Avril Scott

Avril is an experienced Counsellor, Accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and working within the BACP's Ethical Framework for Good Practice. She is also on the United Kingdom Register of Counsellors/ Psychotherapists.

Described more recently as "a psychology with a soul" Psychosynthesis Counselling embraces the whole person: mind, body and feeling, and spirituality. It also encourages us to look at our difficulties with greater compassion, connecting us with our own potential for self-healing and personal growth - and ultimately freeing us from the past to live more meaningful, enriching and soulful lives.

Psychosynthesis is a constructive and creative form of therapy. It uses the conventional counselling skills of listening and empathy, and the Gestalt concept of the ‘here and now’.

As the unconscious mind prefers to communicate with images rather than words, Psychosynthesis also uses creative techniques to explore what is unfolding within us. Among the therapeutic methods that may be used are creative visualisation, drawing, the training of the will, writing, and meditation.

Alongside her counselling work, Avril is also a meditation teacher.