About Richard Gale

Welcome to New Futures Counselling

Experienced Counsellors


Confidential Service


Variable Rates


Based in Headingley and Cookridge



Our aim is to provide you with the help and support you are looking for.

We will provide you with a caring, personalized and professional service where you can make the changes you need to make. You will be heard and understood in a safe environment where you can talk things through, gain better understanding and move on.

Lee Wallace and Richard Gale are New Futures Counselling and we have Catherine Stephen as an associate.
We have both been practicing counsellors in Leeds for the past
10 years and have experience of working with a wide range of clients and issues. We are committed to providing a high quality service just when you need it. Our work is confidential, humanistic and will develop at your pace.
Generally people find counselling to be a life changing process and experience an increased self understanding, ease and fulfillment.

Client Testimony.

"Being from a diffent ethnic and religous background I was really impressed with how I was met and understood." Male 32

"Thank you for turning my life around. I can not describe what you’ve done for me."
Female 60

"I have been given care and support whilst I find my own answers and discover who I am." Male 42

.."calm insight and experience helped me put many disjointed thoughts and feelings together in a meaningful way. I feel more self-aware and happier as a result"

"A professional, caring, non-judgemental nature let me feel confident to explore some very deep issues....I can not put into words how much this has helped me"

My training, work experience and any achievement

Lee Wallace.

I have worked as a counsellor and psychotherapist in the voluntary sector in Leeds since 2003 including East Leeds Counselling Service and Leeds Mind. I began working with young people in 2004 at Braim Wood Boys’ High School as counsellor and then later at the David Young Community Academy as Team Leader responsible for pupil support, behaviour management and was the lead school counsellor.
I have also been a self-employed therapist at Burley Lodge Counselling Service in West Leeds.

In my time as a therapist I have worked with a diverse range of young people and adults, providing both long and short-term therapy. Within this time I have seen the capacity for people to change and grow when offered a quality of relationship and environment. I draw deep purpose from working with people in ways which often prove to be life-changing.

Richard Gale.

I have been providing counselling and psychotherapy since 2003. In that time I have worked with a wide range of people who have brought a wide range of issues; all individual and all unique in the ways they have worked through their issues.
In my experience as a manager of a state funded counselling service in Leeds I have been responsible for all aspects of a counselling service and managing a clinical team of counsellors; supporting their work and professional development.
I have also worked as a Part Time Tutor for Thomas Danby College, teaching Counselling Skills to Adult Learners. I have taught NLP (Neuro- Linguistic Programming) at the Swarthmore Education Centre. In addition to this, I have experience of being part of a team providing behavioural, emotional and therapeutic support to pupils in a Leeds High School who were at risk of exclusion or permanent exclusion.

I have a deep regard for the humanity in us all and over the years have come to believe that we all have the ability to grow, change and heal ourselves and each other no matter what our standing or starting point.


UKCP Registered Registration number 2011161929 (for information about being on the national register for psychotherapy. To find me on the register please type in my name, and follow the link below.


Please feel free to call if you have any questions or would like to have a brief conversation about any of the services we offer. Or for general enquiries please feel free to email us and we will happily respond to any questions you might have.

We are available for daytime and evening appointments.



MA Client-Centred Psychotherapy, Leeds Metropolitan University, September 2005-June 2010.

Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling, Joseph Priestley College, September 2002-June 2004.

Certificate (AQA) in Counselling Skills, Joseph Priestley College, September 1999-June 2000.

Brief Introduction to Counselling Skills, Swarthmore Education Centre, June-August 1999.

B. A. (Hons) English, University of Teeside, September 1991-June 1994.


Cert in Person-Centred Couples Counselling, post professional qualification. Counselling Works – Allan Turner and Kate Stubbings. June 2009.

Introduction to Clinical Supervision. Tim Gauntlet. Leeds Counselling. March 2009.

BSc Therapeutic Counselling. Leeds Metropolitan University. June 2006.

Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling. Swarthmore Education Centre,
Leeds. June 2003.

Cert in Adult Trainer Training. Park Lane College. March 2003.

NLP Trainer Training. Excellence for All. Manchester. February 1998.

NLP Master Practitioner. Realisation. York. November 1995.

NLP Practitioner. ChangeWorks. Leeds. September 1992.

Certificate (RSA) in Counselling Skills. Swarthmore Education Centre,
Leeds. July 1991

Introduction to Counselling Skills. Swarthmore Education Centre,
Leeds. March 1990.



Catherine Stephen



I am a Person Centred Counsellor providing one to one therapy to adults and young people. I can provide a safe, confidential space, will listen without judgement, be honest and help you guide yourself through any difficulties you may be facing. At your own pace, we will work together to achieve greater self awareness. I will support you as you learn to understand confused or unwelcome thoughts and face difficult feelings and emotions.



I have worked with clients from a variety of backgrounds and with many different issues and have worked as a counsellor at the Well Women Centre in Wakefield from 2010 to 2012.

I now practice privately from the Tower Clinic in Cookridge, Leeds. I also have experience working with older people and those with dementia. Visits at home or residential homes can be arranged.’







Qualifications:



BSc in Therapeutic Counselling Leeds Metropolitan University 2011 - 2012.



Adv Diploma in Person Centred Counselling Swarthmore Education Centre, Leeds 2009 -2011.



Levels 1,2 and 3 Certificate in Counselling skills Thomas Danby College Leeds 2008 - 2009.







Contact:



Catherine 07802 202202



The Tower Clinic 8 Tinshill Lane Cookridge Leeds LS16 7AP

Further Information

Our Fees: Counselling & Supervision

Individuals: £30- £45 (negotiable) per 50 minute session. Based on your ability to pay.



Couples: £35-£45 (negotiable) per 50 minute session. Based on ability to pay.

Clinical Supervision: £45 per 1.5hr session.

We do some reduced rate and free counselling for people without an income.
Please ask if you need to access this service.

Reduced Fees For Diploma/Undergraduate/Post Graduate Counsellors.

We offer a reduced rate of £25 per session for student counsellors who are taking a Certificate or Diploma in Counselling.

Please call if you are undertaking an undergraduate or post graduate course. We will be happy to discuss arrangements.