction to Counselling CPCAB 
  • Advanced Certificate in Couple Counselling 
  • Certificate in Mindfulness – 8 week course
  • Certificate in The Rewind Technique 
  • Certificate in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming

Training and Experience:

  • Mindfulness. 
  • Couples/relationship counselling advanced certificate
  • Working with suicidal clients – Dr Andrew Reeves
  • Pre Therapy workshop 
  • Exploring Suicide (Cruse Bereavement Care)
  • Working at Relational Depth facilitated by Mick Cooper
  • Anger Workshop 
  • Eating Disorders Workshop
  • Drug and Alcohol Abuse Workshop
  • Mental Ill Health Workshop
  • Domestic Abuse 
  • Rape and Sexual Assault Mental health issues
  • Extreme Reactions – Suicide and Self Harm
  • Murder and Manslaughter
  • Couple counselling 
  • Therapeutic Writing
  • NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) training
  • Introduction to Pre Therapy

Areas that I work in:

  • One to one adult counselling – 18 years and above
  • Couples Counselling – 18 years and above
  • Students – training to be a Counsellor
  • Critical Incidents
  • Generalised Anxiety
  • Relationship issues
  • Depression – Male and Female
  • Anger 
  • Bereavement
  • Low Self Esteem 
  • Redundancy and work related issues
  • Panic Attacks
  • Victims of Domestic Abuse
  • Victims of crime
  • Separation and Divorce
  • Trauma
  • Abuse
  • Termination/Abortion/Miscarriage     
  • Loneliness
  • Old age