BERNADETTE TURNER
Complete CounsellingPsychotherapy & Counselling in Birmingham & Solihull

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Complet Counselling is currently unavailable But please feel free to explore.

​“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Roy T. Bennett”

​"You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. —Stephen King, author."

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The first and most important step is to find the right therapist for you. A therapist where you will feel safe and understood and not judged. Somewhere where you can gain insight into your thoughts and feelings and who will provide coping strategies for you to regain control of your life.

If you would like help to make positive changes in your life, feeling depressed, anxious, problems in your relationship, job or several different issues, or are just feeling trapped.

I am happy to work with you to provide the tools and support to help you to get your life back on track and to live it, to its full potential.

I will provide a comfortable and warm atmosphere, in which you can feel safe to explore and talk about the issues that are affecting your life.

Together we will workout and identify, what you would like to achieve during your therapy and work towards your unique goals together, providing the necessary tools as required.

“For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness. —Ralph Waldo Emerson"

A number of benefits, I can provide with over 20 years experience include, but are not limited to the following:

• Attaining a better understanding of yourself, your goals and values
• Developing skills for improving your relationships
• Finding resolution to the issues or concerns that led you to seek therapy
• Learning new ways to cope with stress and anxiety
• Managing anger, grief, depression, OCD and other emotional pressures
• Improving communications and listening skills
• Changing old behaviour patterns, addictions and developing new ones
• Discovering new ways to solve problems in your family or marriage
• Improving your self-esteem and boosting self-confidence
• Coping with generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, trauma and phobias
• Coping with bipolar disorder/manic depression
  
  I tailor the therapy to suit you, because we are all individuals with different needs.
  
  If you're looking for extra support and guidance through a challenging situation or you're just ready to move in a new direction in your life, I look forward to working with you to achieve your goals.
  
  To have a no obligation chat as to your requirements, Please give me a call: 
  
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  This month’s video topic is DEPRESSION please see video below.
  Please see my page on About Counselling for a video on Counselling
  
  

   

My name is Bernadette and I have been a practicing Counsellor, Psychotherapist in Birmingham West Midlands and the Solihull area for over 20 year's. I am committed to providing a caring, safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment for you to explore your thoughts and feelings, with the aim of enabling you to enhance your life and to live it more fully.

I am a MBACP counsellor registered with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy BACP and on the Professional Standards Authority Accredited Register.

I work as a counsellor in private practice, providing Counselling in Birmingham, Counselling in Solihull and Hall Green. Please see my Contact Page for details and to view my Consultation Rooms. I am a Humanistic and Integrative Counsellor, which means I combine several models of Counselling, to fit the needs of each client, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). CBT is the treatment of choice, as recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). As it may be possible to achieve a lot with a few sessions, using CBT. Together we will tailor the therapy to suit you, because I believe we are all individuals with different needs.

I have worked as a Counsellor in Birmingham NHS, Primary Care Trusts, Relationship, Couple Counselling, Addiction Service, Domestic Violence, Occupational Health, Rape and Sexual Abuse, HMP Prison Service and Probation Service. I also continue to work with some of these organisations in my private practice.

Please see my page on About Counselling for a video 'What is Counselling' free self help Guides , Pain Management & Sleep Meditation and FAQ for further details of charges.

My Counselling practice in Birmingham and Solihull includes but is not limited to treatment for the following conditions or circumstances:

• Anxiety Management, Panic Attacks, Phobia's, OCD
• Relationships, Couples, Affairs and Betrayals, Separation and Divorce
• Depression, Postnatal Depression, Feeling Sad
• Family Issues
• Carers, Illness, Stroke
• Addiction (Drugs, Alcoholism, Gambling, Smoking)
• Stress, Work Stress
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Bereavement, Loss or Grief
• Redundancy, Work Place Issue's
• Critical Incident Debriefing
• Life Changes, Personal Growth
• Abuse, Sexual, Emotional, Physical
• Assertiveness and Low Self Esteem
• Coping with Change
• Emotional, Physical and Psychological Conditions
  
  Millions of people around the world live with depression. “Living with a black dog” is a guide for partners, carers and sufferers of depression. It advises those living with and caring for people with depression on what to do, what not to do, and where to go for help.
  
  
  Please visit my About Counselling Page for some FREE self help Guides on , Pain Management & Sleep Meditation; Abuse, Alcohol, Anxiety, Bereavement, Anger, Depression and Low Mood, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Health Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Attacks, Phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Postnatal Depression, Self Harm, Social Anxiety, Sleeping Problems, Stress, Prisoner Anxiety, Prisoner Depression, Relaxation Techniques, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Relationship, Family and Couple Issues.

   

  

A free meditation for getting to sleep

I am a counsellor that offers counselling in Birmingham B1, Counselling in Solihull B90, Hall Green B28, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, Warwickshire and within easy reach of M5, M6, M42, M40 and Stratford Road Shirley.