Thomas Bailey

Member Status: Accredited

Member No: TB00P13

Location: Manchester

I am an experienced and innovative counsellor and hypnotherapist. Every person is unique. That's why I will work differently with every client.
I always offer a free, fifty-minute, introductory session. Here, we can talk about your issues and background; I will also explain the way that I work. We will then have a good idea as to whether we could work well together. The work I undertake is usually long term.

• Qualifications & Experience

  I have a diploma in Counselling (distinction) and Hypnotherapy (distinction). I hold a BA in Philosophy from the University of Essex and MA in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester. I actively undertake continuous professional development. I completed "Existential Psychotherapy and Uncertainty" with Prof Ernesto Spinelli and "Technical Issues in Therapy" with Prof Susie Orbach. In January 2021, I attended a challenging and brilliant webinar on addiction, delivered by Gabor Mate. In October 2021, I attended the webinar on Freud and Pandemics, led by Prof Brett Kahr. In June 2022 I attended a webinar on the challenges our profession is currently facing, in the light of the SCoPEd proposals.
• What I can help with

  • Abortion
  • Abuse – Emotional, Physical, Sexual
  • Addiction (e.g. Alcohol, Computer games, Drugs, Food, Gambling, Sex, Smoking)
  • Adolescence
  • Adoption
  • Ageing and related issues
  • AIDS / HIV
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Assertiveness / Self-confidence / Self-esteem
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorders
  • Bereavement / Loss
  • Bullying
  • Cancer
  • Carers
  • Childbirth: fertility
  • Childbirth: labour
  • Childbirth: pregnancy
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome / M.E.
  • Cultural issues
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sporting performance
  • Start exercising
  • Stop smoking
  • Stress
  • Suicidal feelings
  • Tinnitus
  • Trauma
  • Violence / Victim support
• Languages Spoken

  • English