Most though not all of the practitioners listed on this page work at the OTS-Witney Therapy Centre. They can be contacted via the contact details for each entry. Clicking on the contact link will take you to the contact form on the main OTS website. Not all of our therapists who we might refer you to are listed here. If you are looking for low cost counselling or psychotherapy, our trainees are not listed here, as an assessment is required before they see clients.
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OTS Witney Therapy Centre
In this section you will find full members of the OTS organisation who we regularly refer to, as we know their work well. Please be aware that there are many other members who are not on our website.
Jilly Green
Humanistic Integrative Counsellor
Offering: Individual adult (18+) therapy
Availability: Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs
Fees: £45 per 50-minute session
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
There can be times in life when the load feels a bit too heavy, and we need support. It can take courage to reach out for counselling and ask for help.
I offer a safe and confidential space for you to explore your thoughts and feelings and share your concerns, without judgement. As a Humanistic Counsellor, my approach is client lead, respecting and accepting every unique client for who they are.
I work to explore and support your self-awareness, bringing the unconscious into view. This could be around your patterns of relating, gaining greater insights into your own difficulties. I aim to help you to find acceptance, as well as find your way forward.
Background:
I have a professional background in Early Child Development, working as an Early Years Teacher in the community. This role required me to work collaboratively with families, in a supportive role, caring for children with complex needs. As a Counsellor I work with honesty, sensitivity and empathy, and I believe it is the relationship which allows for healing to happen. In my Counselling role I have worked with a range of client issues including suicide ideation, self-harm, sexual abuse, shame, guilt, loss, bereavement, anxiety, depression, chronic illness, low self-esteem, mental health problems, family issues, neurodiversity and transitions in life.
Training and Qualifications:
BA Hons in Music and English
PGCE in Teacher of Children with Severe Learning Difficulties
City and Guilds in Counselling
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling CPCAB
Registered Bodies and Organisational Positions:
Individual member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) Gill Green No.411165
Member of OTS-Oxfordshire Therapy and Self-Development
Julia Joyce
Integrative Transpersonal Counsellor
Offering: Individual adult (18+) therapy
Availability: Monday - Friday, daytime and evenings
Fees: £60 (60 minute sessions), limited number of concessionary slots for students / lower income
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre
Also at: OTS-Oxford Therapy Centre, Faringdon & Online
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
As a transpersonal therapist my focus is to help you to understand yourself better and to explore your growth as as individual. Life can be challenging and complicated, resulting in perhaps depression, anxiety, low self-worth, addictions, eating disorders or a sense of feeling empty or stuck. In therapy we would think together about how your life is now, in the present, then work backwards to explore how people and and situations might have contributed to forming beliefs and responses that are no longer helping you. With growing awareness it is then possible to look forwards into the future, perhaps looking at ways to do things a little differently as you continue your life journey.
We will have an initial session; following this, if you decide to continue with weekly therapy, I will provide a safe and confidential room or Zoom setting for you to bring whatever issues you would like to explore. We might do this just through talking, or we can use visualisations / art / myth and stories / dreamwork - how we work is your choice. I will actively engage with the issues you bring, by listening, supporting and challenging you to find out more about the unique human being that you are. As Oscar Wilde said, “The final mystery is oneself”.
Background:
In 2010, following a personal crisis, I went into therapy with a Jungian practitioner which over time, transformed the way in which I understood myself, my life and the world. Excited by this, I then took the decision to retrain as a therapist, so that I could help others as I had been helped.
Prior to this, I worked as a garden designer / gardener. I have always had strong ties to the natural world, which has taught me so much.
Training & Qualifications:
Diploma in Integrative Transpersonal Counselling (ReVision, London).
Registered Bodies & Organisational Positions:
British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP)
OTS-Oxfordshire Therapy and Self-Development
Belinda Herbert
Psycotherapeutic Counsellor
Offering: Individual adult therapy (18+)
Availability: Monday 12pm – 7pm
Fees: £55 – £65
Frequency: Weekly/fortnightly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre
Also at: Online (I can be flexible with days/times when working online)
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
At any time, we can find ourselves struggling to cope with everyday life. It could be something from the past that has always been in the shadows, or perhaps a recent event that impacts on our emotional and physical wellbeing. Whatever the problem, talking and working things through in a non-judgmental, safe and supported space can really help.
