Rae - Neurodivergent Psychotherapist
Whatever you’re going through, you’ve arrived here because you are looking for something in your life to be different. This could be the way you feel / think about yourself, your relationships with others, and / or your world. It can be difficult to know where to turn and sometimes you can feel very alone, struggling to open up to those around you for fear of being burdensome, not understood or accepted. Therapy is an empowering process, supporting you to become more aware of and connect with yourself. Through it you’ll reframe past experiences, identify and prioritise your needs, enhancing the feeling of security within yourself and relationships.
I am trained to support you in a warm and attuned way to make sense of your experiences and mind. Together we can explore the aspects of your life causing you dissatisfaction and distress, discover patterns, understand and treat yourself with greater depth and care, retrain your nervous system, and look at where positive change can assist movement towards a more liveable life.
You’ve taken a massive step by searching for a counsellor, which can be a daunting process, so well done for arriving here. Feel free to get in contact to book in an initial telephone consultation and we can get started improving your quality of life and well-being. I look forward to hearing from you.
Warmly,
Rae Moss (MA, PGDip, DipEd, BA – MBACP)
Highland Counselling and Psychotherapy Ltd
rae@highlandcounselling.com
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Training, qualifications & experience
I have been supporting clients in counselling settings since 2012, with a broad range of presenting issues. I’ve been working in private practice since 2018, originally starting in Manchester and now in the Scottish Highlands. I work remotely with clients across the globe.
I find particular value in delving into the unconscious and uncovering schemas (mental frameworks to organise experiences and knowledge) which have and continue to shape much of a person’s life. Making the unconscious conscious creates staggering shifts in cognitive and emotional well-being. I am also interested in Neuroscience and the ways in which our neurological makeup influences people psychologically, and how the nervous system contributes to our sense of unease and safety.
I have a keen interest in working with Neurodivergent clients, including Autistic, AuDHD and ADHD / Kinetic people. Therapy includes normalising ways of processing the world, investigating and neutralising the internal dialogue that speaks to being ‘flawed’ or ‘broken’, validating grief, accommodating and understanding sensory needs and celebrating special interests.
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MA: Counselling
University of Manchester
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling
University of Manchester
Postgraduate Diploma in Education: Guidance Studies
Equivalent to Level 3 Counselling Skills Certificate
University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)
BA: Psychology
University of British Columbia
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Theoretical basis: Integrative
Practicing from an Integrative model of psychotherapy means I’ve received training through numerous modalities and am continuously diversifying the way I can work with clients. This means that I adapt my practice to the unique needs of each client, facilitating a warm and accepting space for you to talk freely about whatever is going on for you, alongside providing strategies and psychoeducation, looking at patterns of actions and thoughts, guidance around how your history may have influenced unconscious processes and patterns, and understanding how you respond to events within your personal world and in relation to others.
Some of the areas I have trained in include: the Egan Model (Skilled Helper), Psychodynamic, Person-Centred, Transactional Analysis (TA), Polyvagal Theory, Developmental Theory, Attachment Theory, Mindfulness, and the Trauma Rewind Technique.
CPD:
The Depressed Brain
Chronic Pain and Depression
Introducing Neurolinguistic Programming
The Neurobiology of Attachment
Working with Anger
The Cognitive Model of Anxiety
Emotional Triggers and Building Self-regulation Skills
Working with Shame and Perfectionism
Working with the Core Beliefs of ‘Never Good Enough’
Working with the Pain of Abandonment
Monotropism: A Unified Theory of Autism
Trauma and the Brain
Trauma Rewind Technique
Dual-processes Model of Grief
Grief and How to Move Through It
Working with Miniatures to Promote Insight and Awareness
Working with Couples – Developmental Model (in process)
Autism, Sexuality and Gender Identity