Abbie Cranham

Member Status: Accredited

Member No: NCS15-01980

Location: Isle of Wight

Thank you for taking the time to read through my profile. I hope you can get a sense of how I work from this brief overview but please contact me directly for further information and a chat about whether counselling with me is right for you.
I have been working as a counsellor for over 11 years. My experience incudes: volunteering with bereaved adults at a local hospice; working within the charitable sector providing counselling for children and young people offering bereavement support; counselling in schools as well as psychological support for children and young people living with children diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes.
I now work in private practice with adults as well as providing counselling support for young carers.
I work with a range of issues which can present in counselling sessions and feel that my work is enhanced by twenty years' experience working and volunteering across diverse settings in the social care field.

• Qualifications & Experience

  Integrating Mindfulness and Compassion(IMC) Mindfulness UK (2020)
  Diploma with distinction in Humanistic Gestalt Counselling, validated by Winchester University(2012)
  ABC Level 3 Counselling skills certificate (2009)
  Transactional Analysis 101 (2009)
  OCN Mental Health Awareness Training, Equal Opportunities and Diabetes Awareness Training
  Ongoing safeguarding training
  
  Registered member of British Association Counselling and Psychotherapy(BACP)
  Accredited member of the National Counselling Society(NCS)
  Both bodies are approved by the Professional Standards Authority.(PSA)
• What I can help with

  • Abortion
  • Abuse – Emotional, Physical, Sexual
  • Adolescence
  • Adoption
  • Ageing and related issues
  • Anxiety
  • Assertiveness / Self-confidence / Self-esteem
  • Bereavement / Loss
  • Bullying
  • Cancer
  • Carers
  • Cultural issues
  • Depression
  • Disability
  • Divorce & Separation
  • Family
  • Financial difficulties
  • Gender identity
  • Generally unhappy with your life
  • Illness and dying
  • Mindfulness
  • Parenting skills
  • Pregnancy related issues
  • Relationships
  • Self-harm
  • Sexuality Identity
  • Shyness / Social Phobia
  • Spirituality
  • Suicidal feelings
  • Trauma
  • Violence / Victim support
  • Young people and children
• Languages Spoken

  • English