The type of counselling I offer is based around an integrative approach which allows me to work with flexibility, as I know that everyone and their experience is different. The focus of our work together would be to help explore and understand how you are feeling, and to look deeper into what may be hidden beneath the surface. This may bring up some uncomfortable thoughts and emotions which I will support you through, whilst also sensitively challenging, when I think this might be helpful. Experiences, both in the present and the past may be negatively affecting how you feel, act and relate to both yourself and others. Through the building of our relationship, my aim would be to help raise your self-awareness, develop greater clarity, and explore relational patterns with a hope to increasing your well-being, resolve the difficulties you are experiencing, and attain greater agency over your life.
Background:
As well as working with clients from all walks of life since qualifying in 2018, I’ve spent two years supporting victims of domestic abuse within the Oxfordshire domestic abuse service (ODAS), and I now currently work to support those in the homeless pathway. This has given me a lot of experience and knowledge of working with a wide range of mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship problems, low self-esteem, stress, OCD, bereavement, self-harm and trauma.
I am an accredited member of the BACP and work within their ethical guidelines of professional practice and hold an enhanced DBS certificate.
Training & Qualifications:
Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Post grad certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling
Certificate in online and Telephone counselling
Registered Bodies & Organisational Positions:
British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP)
OTS-Oxfordshire Therapy and Self-Development
Melanie Bain
Humanistic Counsellor
Offering: Individual, Relationships, Couples
Availability: Monday to Friday
Fees: £60 - £70 for 1-1 (£80 - £90 for Cpl/Rel'p)
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre
Also at: Oxford / Online
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
Melanie tailors her approach to meet your needs, guiding you to increase self-awareness and identify hidden attitudes, traits, beliefs or feelings that may negatively influence your current situation and relationships. Exploring these insights can empower you to challenge and change old, unhelpful patterns, encouraging a more fulfilling life and relationship with yourself and others.
Background:
Melanie offers a wealth of experience drawn from her extensive professional background and her journey through therapy. From her work in health care, social care, and the criminal justice sectors she has worked closely with organisations dedicated to rehabilitating individuals facing addiction and those with challenging criminal histories. Melanie has assisted children, young people, and their families navigate through various domestic and social challenges.
Training and qualifications:
PGDip in Humanistic Counselling and Supervision
Certificate in Couples Counselling
Certificate in Counselling Skills
Foundational Theraplay® Practitioner (Level 2 and MIM)
Registered Bodies:
OTS Member
Accredited Registrant with the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
Lucy Thomson
Trainee Humanistic Psychotherapist (final year)
Offering: Individual adult therapy (18+)
Availability: Tuesday - Friday till 8pm
Fees: £45 (50-min sessions)
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Oxford Therapy Centre
Also at: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
I offer a flexible approach according to your needs and integrate different methods to understand your issue and help you to become more aware of unhelpful patterns which are causing you distress. Our work together will involve exploring the nature of your issues in creative ways, and how you can make sense and meaning of where you find yourself today and in the wider context of your life.
The humanistic framework I work within is based on the belief that most people have the capacity to grow and achieve well-being and that you have the answers you seek within yourself, no matter how stuck or helpless you may be feeling.
As we build a deeply empathic and trusting relationship, I invite you gently and with compassion to be open to exploring the disturbance within you. This includes understanding your fears and anxieties that are blocking you, and supporting you to discover new and more creative ways of resolving the problem or crisis you are experiencing. This may feel challenging at times and I will be mindful and respectful of your needs on our journey together. I will also pay attention to how the relationship we build together is going, and what seems to be working for you, or not, with regular reviews and check-ins.
I have worked with clients from diverse backgrounds and cultures and embrace the richness of each individual’s uniqueness and life story and their potential to grow and experience satisfaction and fulfilment in their lives.
Background:
I became interested in becoming a psychotherapist after working for several years teaching and supporting adults and adolescents who had struggled in mainstream education. I don’t believe that one size fits all and am interested in understanding and challenging what is considered ‘normal’ or ‘successful' in our western culture and how we relate to and communicate with each other in an increasingly complex and changing world. I have a special interest in mid-life challenges and the menopause.
Prior to this I worked for many years in advertising and marketing and have a degree in Modern Languages which sparked my love of different languages and cultures.
