Wendy Padley

Work with Me …

I’m a qualified, registered and accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).  I achieved a Masters degree (level 7) in Counselling and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

My extensive training demands that I fulfill rigorous continuous professional development requirements every year.

My training for supervision has covered SDS Accreditation in Clinical Supervision, Level 2 (AAC), and extensive and in-depth supervisory training with the British Psychotherapy Foundation.

I bring lots of life experience to my role as a psychotherapist.  I have a special understanding of introvert and orchid personality types and highly sensitive people. As well as private practice, my counselling and psychotherapy roles have spanned the NHS, the voluntary sector, and with young people (18+) in Higher Education.

Psychotherapy and Counselling Training 

  • MA Counselling and Psychotherapy (University of Leicester)

  • SDS Accreditation in Clinical Supervision, Level 2 (Assessed Academic Competence)

  • British Psychotherapy Foundation, Supervision Skills

  • Therapeutic and Reflective Writing

  • Narrative therapy and story rewriting

  • Highly Sensitive people with Dr Elaine Aron and Arthur Aron

  • Working with autism with the Open University

  • Neurobiology in therapy

  • Clinical supervision and consultation with Psychodynamic Psychonanalytic and Jungian Analysts

I’m experienced in working with clients with a wide range of difficulties, including but not limited to:

  • relationship problems

  • life change events, eg. end of relationships, births, deaths

  • supporting women, and older women through perimenopause and second half of life

  • changes such as going to University, or redundancy

  • hopelessness, despair, and anger

  • depression and anxiety

  • work based stress

  • identity, gender, sexuality and personality