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Aleine Ridge

Diploma in Integrative Psychosynthesis Counselling with Communication and Counselling Foundation (1993). I am a BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist.

I have worked as a counsellor since 1973 and as a psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer since 1990. I co-founded Spiral in 1995 and was a co-director until September 2021. I have worked in a number of different organisations as counsellor, psychotherapist, supervisor, trainer or consultant: NHS, Pregnancy Advisory Service, Lesbian Line, London Rape Crisis, Complementary Health Trust, Women and Health, Stress Project, NSPCC, One in Four, MIND, Advance and Angel Drug Project.

Having worked with such a diversity of people over a long period of time I work integratively, incorporating client-centred, interpretative and focussed approaches depending on what is most appropriate. A lot of the people I see are dealing with the effects of childhood trauma. The traumas might have been emotional, physical, sexual or spiritual and any of these aspects of self may be affected. I am constantly inspired by the shared experience of healing, integration of insight and hope. I have come to believe that healing and integration comes out of facing our fears and being with the truth of ourselves.

I see individuals for psychotherapy and therapists for supervision on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at Spiral. Currently I am mainly working online.
My fees are £100 per 50 minute session.
Contact 07901 944442 (text preferably) or aleineridge@gmail.com