I am an accredited counsellor offering short- and longer-term counselling for individuals.

Mondays and Friday mornings I offer in person sessions from The Center for Whole Health (where I’m also a co-director). I offer on line (via Zoom) counselling on Monday mornings, Wednesdays and Friday afternoons.

I also offer counselling supervision.
Supervision sessions can be either on-line or in person from my home in Bedminster (10 min walk from The Centre for Whole Health). I completed a Diploma in ‘Mindful, and Contemplative Core Process’ supervision training (offered by The Karuna Institute, in Devon) in June 2023.

The way I work
My personal contemplative, creative and meditative practices and my desire to live authentically and lightly upon this earth enhances my ability to be open, genuine and present within life and within counselling relationships.
I am relatively active in sessions, meaning that our time together could often flow into an interactive experience where we share our curiosity, heart and wisdom and together create our journey in a unique way that is centred around you.

Within supervision sessions our aim can be to grow a relationship that celebrates you and your clients journeys within the fields of compassion, spaciousness and clarity.

I work within the ethical framework for good practice offered by my accrediting body (The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy-BACP).

I am registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (number ZB499910) and work within GDPR and BACP ethical guidelines around personal data storage and confidentiality.

Costs
£40-£60 for individual counselling, depending on your income/ability to pay.
£60 for an hour and £80 for an hour and a half for counselling supervision.

My Approach
I aim to offer you a focussed refuge where you can be compassionately heard and accepted. I will encourage you towards developing and/or strengthening an attitude of curiosity and gentleness towards yourself and others.

I choose to believe that we all have inner wisdom, peacefulness and resourcefulness which can be utilized towards growth and greater wellbeing. I also know that we are maybe meeting at a time when your inner wisdom is partially covered and distorted by suffering and painfulness. At these times being unkind to ourselves and separated from the love and trust of others is common.

I feel it is a privilege to be invited to connect and to gently journey through moments in another person’s life. Together we could rest within in a unique exploration, clarification and potent discovery of the fullness of you.

Experience
I have a busy and growing private counselling and therapeutic supervision practice, based on-line and via The Centre for Whole Health in Bedminster, Bristol.

2006- 2024 I was a counsellor for students at Bristol University.

Prior to counselling, I worked as a qualified social worker for adults over 65 who are experiencing mental health issues, and a senior practitioner for those experiencing drug and alcohol dependency, and who are living with HIV and AIDS.

I have also spent 2 years volunteering abroad with Voluntary Services Overseas (helping develop a social work programme in Belize, Central America).

Qualifications

Counselling
Diploma in Mindful and Contemplative Core Process Supervision. June 2023
2003: Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (City of Bristol College & the Central School for Counselling and psychotherapy).
2012 : Counselling Accreditation (BACP).
2015: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) parts 1,2,3,4 (via EMDR Works).
2014 onwards: Various retreats and gatherings within Buddhist and Contemplative traditions (please ask if interested).

Other
1986: BA (Hons) Economics (Sunderland Polytechnic).
1993: Joint Diploma and Msc in Social Work (Southampton University).
2008: Post Qualifying Award in Social Work (University of The West of England).
2008: Diploma in Creative Writing (Bristol University).

What refreshes me?
I love to meditate and also love to read, write poetry and journal. I sing in a beautiful choir and enjoy being in a crowd watching football, being alone with my solitude, and being with family and friends while living in a vibrant city of friends yet met.

Contact:
www.glennmowercounselling.co.uk
glenn@glennmowercounselling.co.uk
0748 5109881

Useful Links
BACP Ethical Framework
Lam Rim Bristol