Training & Qualifications:
Post Graduate Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling (2 yrs) - Birkbeck University, London
MSc Humanistic Psychotherapy (4 years) - Metanoia Institute, London
Registered Bodies & Organisational Positions:
Trainee member, registered with UK Council for Psychotherapists (UKCP)
OTS Member
Linnet Broscomb
Psychotherapeutic counsellor
Offering: Individual therapy (18+)
Availability: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays (day & eve)
Fees: £45 / £35 student with ID
Frequency: Weekly/fortnightly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre & Online
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
I aim to build a therapeutic alliance with my clients in an integrative way that borrows from many approaches to therapy, including humanistic, client-centered and psychodynamic approaches. I offer a supportive and sometimes challenging space to explore your inner self and examine the things that have been holding you back from becoming the version of you that you deserve to be.
I offer you an opportunity to explore, discuss and uncover the things that have been causing you pain. I work with you to build an alliance in which you can feel safe and supported to address your deepest fears and problems without fear of judgement or reprisal. My approach means I do not have a pre-conceived idea of what will work best for you, instead I work with you to discover which style is most appropriate for you. You, the client, are in control of your journey and I am the facilitator. I have been in practice for 3 years and have previously worked with a charity for survivors of domestic abuse and with people from the LGBTQ+ community.
Background:
I have always been interested in language and the way it is used to express meaning, particularly when words and meaning differ. I have taken this interest to an academic level through my undergraduate degree and then used it to guide me through my professional diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling. My life experiences have given me an understanding of adversity and I use this background to inform my therapeutic practice.
Training and qualifications:
Level 5 Professional diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
BA(hons) Creative writing and English Studies
Registered bodies:
Accredited member of National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (MNCPS acc)
Member of OTS
Katrina Hulme-Cross
Psychotherapeutic Counsellor
Offering: Individual adults (18+) therapy
Availability: Monday, Tuesday & Friday
Fees: £50 (50 min sessions)
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
You may feel isolated and that you have no one to talk to or you may have the most supportive friends and family but still find it difficult to explain why you're feeling anxious or depressed. You might just feel it would be easier to talk to someone independent.
Asking for help can feel daunting, but I can offer you a confidential space in which to share your unique life story and to explore difficult thoughts and feelings as well as your hopes, fears and aspirations.
I work primarily from a psychodynamic perspective. This means I will work with you on existing difficulties or unresolved past conflicts by exploring not only your conscious thoughts, feelings and experiences, but also those you may not be fully aware of, which might be impacting your life. These could be repetitive negative thought patterns, unhelpful behaviours, established defence mechanisms, or long held beliefs or ideas you have about yourself. We will explore the impact of your early life and your childhood and consider your relationships with others. I believe the counsellor-client relationship to be central to this work, allowing for your relational patterns and behaviours to be explored in the ‘here and now’.
Background:
I became a therapist after many years working as a publisher of books for counsellors and psychotherapists. I was inspired by the people I met and the work they were doing and made the decision to embark on a new professional (and personal) journey.
Training & Qualifications:
Level 5 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling Practice
Registered Bodies & Organisational Positions:
Accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
OTS Member
Louise Walker
Integrative Therapeutic Counsellor
Offering:Individual Therapy
Availability:Monday & Thursday (Days & Evenings)
Fees: £55 (60-minute sessions)
Frequency:Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre
Also at: Woodstock (Wed eve) & Online (Mon/Thurs)
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
Experiencing difficult thoughts and feelings is common, but sometimes they seem to take over and start to impact other areas of your life, such as your relationships. Maybe you are going through a period of change and need some support in reevaluating your new situation. I provide a space where you’ll be heard and not judged, and where I’ll seek to earn your trust and foster your awareness of how you experience others and the world around you. ‘Person-centred’ is at the core of my approach, which endeavours to understand things from your point of view. We can think together about your values and beliefs - the unwritten rules that you live your life by. My belief is that everyone has the capacity to access their own resources, to regain a sense of control of their lives and relationships, and I can help you access those resources. I also place great importance on acceptance, as Carl Rogers said; ‘The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change’.
