Relationship Counselling in Leicester

New Leicester counselling practice with counsellor and therapist, David Allen

David Allen warmly welcomes you to his Leicester Counselling Practice web page. Please read through the page and if you are specifically looking for relationship or couple counselling in Leicester, David looks forward to meeting with you in the near future.

About the Leicester couple-counselling practice:

The Leicester practice is based at the Centre of Balance.

The Centre of Balance is set back from the thriving shopping area of Queens Road in Clarendon Park, Leicester, on the corner formed by Montague Road and Edward Road.

The Leicester counselling practice also benefits from:

• A secure, professional and non-judgemental environment, which allows you to safely explore thoughts, feelings or behaviour.
• Car parking in the immediate vicinity allows you easy access.
• Daytime and evening appointments available.

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About the Counsellor

At different times in our lives most of us will experience some distressing events and feelings. These can be caused by a specific set of circumstances such as problems with colleagues at work, losing a job, car accidents or bereavement. Sometimes distressing feelings are much more difficult to get to the root of or understand.

Talking therapies such as counselling or therapy can help us to understand our thoughts, feelings and the way we react or behave to them. Once we have an understanding of what drives us we can elect to make some personal changes which enhance rather than debilitate our lives; as Sir Francis Bacon once famously said "Knowledge is power. Information is liberating."

I am both a qualified and experienced counsellor and have an established private practice developed in 2004.

I offer all the usual counselling services such as individual help with:

• stress
• anxiety
• bereavement
• anger management
• panic attacks
• phobias and
• depression

Training and Professional

I have seven years experience as a full-time therapist. I have a Post-Graduate Clinical Diploma in Transactional Analysis Counselling, a Master of Science Degree, I have completed a five year psychotherapy training program, I have a certificate in relationship counselling, and I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Benefits

This means that you can relax, safe in the knowledge that:

• You will see a qualified, experienced and professional relationship counsellor
• You will be protected by the code of ethics of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
• You will benefit from his extensive training in counselling and psychotherapy
• You will always know where your treatment is going because he works contractually; he will always discuss treatment options beforehand and will not proceed until you are 100% happy
• You will be seen by a reputable practitioner
• You will experience a safe and supportive environment, where all your concerns will be taken seriously

Professional Fees

The Leicester Counselling and Therapy fees

I charge £40 an hour during normal office hours, and £50 an hour in the evening. Please note that there is a waiting list for evening appointments.

Relationship Counselling

When we are looking for a partner we use two main selection criteria: on the surface we look for ways of relating that we are familiar with, but really we are looking for someone that finds it easy to do the things that we don't find easy to do.

This isn't necessarily a recipe for harmony. Just because a way of relating is familiar doesn't mean it has to be comfortable. And there are always good reasons that we do things one way and not the other.

For example let's look at a typical couple, let's call them Jane and Donald:

• Jane yearns for intimacy, and is familiar with her father's style of relating which is as a need for a lot of personal space.
• Contrariwise, Donald likes his own company, and is familiar with his mother's need for intimacy.
• Secretly Jane wishes she knew how to keep more people out, and Donald wishes he could let more people in.

Couple counselling could help Jane and Donald:

• understand where each other is coming from
• work around where their styles of relating clash
• help each other evolve a more flexible style of relating.

To arrange a counselling appointment or consultation in Leicester please call David on
07815 596 628