MEET ANDIE MCPHERSON

Hello, I’m Andie.

Choosing to begin counselling can feel like a big step — sometimes taken with hope, sometimes with uncertainty, and often with a mixture of both. My aim is to offer a space where you can slow things down, feel understood, and begin to make sense of whatever has brought you here.

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I am an integrative counsellor, which means I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches rather than working from a single model. At the heart of my work is the belief that no two people are the same, and that therapy should be shaped around you — your experiences, your relationships, your history, and your hopes for the future.

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I work collaboratively and at your pace, offering a warm, thoughtful, and non-judgemental relationship in which you can explore what’s going on for you. Some clients come to therapy with a clear issue they want to work on, while others arrive with a more general sense that something isn’t quite right. Both are equally welcome.

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Alongside talking therapy, I pay close attention to how different parts of you may be in the driving seat at any one time, informed by past experiences, emotional patterns, and relational dynamics that may be helpfully or unhelpfully influencing your present life.  I also integrate awareness of the body, emotions, and internal processes — supporting a slowing down, self-acceptance and self-trust as well as a deeper understanding of how you relate to yourself and others.

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I have experience working with a wide range of difficulties, including self-harm and suicidality, loss and bereavement, relationship breakdown and estrangement, intense fears, phobias and anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, life transitions, and questions of identity or meaning. However, rather than seeing you as a collection of problems, I’m interested in who you are as a whole person, and in what has helped you survive, adapt, and grow. I hold hope when it is hard for you to.

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I am a registered member of a professional counselling body (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) and work in line with their ethical framework. I also engage in ongoing supervision and continuing professional development to ensure my work remains reflective, ethical, and responsive.

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I seek to offer a practice that is attentive to power, oppression, and the ways our identities are shaped by social and cultural contexts. I am committed to working in ways that are anti-racist and affirming of neurodiversity, disability, and gender and relationship diversity.

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While I may not have lived experience of all aspects of my clients’ identities, I approach this with humility and opennes. ,My intention is to create a space that is thoughtful, respectful, and conscious enough to support difference. If you feel drawn to contact me — even where there appear to be differences between us — you are very welcome to do so.

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Above all, I believe that meaningful change happens within a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship and that this is possible regardless of differences of race, age, gender, parenthood status etc. My role is not to tell you what to do, but to walk alongside you — helping you develop greater self-understanding, self-compassion, and choice in how you live your life.

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If you’re considering counselling and wondering whether I might be the right fit for you, I’d be very happy to hear from you.

 

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