Background:
I have worked in education for over 15 years in primary schools, sixth form colleges, and higher education. Over the last decade my interest has developed in the effects of adverse experiences on individuals, how they can transcend families and communities, in both beneficial and detrimental ways. I have experience of working in cross-cultural settings. I also work for a charity in Oxford supporting people who have fled from war and conflict.
Training and qualifications:
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB)
MSc in Psychological Trauma (University of Chester)
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), working towards Accreditation with EFT International (EFTi)
Registered Bodies & Organisational Positions:
Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (MBACP).
Member of OTS
Student member EFTi.
Katie Burgoyne
Therapeutic Counsellor
Offering: Individual therapy
Availability: Mon day (online), Wed/Thurs day (f2f or online)
Fees: £55
Frequency: Weekly
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre & Online
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
I work in an empathic way, aiming to understand your situation from your point of view. I will help you to understand how you relate to yourself and other people because of your personal experiences. It is important to me that you feel seen, heard and understood so whatever you bring is relevant and we will work at your pace. Whilst my core modality is person-centred, I also have training in other areas such as Transactional Analysis and Psychodynamic. I will integrate these different modalities of counselling into my sessions, depending on what you want and need. For example, if you find it difficult to talk about something I may ask whether you would prefer to write or draw it, or maybe guide you through a visualisation. I offer a confidential, gentle and honest space where we can work together to find out what is helpful to you throughout the process of healing. I am a member of BACP and follow their Ethical Framework. I also have regular supervision, professional development and personal counselling to ensure I am working at a high standard.
Background:
I initially went to a counselling skills course to find out how to help friends and family who were having a difficult time. I very quickly realised that having someone who is not a friend or family member providing a safe place to explore challenging situations and complicated feelings is a powerful process and became fascinated by learning about human behaviour. Starting to apply what I was learning to myself and my own way of relating, I realised I had become stuck in many unhelpful, habitual patterns. Throughout my process I have found inner child work very valuable in finding out who I am and how I want to live my life as an adult. Where appropriate I find it a privilege to facilitate clients in their own inner child work.
Training & Qualifications:
Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Registered Bodies & Organisational Positions:
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy member; OTS member
Lucy Ford
Integrative Counsellor & Psychotherapist
Offering: Individual adults (18+) therapy
Availability: Wednesday & Thursday
Fees: £60-£65
Frequency: Weekly (50 minute sessions)
Location: OTS-Witney Therapy Centre
Also at: OTS-Oxford Therapy Centre; Oxford (OX2) & online
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Approach & Specialist Areas:
Life can be difficult and painful and there are many reasons why you might be looking for support. I will listen deeply and compassionately, holding a confidential space for you to explore your feelings and thoughts on any issues you bring. I have had the privilege of working with clients who have experienced a range of issues, such as loss, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, relationship difficulties, identity issues, low self-esteem, trauma or not feeling at ease in themselves and I offer short and long-term therapy. I work organically drawing on a diversity of fields. My core training is in Other Centred Therapy (OCT) based on Buddhist psychology. I also have experience and qualifications in psychodynamic counselling and bereavement support. I am an accredited member of the BACP and adhere to their ethical framework. I attend regular clinical supervision, ongoing professional development as well as my own therapy to ensure a high standard of working.
If you would like to consider working with me, please contact me for an initial session in which we can explore how we might work together.
Background:
Through working on my own wounds I have first hand experience of the significant role the therapeutic relationship can play in transforming lives. This also inspired me to train as a therapist. Prior to this, I worked for over twenty years in higher education in the social sciences, which has given me a keen awareness of how power structures shape our lives, including our inner worlds. I believe we are bio-psycho-social creatures, embedded in social and ecological webs of life. Reconnecting with ourselves, our bodies and nature can be integral to the therapeutic process. In the past I have also volunteered with mental health charities Cruse, Restore and ODAS (Oxford Domestic Abuse Service).
Training & Qualifications:
Diplomas in Other-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy, Tariki Trust
PGCert in Psychodynamic Counselling, Oxford University
Certificate in Bereavement Support, Cruse, Oxford
Mental Health First Aid Certificate, Restore, Oxford
Certificate in Ecotherapy, Tariki Trust
DPhil International Relations, Sussex University
PGCert Teaching in Higher Education
Registered Bodies & Organisational Positions:
British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP), Accredited Member
OTS-Oxfordshire Therapy and Self-Development, Member
Ecopsychology UK, member
