Angela Madeley

Member Status: Accredited Professional

Member No: NCS15-01837

Location: Carlisle

Hi. I’m Angela (she/her). I am a qualified, accredited and trauma informed counsellor based in Carlisle, Cumbria. I have 11 years of counselling experience and an additional 20 years of experience supporting people of all ages in a variety of settings. This has included working in schools, nurseries, residential units, local counselling charities and for Cumbria County Council. I am gender, sexuality and relationship diversity affirmative and kink knowledgeable. 

I have completed training to Intermediate Level 1 in Somatic Experiencing and I am Internal Family Systems Informed. 

I provide long and short term therapy for adults and young people aged 13 and over. Sessions usually last 50 minutes, are one to one and can be arranged at a frequency that works for you. 

The session content will be tailored around your specific requirements and we will work at your pace. I offer online sessions via email, instant messenger, voice and video calls in addition to face to face sessions.

My approach to therapy is integrative. This means that I draw from a variety of different therapy approaches. I believe that the therapeutic relationship can be a catalyst for great change.  

People can start to feel better when their stories are heard and their feelings validated. However, it is not a necessary requirement that you revisit traumatic and distressing events as part of your therapy.

I will not judge, advise or tell you what to do and I respect that you are the expert in your life.

Over the course of my career as a counsellor I have provided several thousand hours of therapy to adults and teenagers experiencing a wide range of challenges. Some of the areas in which I have  extensive experience are:-

Trauma
Attachment
Abuse
Self harm
Feeling suicidal
Grief, loss and bereavement
Gender sexuality and relationship diversity
Confidence and self esteem
Relationships
Alcohol and substance misuse
Depression 
Anxiety
Assertiveness and setting boundaries
Difficulties with feelings
Neurodiversity
Perfectionism
Procrastination
Body Image

• Qualifications & Experience

  I have a BSc in Psychology, Sociology and English and a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling. I have also completed a number of other courses including:-
  •NICABM – Treating Trauma Master Series
  •Introduction to Somatic Experiencing
  •Somatic Experiencing Beginning 1
  •Somatic Experiencing Beginning 2
  •Somatic Experiencing Intermediate Level 1
  •Pink Therapy – Essentials in Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity Therapy
  •Northern Guild – Sand Tray Therapy
  •Online Therapy Institute – Certified Cyber Therapist
  •MindEd – Counselling Children and Young People
  •Transactional Analysis 101
  •IFS Institute - Internal Family Systems Online Circle
  •Dr Leslie Ellis - How to work with dreams in your clinical practice
  •Religious Trauma Institute - Foundations for treating religious trauma, religious trauma and the nervous system, religious trauma and politics
• Languages Spoken

  • English