Hi, I’m Moira - a qualified Psychotherapist, Coach & Yoga Teacher.
Hi, my name is Moira, I am a Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapist, Coach and Yoga Teacher based in Preston, Lancashire. I am also a mum, step mum, grandma, wife, daughter, sister, friend, colleague, business owner and I am me. The me enjoys yoga, learning, reading, and creating space to breathe. I love to laugh, to try new things, to spend time with my family. I enjoy supporting my local community and making connections through my services and voluntry work.
My personal experiences of bereavement, burnout, feeling stuck, frustrated, and confused about where I was going, what I was doing, what is my purpose and what I stood for, led me on a journey of self-discovery, spirituality, personal and professional development. This journey saw me retrain as an integrative psychotherapist and more recently a yoga teacher truly bringing together the body, mind, and spirit. I strongly believe that we all have the capacity to connect to our true self, through bringing the unconscious to the conscious, having knowledge of the self and finding meaning and understanding in our stories.
I integrate my knowledge as a therapist, coach, supervisor, and yoga teacher. Creating space for my clients, supervisees, and students to feel safe, valued, heard, and seen. A space for enquiry without judgement, a space to breathe and catch the breath. A space to slow things down for noticing, understanding and acceptance. Working together we are curious - what are the emotions, somatic feelings, thoughts underneath the actions that are driving the behaviours and where do they come from. Being aware of our bodies how they move, how they feel and gaining insight into the source emotions from which we are acting is truly powerful, it brings with it clarity and choices. This translates in how I work, through acceptance, nurturing, empathy, hope and belief, gentle challenge, supporting you to realise your potential and to the lifelong learning of self and others.
I worked as a senior manager in the NHS for over 13 years in both commercial and non-commercial services - managing change – both culture and operational; developing services, and providing mentoring and coaching, providing a safe space for individuals to be curious and make changes to their careers and life plans, develop, and grow. I have learned that working with change and more importantly working with people involved in change, requires time...time to talk and time to listen, commitment and empathy. This also in part is what led me to retrain as a psychotherapist.
I have worked for several years as a therapist, clinical lead, and supervisor across adult and children’s services in a local organisation that provides sexual violence services supporting those who have been impacted by rape and sexual abuse in both childhood and adult life. I have provided counselling in both primary and secondary school and in women’s centres.
Since being qualified (2014) in Psychotherapeutic Counselling I work in private practice from my home in Preston and online, where I see people who are concerned with their wellbeing (anxiety, depression), their relationships (with partners, children, parents, colleagues), their careers, their physical health, experienced bereavement, domestic abuse to name but a few. I also provide short-term counselling to clients through an Employee Assistance Programme. I offer weekly yoga classes to support individuals in my local community to be well physically, mentally and spiritually, creating an environment to connect, breathe, feel strong and find joy. I integrate the use of essential oils in both my psychotherapy and yoga classes to elevate emotional and physical wellbeing.
I am registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the Yoga Alliance.
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