I know how hard life can sometimes be, and I also know how much talking to a professional can help. I was in therapy for several years, and that experience was what inspired me to train to become a therapist myself – so that I could also help other people who struggle. Life and its complexities can lead you to feel anxious and desperate. You might feel that things in your life are too much for you, or you might be feeling stuck. You might be struggling with self esteem or lack of motivation, or your thoughts have become too difficult to handle. Perhaps you are struggling with bereavement, shame or trauma.
My hope is to be able to support you in a way that you can understand yourself better and you feel more connected to your authentic self, and feel more content with your life.
I have direct personal and/or professional experience of working with:
- Developmental trauma
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Post Traumatic Stress (PTS)
- Bereavement
- Sexual Abuse
- Addiction
- Anxiety disorder
- Panic attacks
- Depression
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Sleeping difficulties
- Self harm
- Suicide Ideation
- Dissociation
- BPD
I have worked with young people (age 11+) & adults in different settings and from different backgrounds.
I use an integrative person-centred & trauma-informed counselling approach, which incorporates Transactional Analysis, Gestalt & Attachment theory.
I can offer a confidential, non-judgemental, safe environment for my clients to explore their issues and difficulties. Depending on the needs & preferences of the client, I may incorporate bodywork as well as talking therapy, so the work I do with each individual client is unique and tailored to them. I am bound by the Ethical Framework to ensure good practice.
I am fully insured.
I am also a fluent Spanish-speaker and I am equally confident working with clients in English or Spanish.
Contact: grahayesica@gmail.com 07554009178
In terms of my own training & qualifications, I have:
- BACP individual Membership (MBACP)
- CPCAB Level 5 Diploma Psychotherapy with Developmental and Relational Trauma.
- Completed Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, in Banbury Counselling Academy in 2022
- BACP Certicate of Proficiency in 2022
- I am registered with the ICO
- Completed Level 3 Diploma in Counselling at Ruskin College, Oxford in 2020
- Completed Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Mental Health, in Ruskin College in 2015
- Worked as a Key Person in The Slade & Headington Children’s Center in 2013
- Worked as a secretary and children class assistant at Capoaira Angoleros do Mar Oxford in 2012-2016
- Voluntary position as Spanish language teacher, in ABEAC (Projecto Vida) in Salvador Bahia, Brazil in 2003
- Bachelor’s degree in Tourism, Granted by the Instituto Polititecnico Nacional (IPN), in Mexico 2002-2007
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