Trudie Johnston
MBACP, MNCPS(Accred).

I have been practising as a counsellor for six years, working with both short-term and long-term clients, and additionally, I have worked as a volunteer bereavement counsellor at my local hospice. Before training as a counsellor, it was volunteer bereavement support work that led me to train as a counsellor, and I tend to think that counselling found me, rather than the other way round. Something I never imagined doing in my younger years, but something that later changed my life and now feels very natural to be doing.

My theoretical approach is integrative, having initially trained in Humanistic Counselling, as a person-centred counsellor, I have undertaken further training in Attachment-based Psychotherapeutic counselling, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, along with a blended course of Psychodynamic counselling. Using elements of all of these approaches, I work relationally to help you, as an individual client, explore your world.

I am also a qualified Focusing Practitioner. Focusing is a psychotherapeutic process developed in the 1950s by Professor Eugene Gendlin, and involves sensing into the body and letting the body guide us through our ‘felt sense’ to promote healing and gain insight into our lives.

I believe that counselling (and focusing) can help with our overall wellbeing, and so many of the emotional difficulties that can impact negatively on our lives. For example, just a few of the things I help clients with are difficulties with relationships, self-esteem, bereavement, anxiety and depression. Counselling can help you understand the reasons why you do the things you do, think the way you think, and give you the tools, as counselling gave me, to help you to move forward in your life.

I understand that sometimes it can be difficult to make that first move and reach out and ask for support, however, if, perhaps you are reading this now, and recognising that counselling (or focusing) may be beneficial to you, take the first steps and contact me. Together we can work towards making the changes you would like to make to help you move forward in your life.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION MEMBERSHIP

• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) – I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Registration Number – 381995 . This is a register that has been accredited by the Professional Standards Authority and is a programme which was set up by the Government to improve standards and safety for the help of the public.
  
• National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)
  I am an accredited member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society. Membership Number NCS18-05939 This is a register that has been accredited by the Professional Standards Authority and is a programme which was set up by the Government to improve standards and safety for the help of the public.

• British Focusing Association Registration (BFA)

I have regular clinical supervision and ongoing professional development.

• DBS Checked
• Insured
• ICO registered