About Harmony Counselling
Debs Wallace, experienced Basingstoke counsellor. Helping people with mental health, bereavement, pregnancy and parenting. Expert counsellor for young people aged 11+.
I am a counsellor working Basingstoke helping people who are facing challenges with mental health, bereavement, pregnancy and parenting.
I am also a skilled counsellor supporting young people with the challenges of growing up in today’s world.
We launched Harmony Counselling in Basingstoke in October 2013 with an event attended by Roger and Tricia Gardiner, the then Deputy Mayor and Mayoress of Basingstoke. The launch provided the first opportunity for me to talk about Harmony Counselling and its aims. In 2014 I moved from Worting House, where I started, to a private counselling room in The Pregnancy Choices Centre (PCC), in central Basingstoke. This was a more suitable location for my work. The relocation helped me to form links with the PCC and has increased the number of vulnerable women I am able to help.
My approach to counselling
I use an integrative approach to counselling sessions. This means I can use different counselling methods as part of a person’s treatment. I am known as a person-centred therapist which means, when I see people, there is no pre-fixed agenda. You present your issues and we move forward from there. I combine person-centred counselling with the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
My counselling skills and services are particularly for people dealing with:
Hello. I’m Debs Wallace and my passion is helping people. I am motivated to help people who are facing problems and finding life difficult at the moment. With over 25 years of helping people, I have a heart for those who are suffering. My skill is relating to people in a caring way who need help, and I provide the tools to enable them to cope better.
I live and work in Basingstoke, and have done so for over twenty years. I know the area, and can relate to some of the challenges faced by people here. This knowledge provides an insight and empathy which people find helpful.
My counselling experience
Young People’s Independent Counselling (YPI). I was elected a Basingstoke Board Trustee in 2014.
I have a passion for working with women. I suffered an extreme dose of postnatal depression, and went on to train as a postnatal illness support group co-ordinator for the Basingstoke National Childbirth Trust (NCT). With many years’ experience in this role, I understand the effects of this illness, and provide help to those who were suffering.
British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy
I am a member of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP),
. I attend regular counselling supervision and training to further my professional development, which is recommended by BACP. The BACP Regional Counsellors Networking Group is facilitated by me. Here, we are able to put our heads together four times a year, and support each other in our work. I believe in the benefit of these groups to help our work with clients.
Diploma of Higher Education in Person-Centred Counselling (Middlesex University)
Certificate in Counselling Skills (BCoT Basingstoke)
Certificate and Diploma in Grief and Bereavement Counselling (Institute of Counselling, Glasgow)
NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration
