Welcome to the home of The Chester (Northgate) Counselling Rooms. Established in 2011, our aim is to provide a safe, professional and high-quality confidential talking therapy service for anyone who may struggle with a variety of distressing psychological problems.
Many people in society suffer from some form of psycho-spiritual distress in the form of depression, anxiety, despair, relationship problems, sexual difficulties, grief and bereavement, loneliness and isolation, suicide, confusion, trauma, panic attacks, addictions, eating disorders etc. MCTC aims to foster a deeper vision of life in which personal hurts present possibilities for growth on the journey towards a full and abundant life.
Trish Gale is the founder and Managing Director of Credo Counselling & Psychotherapy. Her background was initially in teaching - she taught Modern Languages in Secondary Schools for eight years whilst also becoming a Head of Department and Head of Year. She then left teaching to become a College Chaplain at a Sixth Form College in Manchester, where she worked with young people and members of staff from various religious backgrounds.
We offer an initial assessment appointment during which we will undertake a full psychological assessment and may ask you to complete a psychological questionnaire. By the end of the assessment, we will have jointly agreed whether psychological support is right for you and, if so, what it could help you achieve. If you decide you do not wish to attend another appointment, that will not be a problem. The full assessment process is not limited to one appointment and may take longer.
I am registered to practice as a Clinical Psychologist with the HCPC (Health Care Professionals Council). I am also Chartered and registered as an Associate Fellow with the BPS ( British Psychological Society) and am a member of the Division of Clinical Psychology and the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychology and the Division of Perinatal Psychology.
If you have found yourself here then chances are you are considering counselling, so why not book an appointment with me, we can discuss your reasons for seeking therapy and you can decide whether I am the right therapist for you. Sense of Self is a friendly, non judgemental counselling service run by Laura Keegan, in Greasby on the Wirral, Merseyside.
Our collective psyche is filled with the idea that one thing follows another; when someone dies and then a baby is born, we see it as an ending and a beginning. We say things like, "when one door closes, another one opens". The magical idea of endings and beginnings is with us throughout life. In the past, I feel that we were better at marking these rites of passage as we moved from one stage to another in life.
CCATS has extensive experience and a successful track record of providing psychological assessment and treatment services for children, young people, adults and families. We work in partnership with many organisations including the NHS, Social Care, Youth Offending Teams, GPs and schools. Specialist services for looked after children are provided in partnership with carefully selected children's residential care providers.
All our counsellors use a variety of techniques within our integrative counselling practice, including Person Centred, CBT, Transactional Analysis, Solution Focussed Brief Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Psychodynamic and others, and can amalgamate these to tailor our work together.
I have over 20 years experience of working with individuals, couples, supervisees, groups and organisations in NHS, voluntary sector, educational and private settings. I hold the Relate Certificate in Marital and Couple Counselling and am a registered member of United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) with an M.A. in Gestalt Psychotherapy (University of Derby).