Your
Trainer
Ros Powell has been counselling for 10 years and is
a BACP Registered Practitioner. One of her particular interests is helping clients with
addiction problems, which includes drugs, alcohol or any other type of compulsive
behaviour. Clients begin to understand why they use the drugs and can gradually begin to
change their existing behaviour. She teaches most of her clients relaxation skills, which
do prove very effective and beneficial to most of them. They help clients to relax and reduce cravings for drugs or alcohol. People just
don’t know that they posses these skills until they are shown how to develop them.
The power of the mind is enormous and clients begin to realise that they can take control
if they want to, with some dedicated practise.
Ros is also interested in trauma work
and has counselled may people who have been through very distressing events, such as
stabbings, muggings and bank raids. Ros was involved in counselling at the Paddington rail
disaster and felt very privileged to have been asked to help.
In her private practice, which she
runs from several different locations around Birmingham, Ros sees clients with many
different problems, ranging from work-related stress, relationship issues and depression.
She usually works using a brief therapy model, which means clients focus on solving the
problems by setting realistic goals and making the necessary
changes in their lives.
She finds the work very rewarding and
challenging, and hopes that if you feel the need to make changes in your life, but just
don’t know where to begin, or who to talk to, that you may consider contacting her.
She can have an informal word on the telephone with you and you can take your time in
deciding whether you feel this route is the right one. Or you can come for one session and
see how you feel then.
The
Counselling Process
Counselling is about focusing on problems, setting realistic personal goals and making
changes which are suited to clients' individual needs. After an initial assessment
session, ongoing appointments can be arranged at appropriate intervals and each session
lasts approximately one hour.
The Counselling Process helps clients to
develop improved methods of coping by focusing on solutions and strategies which will help
clients to live their lives more effectively.
Personal Counselling
Personal Counselling can help individuals to
identify and understand their problems and make changes that will be of benefit. Issues
may include:
- Relationship or family
problems
- Decision Making
- Depression or anxiety
|
- Bereavement
- Addictions
- Stress
|
Confidentiality
Confidentially is an essential part of any counselling relationships. No details of
clients' problems will be revealed without consent unless it is felt that there is any
risk of harm to the client or to any other person, or if legal requirements, such as court
proceedings, come into force.
Any notes which are made by the counsellor will be kept in secure storage will not
be available to any other person. All counsellors undergo regular confidential supervision
when their work is reviewed. Names of clients are not revealed, therefore maintaining
anonymity for the client.
Code
of Ethics
As a Member of the British
Association for Counselling, Ros Powell is bound by the Association's Code of Ethics &
Practice, and is therefore subject to its Complaints Procedures.
Terms & Conditions
The information on this site is for guidance
only, and may be subject to change. No misrepresentation is intended.
New Leaf cannot be held liable if your
system should be corrupted by viruses or other destructive programmes whilst accessing
this web site.
The
services of New Leaf are confidential
and no information will be passed to a third party without the client’s
consent, unless it is felt that the client is at risk of harming themselves, or if anyone
else is at risk of being harmed.
Any information sent to me via email will
be treated in strictest confidence and deleted from the system immediately after reading.
A written record of relevant information will be kept in a locked cabinet and destroyed
when appropriate.
