Hello and welcome to Calmer Minds Psychotherapy... Are you looking for change perhaps?
Whatever it might be, this could be the right place for you! My name is Amy Taylor and I am a Psychotherapist specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Hypnotherapy.
Everything we do as human beings has a thought process and abstract image to be able to deal with our external environment and the situations we often find ourselves in throughout our lives.
As adults, certain issues like confidence, relationships and even how we conduct ourselves in the world can often bring us emotional difficulties and worries which can make us avoid leading a healthy, balanced, normal life.
Please take some time to explore the tabs to see which therapeutic model would be best for you.
About me..
As your therapist, I give you myself... A genuine, warm and friendly person. Being a good listener to others has always been a quality of mine so I was encouraged by many to take up counselling as a profession.
I have an extensive amount of life experience, which has allowed me to walk alongside my clients in their journey.
I really hear their words and understand their meanings, even when they say nothing at all.
Everything I say comes straight from the heart and I love encouraging ALL my clients to be their OWN therapist.
It is important to me in enabling you, my client, to be able to make your own change during, and after therapy!
My Qualifications and Experience
I initially started studying back in early 2016 and gained a level 2 and 3 in Person Centred Counselling. I loved studying and enabling others, so I decided to continue through to level 4 & 5 and gained an FdSc Degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy specialising Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
I have recently added to my tool box, the skills of a level 3 hypnotherapy qualification.
I have vast experience working and volunteering for Mental Health charities such as Coventry and Warwickshire Mind and work out in the community for Age UK Coventry and Warwickshire (AUKCW).
In addition, I also have experience working and volunteering as part of an AUKCW pilot scheme working in local GP Surgeries to provide counselling to individuals age 18+.
I have experience offering counselling in a variety of environments including homes, GP Surgeries and Offices and currently work with face to face, telephone and online appointments.
I work in a safe Practice setting in Coventry and have done so for several years.
My Personal Aims
My personal aims so far in working with people from all backgrounds of life is to enable you to become your own therapist. Nobody knows your life better than you do but sometimes it is very difficult to change on our own when part of our functioning as human beings is protect ourselves and the things we believe in and hold closely. Yes! Even the things that we view about ourselves negativity. We can try all sorts of things like reading, joining apps or groups that scratch the surface but what really makes those changes is your belief system and its connections. Sometimes we might need a little understanding, a bit of knowledge and a little bit of help and we can go far.
Ethical Requirements
I am a member of the BACP, British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and the National Hypnotherapy Society
I am committed to their ethical frameworks in putting clients first!
I work to a professional standard, protecting client confidentiality and ethics. I am also fully insured for Practice and online and am registered with the ICO.
In accordance with the BACP, and also fully insured.
BACP Membership number: 00917665
National Hypnotherapy Society membership number: HYP20-00581.