Elizabeth Oakley

Member Status: Accredited

Member No: NCS21-00514

Location: Highbridge

Hello my name is Lizzy and I am an Integrative counsellor. I work from my own private practice in Brent Knoll Somerset. I offer a kind, caring and confidential counselling service, working with individuals, children & adolescents, couples and the elderly.

I offer my counselling sessions as either open-ended or for an agreed time period. I usually work from my therapy room in Brent Knoll but can work within the community and offer home visits to housebound or disabled clients. I take referrals from outside agencies and employers and schools.

I specialise in working with Borderline Personality Disorder, ADHD & ASD as well as Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue and many other pain and fatigue related conditions,

I have a wide range of experience in most areas of counselling, where Im happy to discuss anything that you have not seen stated.

• Qualifications & Experience

  Higher Diploma in Counselling [Integrative Therapy] [2011]
  
  
  
  Advanced Cert in Counselling Practice [2009]
  
  
  
  Mindfulness Diploma [2016]
  
  
  
  Adolescent Development and Substance Misuse [2014]
  
  
  
  Extensive Experience around Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue and its Research.
  
  
  
  Working with Relational Trauma: Dealing with Disorganised Attachement. [March 2017]
  
  
  
  Trauma and the Body: Somatisation and Dissociation. [March 2017]
  
  
  
  Post Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Children & Adolescents [July 2017]
  
  
  
  Working with Dissociative Disorders in Clinical Practice [Oct 2017]
  
  
  
  Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: DBT Essentials, Online (DBT Accreditation Level 2) (2018)
  Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: DBT Running Skills Groups (DBT Accreditation Level 3) (2021)
  
  
  Advanced Diploma in Transpersonal Therapy: Bringing Mindfulness to Relationship.
  
  ADHD: Key Knowledge and Skills for Effective Biopsychosocial Intervention APT-Accreditation, Level 2*
• What I can help with

  • Abortion
  • Abuse – Emotional, Physical, Sexual
  • Adolescence
  • Ageing and related issues
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Assertiveness / Self-confidence / Self-esteem
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorders
  • Bereavement / Loss
  • Bullying
  • Cancer
  • Carers
  • Children / teenagers
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome / M.E.
  • Depression
  • Disability
  • Divorce & Separation
  • Driving tests
  • Eating disorders
  • Emotional issues
  • Exams
  • Family
  • Financial difficulties
  • Gender identity
  • Generally unhappy with your life
  • IBS / Digestive Issues
  • Illness and dying
  • Immune system support
  • Job interviews
  • Mindfulness
  • Neurodiversity
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenting skills
  • Phobias
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / PTSD
  • Pregnancy related issues
  • Public speaking: stage fright
  • Relationships
  • Relaxation
  • Self-defeating behaviours
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-harm
  • Sexuality Identity
  • Shyness / Social Phobia
  • Sleep
  • Spirituality
  • Stop smoking
  • Stress
  • Suicidal feelings
  • Tinnitus
  • Trauma
  • Violence / Victim support
  • Young people and children