About Me

Counselling

I am a trained qualified and licensed counsellor. I am a member of the International Society of Professional Counsellors [ISPC] and adhere to their Code of Ethics and Practice. I am fully insured and have obtained enhanced disclosure CRB clearance.

I have 10 years of experience counselling adults. I have worked as a volunteer for a Nottingham based charity since 2001; the charity sees adults, couples and children providing a range of therapeutic interventions. I provide supervision to other counsellors who volunteer for the charity.

In April 2009, I set up a private practice; I have a comfortable easily accessible setting in Eastwood, just off the main Nottingham Road. I also offer, to suit your need, home-based, workplace, telephone counselling or on Skype. I will contract with employers to offer counselling to employees with personal or work-related issues.

My training was as a person-centred counsellor but my practice draws from other disciplines and now sits within an eclectic approach.

In March 2010 I started as a volunteer with Nottingham Prison. I work on a programme providing a faith-based 12-step recovery programme for anyone who wants to address their attitude towards offending behaviour. The recovery programme is called Celebrate Recovery.

Training	From	To	Place of training
Counselling for the family  - Certificate	1996	1996	St. John’s College, Nottingham  organised by CARE,
Certificate in Counselling	1999	2000	South East Derbyshire College
Diploma in Counselling	2001	2003	South East Derbyshire College
Diploma in Clinical Supervision (Qualified 2013)	2009	2013	The Sherwood Institute, Nottingham

Previous work

My work background was as a manager of resources in a local housing company. I was a Fellow of the Charter Institute of Housing up to my retirement [1984 to 2008]; I hold a post-graduate Diploma in Management Studies.

I worked for 34 years managing people and other resources; in the last 15 years the focus of the work was mainly in a multi-disciplinary setting with Health, Social Services and Police services planning and developing services to meet neighbourhood and community needs.

 

Other professional qualifications
Sheffield Polytechnic [1974]	Associateship in Housing Administration
Chartered Institute of Housing [1976] [1984 - 2008]	Membership; Fellowship
Derby Longsdale [1986]	Diploma in Management Studies
International Society of Professional Counsellors [2006]	Membership

 

Hugh Driskell
DMS MISPC Dip Couns & Dip Superv