Patrick Gallagher

Person-Centred Counsellor & Psychotherapist

I have 20 years experience as counsellor and psychotherapist and have worked in such varied work settings as University Counselling Centres, Special Care Hospitals and Health Centres. Since 1994, I have worked in private practice in Edinburgh and provide, in addition to counselling, counselling supervision to practising counsellors and counselling training on Postgraduate Counselling Diploma Courses, including the University of Edinburgh and University of Strathclyde.

Qualifications
BA, CCS, Dip. Couns, (BACP Accredited) CPCCS.

Professional Memberships
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
British Association for the Person Centred Approach (BAPCA)
PCT (Scotland).

What is Person-Centred Counselling and How Does It Help?
Person-Centred Counselling creates a warm, responsive and accepting environment where you can safely explore and deal with feelings and experiences that are currently distressing you. This enables you to live in a more open and personally satisfying way. The service is confidential and follows the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy ethical framework for good practice in counselling and psychotherapy.

What Sort of Problems are Helped by Person-Centred Counselling?
Many things can affect your sense of personal well being and ability to cope: the following are some examples:

• You may be having relationship or family difficulties
• Perhaps you are struggling with feelings of anger, sadness or depression
• You might have distressing memories for example of having experienced traumatic events as a child and/or adult or of losing someone close to you
• You may be living with a long term emotional health problem yourself or caring for someone else in this situation

When are Sessions Available and For How Long?
Sessions for Person Centred Therapy are available on week days and evenings. They usually last one hour and are held weekly. The length of time available for counselling is individually negotiated with each client and is reviewed on a regular basis. Appropriate times can be negotiated in the initial meeting.

For more information about Person-Centred Therapy and Patrick Gallagher's work, please visit: www.patrickgallagher.co.uk

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