About Ankortherapies Shetland

I work in a supportive, respectful, non judgemental and targeted way with the person for the person. The service is professional and confidential and the setting relaxed, comfortable and private.

Typical areas of work are:
- stress
- anxiety
- anger management
- alcohol issues
- depression
- couples
- abuse
- past abuse
- bullying
- redundancy
- loss
- addictions
- internet sex addiction
- trauma
- feeling inept
- sexual issues (including prostate cancer and other illnesses)
- and much more.

I am a regulated and registered psychological therapist, health professional, counsellor and psychotherapist, art psychotherapist, hypnotherapist and NLP specialist and stress management practioner. Other specialisms include four years training in three different areas - relationship and couple counselling, sexual and relationship therapy and sex addiction.

I provide motivational coaching and groupwork also.

My training, work experience and any achievement

I have over 25 years experience in therapeutic settings incuding psychiatric hospital, city counselling centres, occupational health, prisons, city hostel for homeless, a home office funded criminal justice house, voluntary and statutory sectors and a significant related body of work both paid and voluntary.

Many thousands of direct hours with referred (mostly GPs) and self referred clients have included issues at the sharp end of mental ill health through to general feelings of unhappiness.

- Supervisor of counsellors and therapists
- BA Hons - first class
- Post graduate qualified in counselling
- Post graduate qualified in art psychotherapy
- Diploma in stress management London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Diploma hypnotherapy
- Diploma psychotherapy
- NLP licensed and certified
- Brief solutions focussed therapy cert
- Motivational interviewing cert
- Post qualifying certificate in couple counselling
- Post Graduate Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy

Further Information

Several areas of practice are unique in Shetland:
Sexual and Relationship Therapy and Sex Addiction Counselling require specialist levels of training and knowledge.
This is the only service in SRT and SA Counselling (very different from each other) north of Aberdeen.
There are huge gaps in provision all over Scotland - for instance in Edinburgh there is currently an NHS waiting list of around a year.

Art Psychotherapy is not available elsewhere in Shetland. It is suitable for both children and adults.
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