Andrew White

Member Status: Accredited Professional

Member No: NCS22-01365

Location: Whitley bay

Andrew White
Counsellor
BA (Hons) Hum, Dip Integ Counselling
I graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a BA (Hons) in Humanities.
After a time in the work place, I began my training as a counsellor and qualified with a Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling in 2016.
In 2015 I worked as a Volunteer Bereavement Counsellor at St Clare’s Hospice in Jarrow where I provided counselling to people experiencing bereavement.
In 2016 I Joined Cygnus Support in Ashington as a Volunteer Counsellor. Here I continued counselling people from the North East of England who needed help with a wide range of mental health conditions including bereavement, depression, anxiety and also survivors of domestic violence.
In 2018 I passed the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Certificate of Proficiency Assessment which means that he is now a registered member of the association.
In the same year, I set up Andrew White Counselling. A private practice based in Blyth and Whitley Bay areas of the North East of England.

• Qualifications & Experience

  Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England certificate
  
  Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling.
  
  Diploma of Higher Education in Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling: Including Working with Grief and Loss, Working with issues of Harm and Abuse.
  
  BA (Hons) in Humanities: Including Psychology, Sociology and History.
  
  APT Accreditation Level 2 Solution Focused Therapy.
  
  Skills for Supporting Those Affected by Addiction. Level 2
  
  Working Appropriately with Loss and Grief
  
  Safeguarding Adults LEVEL 2
  
  Effective Anger Management Tool for Working with Men
  
  Understanding Men, Intimacy, and Shame
• What I can help with

  • Addiction (e.g. Alcohol, Computer games, Drugs, Food, Gambling, Sex, Smoking)
  • Ageing and related issues
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Assertiveness / Self-confidence / Self-esteem
  • Bereavement / Loss
  • Depression
  • Divorce & Separation
  • Emotional issues
  • Exams
  • Generally unhappy with your life
  • Job interviews
  • Mindfulness
  • Panic attacks
  • Phobias
  • Relaxation
  • Self-defeating behaviours
  • Self-esteem
  • Shyness / Social Phobia
  • Sleep
  • Stop smoking
  • Stress