Ruth O'Connor

Ruth O'Connor


Registered Member M香港六合彩精准资料 (Accredited)

Contact information

Phone number
07534849377

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Therapist - Manchester

Manchester M25
07534849377
Sessions from £50.00

Features

  • Flexible hours available
  • Wheelchair accessible office
  • Available for home visits

Availability

***PLEASE NOTE: From July 2024 I am not able to offer any new appointments as I'm on Maternity Leave.***

I'm usually available for in-person and online appointments Monday-Friday year-round (aside from statutory holidays and annual leave, for which I'll provide plenty of notice). Get in touch to see if I have a session available that will work with your schedule. I'll always try to find you an appointment slot promptly if you need one.

About me and my therapy practice

Life can be overwhelming at times and it鈥檚 hard to know what to do for the best. The Covid era has been a really strange time that鈥檚 tested relationships, problematised goals, brought great suffering, loss and anxiety, and made even straightforward decisions and plans feel impossible to resolve. Even aside from recent events, it鈥檚 so rare in our day-to-day lives to have chance to pause, reflect, and explore what we want and what the blocks might be to getting it.

In sessions I hope to provide a warm, confidential, non-judgmental space where you鈥檒l always be seen, heard, believed and accepted, whatever you want to talk about. I鈥檒l always trust that you know best and believe that how you feel matters. I start sessions in the here-and-now as that鈥檚 where we live, but I recognise things from the past can cast shadows in the present so I鈥檓 always open to helping you draw out whatever鈥檚 on your mind too, if that鈥檚 what you want.

Clients have described working with me as everything from 鈥渓ife-changing鈥 and 鈥渆ye-opening鈥 to 鈥渃hallenging鈥 and 鈥渞efreshing.鈥 I always advise that to a certain extent, the work will go as deep as you want it to. You鈥檙e in charge of what material you bring to sessions and I鈥檒l never push you to explore any subjects or experiences you prefer not to. You鈥檙e the expert on yourself and I鈥檒l always want to hear what you think, how you feel, and what鈥檚 important to you.

I approach all client work with a spirit of curiosity and an open heart: I love to listen and to interact, and I鈥檓 prepared to reflect and adjust the ways in which we engage therapeutically based on anything you want to share. I鈥檒l always tell you what I think, in the hope of offering as much transparency, honesty and empathy as I can.

Practice description

I鈥檓 an experienced person-centred counsellor working in the NHS, in a GP Practice. I established and now run a person-centred counselling service in a GP Practice in Manchester, which I kept open throughout the Covid era. I offer counselling in-person, via Zoom/WhatsApp Video and by telephone, depending on what best suits you. I鈥檝e engaged with people from every imaginable walk of life over the years, both for short-term solutions-focused work and, at times, over much longer periods.

I will always offer congruence, empathy and unconditional positive regard, the Core Conditions which are central to person-centred counselling. I discovered early in my training that the core conditions closely resemble how I鈥檝e always tried to meet others as I move through the world. In the therapy room I hope to learn to stand alongside you, seeing what you see, listening to how you say you feel and developing a sense, through being present in our sessions, of what would count as success or improvement for you.

I focus on person-centred counselling because it is fundamentally optimistic about people. However lost, confused, lonely, sad, uncertain or guilty you might currently feel, I believe all people do have the capacity to find a way through their current challenges to a brighter future, with the right support.

I find people bring great reserves of courage and determination to sessions, even if they don鈥檛 see it themselves at first. I鈥檓 constantly reminded of the resilience and commitment to trying to make a new beginning that I learn about in the people I meet. I start every therapeutic relationship holding respect and admiration towards a client who has already overcome as-yet-untold obstacles to be in the room with me that day.

I have a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and am an Accredited Member of the 香港六合彩精准资料. I鈥檓 fully insured and engage in regular training and monthly clinical supervision to oversee and enrich my practice.

My first session

I offer a free, no-obligation 30-minute session to new clients, to give us both a chance to explore anything that would help you decide whether you feel you want to work with me. Hour-long sessions are from 拢50 per hour, usually weekly though I am open to agreeing other intervals if that would suit you better.

For in-person work I have a wheelchair-accessible room in an NHS clinic, which has other accessible amenities such as adapted toilets and lifts. I want everyone who feels they would benefit from counselling to be able to access it and am determined to offer any reasonable adjustments possible to support people to do that, so in first sessions I'll welcome hearing about any access needs you may have.

What I can help with

Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Addictions, AIDS/HIV, Anger management, Anxiety, Autism spectrum, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability, Eating disorders, Health related issues, Identity issues, Infertility, LGBTQ+ counselling, Loss, Menopause, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Obsessions, OCD, Personal development, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Service veterans, Sex-related issues, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Stress, Substance Dependency, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues

Types of therapy

Brief therapy, Eclectic, Emotionally focused therapy, Existential, Humanistic, Person centred, Solution focused brief therapy

Clients I work with

Adults, Couples, EAP, Older adults, Organisations, Trainees

How I deliver therapy

Home visits, Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone therapy

Languages spoken

English