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Liz Jenkins

Brandon IP27
tel: 07767 602792
Email Consultant

My approach

My approach is integrative, which means that I individualise my work with you using several theoretical models to fit your needs. I provide a safe space where we can explore, together, your needs. I work confidentially adhering to UKCP code of ethics. I also work with EAP (Employment Assistance Programmes).

“Liz is a caring and creative counselor….I have found Liz to be a thoughtful, honest and trustworthy person”

About me

I am a trained psychotherapeutic counsellor, and supervisor, holding a BSc (Hons) in Integrative Counselling (Middlesex University), offering short term and long-term counselling.

I have 15 years’ experience working with domestic abuse, relationship issues, drug and alcohol addiction and survivors of child sex abuse, anxiety and trauma and supported people through many of their problems.

How we can help

I work with

I work with couples and individuals, for short or long term timeframes, EAP referrals, and offer supervision to counsellors.

I have appointments for individuals and couples and have experience working in the areas of anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse (substance abuse, domestic abuse, child sex abuse).

In my blog I share about

Various topics that can help with day-to-day life and help us to think in different ways.

services I offer

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In Person counselling

I offer 1:1 and couple counselling in my counselling space in Brandon, Suffolk.  A space that is private and easily accessible.  I can work creatively, which enhances the work we do.  I have continuous professional development and keep up to date with knowledge.

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online counselling

I use zoom as a platform and work in in a similar way as I do face to face.  The relationship between therapist and client is important and whether face to face or online this can work well.

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Membership Blog

Blogs associated with counselling and the benefits are uploaded here and can be accessed through membership

 

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areas of expertise

Completed courses and my areas of experience

Self Harm
Bereavement and Loss
Self Awareness
DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder)
Domestic Abuse and Psychosomatic Disorders
Survivors of child sex abuse
RCGP Level 1 Substance Misuse
Specialist Sexual Assault Training (CARA)
ASIST trained (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
Accredited member of the Foundation of Infant Loss
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I have worked in the area of substance abuse for 8 years and relationship abuse for 8 years

Working for the last 7 years with dissociative disorders I have had training and attended conferences as well as working with clients who are diagnosed with dissociative disorders.

Specialist training with CARA and for 3 years a counsellor for the rape crisis team I have worked with many survivors.

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
A1 - Some clients are used to communicating on screens for work meetings and family chats, and they have adapted to the differences. Some may prefer it as they can get ‘closer’. D1 - Some people may have different experiences due to the lack of visual and auditory cues and may feel that we are ‘further apart’.
A2 - Any physical difficulties related to travel to and from a physical therapy room are removed. And sessions are easier to schedule into a busy person's diary due to no transportation time required when having sessions on their screen. D2 - Some people may have unexpected emotional responses during or after sessions. This can be due to psychological processes being impacted by communicating via technology, which can make us say things differently in sessions.
A3 - There can be an experience of consistency in the regularly occurring therapeutic space, even if the physical space is not consistent (e.g. if people are in varying locations). D3 - There are limits to the amount of confidentiality that a therapist can guarantee to a client when using technology due to communication passing through platforms that the therapist does not own.
A4 - Communicating from their own safe protected space might feel preferable to some clients. D4 - It may be difficult to organise a safe, private, and quiet place.