Avi Aharoni psychotherapy and counselling services

About me Finding the right therapist is important. I offer a warm, confidential, and non-judgmental space where you can feel heard and supported. Whether you’re facing specific challenges or seeking personal growth, therapy can help you find clarity, healing, and change. I work with a wide range of people, including those with trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship or family issues, Neurodiversity, self-esteem issues, multiple trauma, PTSD and many more. I’m a qualified Integrative Humanistic Psychotherapist, who will work at your pace with compassion and care. My approach is tailored to you and rooted in building a strong, trusting therapeutic relationship. I have 14 years of experience as a therapist and counsellor. Where I work I work in the centre of Newcastle from my private therapy room, located just a short walk from Monument Metro Station and the Central train station. Make a Change In these difficult situations, I aim to help you to: Encourage you to express your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and values Understand yourself and connect to your sense of yourself Increase self-awareness Develop coping strategies Build resilience, tolerance and container Follow your own needs and your own pace Learn to accept yourself Reflect on and clarify your issues Move from unknowing to knowing Encourage you to believe in yourself and to understand that change is possible Empower you to find meaning and purpose, improving your quality of life and helping you to realise your potential in work, leisure and love. Self-compassionate and non-self-judgmental/criticising Understand your past and move on from the past into the here and now Create change in your life Change attitude, look from a different angle and take responsibility Help you to be independent and autonomous Training, qualifications & experience My experience I have practised in a range of settings, including GP surgery and charities (Mind), with students; Northeast Universities (Newcastle, Sunderland, Northumbria, Durham), EAP (Employer’s Assistance Program) group therapy, collective trauma and private practice. Qualifications I am a fully qualified, accredited UKCP counsellor and psychotherapist. I have completed training on a Psychotherapy course accredited by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (equivalent to level 7, B.A. and M.A.) Newman University. I have professional and academic qualifications in both counselling and psychotherapy. Post Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy, Newman University, Birmingham. Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Northern Guild Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy, Northern Guild (equivalent to Level 7 M.A. degree) Certificate in Clinical Supervision, Northern Guild NVQ 4 Learning Disabilities and Autism B.A. (Hons) MPhil (Hons) My approach As a therapist/ counsellor and integrative psychotherapist, I combine several therapeutic models to provide a bespoke response to your needs (using many different theories and methods, depending on which will be most beneficial to you at this time). Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Existential therapy, Gestalt therapy, Humanistic therapies, Person-centred therapy, Play therapy, Psychodynamic therapy, Solution-focused brief therapy, Transactional analysis, Phenomenology therapy "here and now", and somatic therapy-body-mind