Robert Gebka
Member Status: Accredited
Member No: RG00P02
Location: Poole
My name Robert and I am an accredited counsellor, coach and mindfulness consultant with over 20 years’ experience in the field. I am a former Zen monk and spent 5 years living in a Buddhist monastery in South Africa where I learned about mindfulness and human behaviour.
As we all know life can be pretty hard and it takes courage to reach out for support. I really do believe that you have within you the resourcefulness you need to live a life with depth, meaning and self-compassion. My role is to help you recognize this and find a way of tapping into your own wisdom.
I offer trauma informed coaching and counselling and use the following modalities:
@ FLASH (EMDR based) for PTSD and Trauma processing,
@ The wisdom of Trauma Coaching
@ Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy,
@ Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction,
@ EMDR Resource Enhancement Training,
@ Mindful Self-compassion training,
@ Buddhist Based Psychotherapy
@ Internal Family Systems therapy
As for my own journey, I have lived experience, having healed through depression and PTSD myself so I feel I can often empathize with my clients and their struggles.
I have a great sensitivity to cultural diversity and enjoy supporting clients from all walks of life. I now live with my partner and our four year old daughter near the seaside in Dorset, UK
I am an accredited member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society as well as the British Association of Mindfulness Based Approaches. I am also the author of Managing Depression with Mindfulness for Dummies.
