Meet the Therapist: Anthony Pearson
Jan 28, 2020
Anthony Pearson
Jan 28, 2020
During my childhood I experienced family break up, bullying, emotional abuse and was isolated. I found counselling helpful and wish to pass on the useful experience of counselling to others.
I received a diploma in children and adolescent counselling at the University of Nottingham. I followed this with an advanced certificate in counselling practice.
I practice as an integrative counsellor. This enables me when working with young people to use the appropriate counselling model geared to their individual needs.
This type of therapy, for example, helps clients with anger issues to express their feelings and understand the triggers for their behaviour.
I usually see young people, individually, between the ages of 11-25 with common difficulties, i.e. anxiety, stress, worry, anger, self-harm, low self-esteem, depression, loss, trauma, obsessive compulsive disorder OCD , eating disorders, bullying, panic, abuse, relationship problems.
I like as a therapist being able to help empower young people, enabling them to take control of their lives and make a positive difference for them. I also like being able to show compassion and empathy.
Listening to clients' painful stories, and the impact of the trauma they are experiencing.
I have been with welldoing.org for a year. They are very focussed on young people's problems and understand the young person's world. They offer positive, helpful feedback from their newsletters, training courses and support counsellors.
I often give out helpful handouts and suggest books, mostly to over 18s.
I like creative art, sport, reading, travel and theatre.
I offer counselling in the Cambridge and Bedford areas. Young people find it easy to access counselling but are often isolated and have no one to listen to them where they live.
My consultation room is welcoming, very friendly, safe with comfortable chairs.
I wish people knew that therapy is not about giving advice or a quick fix. It is about helping people to understand themselves, see what triggers their problems, and enable them to help themselves.
I learnt in therapy how to take my feelings seriously, recognise my limits in what I can achieve, learning to set boundaries and say 'no', learning to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.
Anthony Pearson