Irene MacDonald
BACP Accred Counsellor and Psychotherapist

Psychotherapy, Counselling and EMDR, Kilsyth, Falkirk, Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch

"Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.”

Psychotherapy and counselling are highly effective interventions to help people find relief and healing from emotional problems without the use of powerful medications. If you live in the Cumbernauld, Falkirk or Kirkintilloch areas you will have easy access to my Psychotherapy practice in Kilsyth. Falkirk, Cumbernauld + Kirkintilloch are all within a 12 mile radius of Kilsyth with Glasgow 15 miles away.

People bring many issues, these are just some:

PTSD

Trauma

Depression

Post Natal Depression

Anxiety

Bereavement

Stress

Phobias

Domestic Abuse

Work related problems

Childhood sexual abuse

Relationship problems

Sexual identity

Stress is what we feel when life becomes difficult or we face challenging circumstances - often we realise that our high stress levels are making things more difficult for ourselves. Why do we do this to ourselves? What is this pattern that seems to kick in when we really need to be coping? Elevated stress can feel like hightened anxiety, and sometimes that leads to depression, a sort of shutting down. Life is difficult and challenging much of the time, and our habitual ways of coping with stress can make things feel worse. Many of these patterns have their origins in our early lives and become fixed responses - they were probably good coping mechanisms for a child trying to survive a difficult period in life, but perhaps there are more adaptive ways that we could learn to cope with stress.

I specialise in EMDR a treatment developed for PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a debilitating collection of symptoms following a traumatic life event. This treatment is approved by the NHS guidelines for good practice. It is also highly effective for depression, anxiety, phobias and distressing events from childhood - in fact many people who have previously had prolonged therapy with small gain have found a few sessions of EMDR completely changes how they feel about themselves.




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