ABOUT ME
About Me
Hi, I'm Heather Macfarlane
I qualified as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist in 2009 with a COSCA accredited Diploma in Counselling and Groupwork from The Centre of Therapy in Glasgow. Since then I have worked with people on a wide variety of issues including OCD, phobias (including tokophobia, a fear of pregnancy and childbirth), general anxiety, bereavement, low self-esteem, depression, relationships and weight issues. I offer couples counselling as well as individual therapy.
I have worked as an affiliate CBT Therapist with the NHS as well as several Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) including AXA, ICAS World, Care First and ComPsych. I am also an accredited provider for CIGNA Insurance.
I decided on this profession as having had therapy myself I know that it can make such a difference and I'm passionate about helping others fulfill their potential and not be held back in life by issues that can be dealt with.
Although my training was in CBT I like to use an integrative approach as we are all different and respond to different ways of working. I use a mixture of acceptance & commitment therapy, mindfulness and compassion focused therapy alongside traditional CBT methods to help get you to where you want to be in life.
In addition to 1:1 therapy I am a clinical supervisor for other therapists, including trainee therapists. I have also delivered educational and self-help workshops around the topics of anxiety and weight loss.
I am an Accredited Member of COSCA, the professional body for counsellors in Scotland and am fully insured by the Psychologists Protection Society.
My Qualifications;
- COSCA Diploma in Counselling & Groupwork - A CBT Approach
- ISPC Accredited Certificate in Couples Counselling
- Developing Excellence in Clinical and Therapeutic Supervision: Becoming and Effective Supervisor
- COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Life Coaching for Counsellors
- MA Honours Degree in Social Policy
I also take part in regular CPD training courses to keep my knowledge up to date;
- Perinatal OCD
- CBT for Mental Contamination
- Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Finding Meaning in Loss, the Sixth Stage of Grief
- Current Approaches to Improving Self-Esteem
- ACT for Grief
- Current Approaches to Treating GAD
- Working with Complicated and Complex PTSD
