My Counselling Practice

Mental Health encompasses our emotional, psychological and social well-being. It has a huge impact on how we act, feel and react, as well as impacting the life choices we make.

If you are struggling with anxiety depression, mental health issues, grief, anger or feel tearful, it impacts your daily life. Difficult feelings can impact our family relationships, work, self esteem, body image, confidence and resilience.

In our work together we will explore your feelings and thoughts and look at your relationships with yourself and others and consider how past experiences and current behaviours are potentially connected.

I can help you develop greater self-understanding , increasing self confidence, impacting the quality of your relationships. Loss or change in life can evoke challenging and overwhelming emotions, understanding yourself and exploring patterns of behaviour that no longer work or cause anxiety can help you gain insight into what you feel and why.

Seeking help and support to overcome feelings and emotions is a big step and it can be helpful to have someone beside you on your journey. My goal as a Counsellor is to provide an open, compassionate environment, a safe place to talk.

About Me

I have experience working with a broad range of emotional issues, whether you are experiencing ordinary life events and struggling to cope, or deep trauma, such as abuse.

I am a psychodynamically trained counsellor, Psychodynamic counselling helps explore deep rooted feelings and struggles. Exploring and understanding our relational patterns can help us process issues making changes by identifying and working through behavioural patterns that we no longer need or that cause anxiety.

Working together we can develop a greater understanding of your thoughts and feelings, exploring how you can move forward in a safe and confidential environment. Counselling can help develop self confidence, improving and developing more fulfilling relationships. Exploring and understanding our emotions can begin to help us manage our overwhelming emotions.

I have worked as an Associate at Stort Psychotherapy as well as Chelmsford Counselling Foundation. I volunteered for Place2Be charity and worked as an Assistant School Project Manager. I have 10 years experience working in a mental health setting in the NHS.

I am a BUPA authorised therapist.

I work with adults and young people.

Working Together

Your counselling sessions provide space for you to talk, without fear of judgement. Weekly sessions last 50 minutes.

By developing a trusting relationship it enables you to explore your curiosity around your life and behaviour in order to develop greater understanding and self knowledge. During sessions we will explore the issues you are experiencing, exploring it within the context of your current life, previous patterns and also the life stories you tell yourself and others.

Working Ethically

I am BACP Accredited (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) I have achieved a high standard of knowledge and training, demonstrating competence, experience, ethical and independent practice.

I abide by the BACP ethical framework demonstrating, trustworthiness, respect and honesty. Ethical considerations underpin the work I do, maintaining confidentiality and good practice.

Contact Me

If you have any further questions please contact me. I am happy to offer a no obligation informal telephone conversation, to discuss how I may be able to help.

Amelia Murdoch Counselling

5 Bridge Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2JU, United Kingdom

Tel: 07984 225 123 Email: admin@ameliacounselling.co.uk Nearby Parking: Jackson Square Car Park Causeway Car Park DISABILITY ACCESS Disability access is limited my practice is located on the first floor, if you require help please contact me.

Privacy policy

Amelia Murdoch Counselling is registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and holds any personal information about you confidentially in accordance with the Data Protection Act and General Data Protection Regulations. During the initial meeting, I will ask your express consent in person to keep and use records and personal contact information.

Information obtained through this website will not be passed onto any third parties.

By registering as a user of this website you are agreeing to this use and the policies that follow.

When you provide information via this website, I will store the data and hold it in digital or hard copy form. This data is then used to provide you with the requested services.

In addition I may contact you by email, or otherwise, about your enquiry. However, if you do not wish to be contacted you may opt out at any time by email notification.

I retain information about you on the understanding that such information will be kept confidential.
If I have concerns about your own or someone else’s safety I will only share information with other persons if I have a legal duty to do so, or otherwise according to my professional codes of ethics and of practice, available on the BACP website.

I endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information and not to keep it if it is no longer necessary, However, I cannot guarantee the security of online data. As such, you accept the inherent security risks of providing information and dealing on-line over the internet and will not hold me responsible for any breach of security unless due to my negligence or wilful default.

If you have any comments or queries in connection with my privacy policy, you can contact me by email at: admin@ameliacounselling.co.uk

Personal information will be stored if you choose to provide us with it, for example by completing the online enquiry form. Any personal information you supply will only be used to provide the requested information or service.

Information that you provide or that is obtained by Amelia Murdoch Counselling as a result of your use of this web site, may be used to review, develop and improve the website and the service I offer.