Gestalt Psychotherapy (Cardiff and Penarth)

Gestalt Psychotherapy, Counselling, Supervision, Training, Coaching and Consultancy in Penarth (near Cardiff), South Wales U.K..

Supervision on Supervision (Consultation) or Supervision for Setting up in Private Practice. See Supervision page

I am Gerrie Hughes. I have been working as a psychotherapist, counsellor, supervisor, trainer and coach for nearly twenty years.

Psychotherapy is known to help people experiencing the following:

Stress

Anxiety

Depression

Relationship difficulties

Panic Attacks

Bereavement and loss

Difficulties around eating

Traumatic life events and experience of abuse

Addiction

Some chronic physical symptoms (for example back pain and migraine)
Contact Details:
Tel: 029 2070 7956
E-Mail: gerrie.hughes1@ntlworld.com

Address: 12 Queens Road
Penarth CF64 1DJ

Location
My Gestalt therapy counselling and supervision practice in Penarth is within easy reach of Cardiff, Barry, Cowbridge and the Vale of Glamorgan, accessible via the M4 from Pontypridd and Merthyr, Newport and the Gwent valleys, and Swansea, Port Talbot, Bridgend and other areas of West Glamorgan. I am easily reached from all over South Wales.

If you think you might be interested in Gestalt therapy and counselling, or if you are a counsellor or psychotherapist seeking supervision please contact me. I am an experienced supervisor and trainer in both clinical and organisational settings. I specialise in supervision for counsellors, psychotherapists and others wishing to establish themselves in private practice.

Please see 'About Psychotherapy' and 'About Supervision' pages for more information.

Organisational Work

I also offer Employee Assistance Provision (EAP) for counselling in business and organisational consultancy, supervision and training.
If you are the leader of a company or organisation and want to offer effective development and support to your staff - and they, after all are what makes your business a success - please contact me to discuss Employee Assistance Provision (EAP), staff counselling, non-managerial supervision and consultancy and training. For key members of staff Coaching can enhance performance and communicate value. I specialise in supporting leaders to develop their personal presence, influencing and motivating skills and inspirational communication. I work particularly in the Cardiff, Newport and South Wales, and Swansea and West Wales areas.

Please see the 'About Organisations' page for more information.

About me

I have been working as a psychotherapist for more nearly twenty years, initially as a trainee, under supervision, then for the last nearly ten years as a qualified, accredited practitioner. In that time, I have worked with a whole range of people from different backgrounds, and from age 16 to age 80: men and women, gay and straight, able-bodied or with a disability, and from a range of ethnic groups. I have worked mainly in private practice, but also have experience in student counselling services, the N.H.S. and with Employee Assistance providers.

My background is in industry, and I spent many years in British Gas. I became interested in ways of supporting people to work together effectively while I was there, eventually realising I needed to develop more skills in order to be able to do that as well as I possibly could. So I took voluntary redundancy and re-trained as a therapist. I am still interested in bringing psychological health into organisations and often facilitate work groups.

Qualifications

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (U.K.C.P.) registered Gestalt Psychotherapist, having qualified with the Gestalt Psychotherapy Training Institute in 1998.

Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (B.A.C.P.).

M.A. in Creative Writing

Diploma in Management

My work is influenced by my own journey of self-development, following my interest in dance and yoga, writing and storytelling, intuition and imagination and the body.