Welcome to New Leaf Therapy

About Your Therapist

Ros Powell has been a counsellor and trainer for many years and is a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Accredited Practitioner, and uses a cognitive behavioural approach which helps clients to challenge their negative, and sometimes irrational, thoughts, and to find more realistic responses.

One of her particular interests is helping clients with addiction problems, which includes drugs, alcohol and gambling. She teaches most of her clients relaxation skills, which generally prove very effective and beneficial. The skills help clients to relax and can also help to reduce cravings for drugs or alcohol.

Ros is experienced in trauma work and has counselled may people who have been through very distressing events, such as stabbings, muggings and bank raids. She was involved in counselling at the Paddington rail disaster. She runs therapy groups at The Woodbourne Priory private psychiatric hospital, both for general patients and for The Addictions Treatment Programme.

Ros also has a private practice and sees clients with many different problems, ranging from work-related stress, relationship issues to anxiety and depression. She usually works using a brief therapy model, which means clients focus on solving the problems by setting realistic goals and making the necessary changes in their lives. She finds the work very rewarding and challenging, and hopes that if you feel the need to make changes in your life, but just don’t know where to begin, or who to talk to, that you may consider contacting her. She can have an informal word with you on the telephone with you and take your time in deciding whether you feel the counselling route is the right one for you. Or you can come for one session and then decide whether or not to continue.

Ros Powell is also an Emotional Freedom Techniquie Practitioner.

For details regarding Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), please click here.