Richard Mills
BA, BSc, Therapist and BACP Accredited Counsellor, UKRC Registered Independent Counsellor

richard@richardmills.co.uk www.richardmills.co.uk
637 Roundhay Rd, Oakwood, Leeds LS8 4BA
Leeds (0113)
219 5526

about me

>>My counselling qualifications, experience and ethical code
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>>Photos: where I practise
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>>FAQ's: frequently asked questions
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counselling and therapy for individuals

>>What therapy or counselling is
>>How I work
>>Who I help
>>Fees and times
>>The initial session

courses

>>Co-counselling: a two-weekend course for personal growth

>>Confidence-building and assertiveness training courses

My qualifications and experience

My first degree is a BA in European Studies, for which I studied French and German. When I got interested in therapy in my mid-thirties, I first did an introductory course, followed by an RSA Certificate in Counselling Skills, at the Swarthmore Centre in Leeds. I then trained at Park Lane College and Leeds Metropolitan University and gained a Diploma/BSc degree in therapeutic counselling. I also have a certificate in therapeutic groupwork from Group Analysis North.

After working in industrial export sales and then in the music industry, I started counselling in late 1992. I have worked at Burley Counselling Service, often with people referred by their GP, at Leeds Metropolitan University as a Student Counsellor, as a Divorce and Separation Counsellor, and privately. I have also worked in conflict resolution as a mediator for Leeds Family Mediation Service. From June 2001 I worked for two years in the NHS as counsellor in primary care, and I now continue working in private practice in Leeds.

I have taught a number of co-counselling personal development courses in the Leeds area. Within the Co-Counselling International network I have led many workshops on a variety of topics (eg death, loss, choosing, rejection, men's groups, eating and feeding, here-and-now processes, psychodrama, unfinished family issues, creating community and using masks).

books...
Here are some of the writers whose work has touched me:

Irvin Yalom
Sheldon Kopp
D.W. Winnicott
Fritz Perls
Habib Davanloo
Melanie Klein 
Erich Fromm
Hermann Hesse

Codes of ethics and practice

I am a member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy), and practice according to their codes and ethical framework.