Liz Merrell MBACP ‘I have many years of experience in enabling people to explore and express themselves, both creatively and for personal development. My previous career was in arts education with adults and young people, and later I worked as a complementary therapist using therapeutic touch and energy healing. I believe therapy can offer many things: It creates hope and a meaningful opportunity to grow. It’s an effective way of finding some breathing space in the rush of life to give kindness to the parts of yourself that are wounded or despairing. It’s a space to get in touch with yourself in a deeper way, to understand and give voice to what’s important to you in order to respect and care for yourself better. It’s a space to explore and come to terms with feelings, experiences or relationships that have made life difficult – to gain some clarity for now and some resilience for the future.
I’ve worked as a therapist in a variety of contexts: within University Student Services, in a GP practice as part of community outreach, in the Women’s Centre in Huddersfield and for a local community counselling service. I also taught on FE counselling courses for several years.‘
- I work on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and on Thursday mornings
e: liz@roominside.org.uk m: 07487 225 584
Qualifications:
Post Graduate Diploma – Integrative Relational Counselling & Psychotherapy, Leeds Beckett University
Practitioner Diploma in Transactional Analysis (Yr 1 only), Elan Institute, Manchester
Post Graduate Certificate – Counselling, York St John University
My previous graduate and post graduate qualifications relate to my original career in teaching, education and the arts.
I actively engage in continuing professional development and training to support and enhance my work as a therapist. This has involved a number of short courses in various psychotherapeutic models and specialisms. I have a particular interest in the following: Jungian approaches – the use of creativity, spirituality, dreams and the imagination; Body and Energy Psychotherapy – especially in relation to how we hold and process negative and traumatic experiences; Positive Psychology and Solution/Compassion Focused approaches and how these can benefit shorter-term work.
As a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, I always work in accordance with its Ethical Framework.
I USE Aspects of the FOLLOWING Psychological Theories and approaches in MY work:
Person-centred (Rogerian), Psychodynamic, Psychoanalytic, Transactional Analysis (TA), Gestalt, CBT, Creative, Existential, and Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
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