Counselling in Guildford - Sara Lindsay

Humanistic Counsellor, Therapist in Burpham, Guildford - Qualified & Experienced BACP Accredited

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My Skills & Experience

I have skills and experience of working with a variety of issues, including:

• Alcohol & Drug recovery
• Depression/Stress/Anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Bereavement, loss, terminal illness
• Major life changes, redundancy
• History of physical, sexual, mental/emotional abuse
• Young People's issues, including finding your identity and family/peer issues
• Personal Identify - including life choices, cross-dressing
• Working with counselling students to complete statutory counselling hours
• Telephone Counselling

All of the above is about our human adjustment to loss and change that can apply to just about anyone of us.

I have tutored on a Counselling Skills course at Guildford College. I thoroughly enjoyed passing on my skills and knowledge, as well as learning from my students too!

I have experience of working in a men's prison offering substance misuse counselling, which included:

• Working with the client to become abstinent and stay abstinent.
• This work involved addressing criminal behaviour and attitudes as well as drug taking.
• Working for the betterment of society, enabling the individual to see the impact they have on others and society.
• Working on deep emotional issues like childhood and past traumas which, for many people can be root of actions and behaviour.

I have experience working in the field of bereavement and terminal illness. I have worked at the Sam Beare Hospice in Weybridge and the Fountain Centre in the Royal Surrey County Hospital. This work has involved:

• Working with the bereaved to explore their feelings of grief and to find to resolve a traumatic loss in their lives without forgetting their loved ones.
• Working with those who are terminally ill to find peace, acceptance and reconciliation with their situation and with significant others in their lives.
• Working with survivors of a life-threatening illness to gain perspective and find a new purpose or direction in their lives, as many of my clients have expressed that they have 'been given a second chance'.

I studied for three years at Guildford College, and graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Counselling. I ensure many hours of Continuing Professional Development to keep my skills up to date, and have been professionally accredited by the BACP, and am a member of the UKRCP.