Ruth Durham

I offer face-to-face counselling from my home in the ST17 post-code area of Stafford and have a separate and very private consulting room where free parking is readily available.

I have ten years experience of counselling both couples and individuals and also see clients referred to me by several Employee Assistance Programmes who contract with businesses and organisations to provide counselling for their workforce.

During the past ten years I have worked with people in a wide variety of settings including Local Government, Relate and a hospital where I provided both long and short-term counselling.

I started my original training with Relate in1997 and qualified as a Couples Counsellor in 2000, going on to obtain my Graduate Diploma in Counselling with Keele University.
I am also a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and abide by their code of ethics.

Some of the issues that my clients bring to counselling are:

• Abuse
• Relationship and personal issues
• Depression/Anxiety
• Bereavement and Loss issues
• Work related and personal stress
• Eating disorders
• Sexuality
  Domestic violence
• Parenting issues
• Step-families/parenting
• Bullying and harassment
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Addictions

I offer each client respect, acceptance and confidentiality, along with the time and space to explore issues in a safe and non-judgemental environment.
If you would like to talk through or ask about any issues which you perhaps feel could be helped by the counselling process, please feel free to contact me by phone or email.
An initial telephone/email discussion may allow you to make a more informed decision as to whether counselling is perhaps right for you.