{"id":31,"date":"2021-03-29T09:13:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T09:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamyusufalicounselling.com\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-12-06T17:42:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T17:42:22","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adamyusufalicounselling.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"31\" class=\"elementor elementor-31\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a57881 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a57881\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Me<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d0cea3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1d0cea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f43c3fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f43c3fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hi my name is Adam. I am a qualified counsellor\/psychotherapist, whom is registered with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).\u00a0<\/p><p>I am also Reiki attuned and I am a certified Meditation teacher.<\/p><p>I have worked in multiple roles centred around helping people over the last 21 years. I have experience working with vulnerable young people and adults. I have worked in the charity sector, residential care, schools, the local authority, and CAMHS, where I have been counselling individuals and some families since 2013.<\/p><p>I offer a safe space where you can explore whatever difficulties or challenges that you may be experiencing. I work in an intuitive, empathetic and compassionate way, without holding any judgements or expectations upon your experience. Allowing you space to feel heard, helping you to help yourself from your own source of power within.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Training:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li>MA: Counselling Children and Young People<\/li><li>Post Graduate Certificate: Advanced Counselling Practice<\/li><li>NVQ Level 3: Health and Social Care<\/li><li>BSc(hons) Psychology and Sociology\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b79272\" data-id=\"8b79272\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2eb326 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a2eb326\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/adamyusufalicounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5f8330bdb53ca2dd2a788e0c1b204684-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-505\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adamyusufalicounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5f8330bdb53ca2dd2a788e0c1b204684-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adamyusufalicounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5f8330bdb53ca2dd2a788e0c1b204684-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adamyusufalicounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5f8330bdb53ca2dd2a788e0c1b204684-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adamyusufalicounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5f8330bdb53ca2dd2a788e0c1b204684-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/adamyusufalicounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5f8330bdb53ca2dd2a788e0c1b204684-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adamyusufalicounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5f8330bdb53ca2dd2a788e0c1b204684-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b190ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b190ac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8898f9\" data-id=\"d8898f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad24501 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad24501\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Treatment Approach<\/strong><\/p><p>Types of Therapy<\/p><ul><li>Attachment-based<\/li><li>Compassion Focused<\/li><li>Creative Therapy<\/li><li>Culturally Sensitive<\/li><li>Dialectical (DBT)<\/li><li>Eclectic<\/li><li>Emotionally Focused<\/li><li>Existential<\/li><li>Family Systems<\/li><li>Gestalt<\/li><li>Humanistic<\/li><li>Interpersonal<\/li><li>Jungian<\/li><li>Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)<\/li><li>Multicultural<\/li><li>Narrative<\/li><li>Person-Centred<\/li><li>Play Therapy<\/li><li>Positive Psychology<\/li><li>Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)<\/li><li>Somatic<\/li><li>Spiritual<\/li><li>Trauma Focused<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Me About Me Hi my name is Adam. 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