Monica McMahon

I have availability to offer appointments on weekdays. 

I can offer some evening appointments.

I am a qualified Psychodynamic Counsellor offering 1:1 therapeutic counselling in Edinburgh near the city centre.

Counselling sessions are highly confidential and I practise from a beautiful dedicated counselling space in Edinburgh.

As a Psychodynamic Counsellor I can enable you to explore areas of difficulty in your life which might be holding you back from living a fuller life, this might also include helping you with overwhelming feelings such as anxiety, depression, helplessness, despair or parts of your past or present which you wish to explore in a confidential space.

If you are seeking counselling just now it would be good to speak more on the telephone to discuss what you would like to gain from counselling, this is to help you think about it and to know for yourself.   We could have a brief introductory call and then we can arrange suitable times for your sessions.

My therapeutic modality is Psychodynamic, which has roots in psychoanalytic and attachment theory and practise.   This means we can also work with things which might be just out of your awareness which may be impacting your thoughts, actions or feelings, including how you interact with others.  Psychodynamic counselling is also about your relationships throughout your life which can be explored in sessions.  

Counselling will work best for you if you attend weekly and in -person. A period of time is required for your sessions to enable us to begin working together. 

We will agree a contract for working together regularly, this means that you know what to expect from me.

Beginning counselling can be a daunting task, however if life continues to be felt difficult or impossible, it could be important to begin talking about what might be behind this difficulty. 

 In your first session I will obtain an account of your personal history this will be a different session to your counselling as I will ask questions in order to learn about your history. 

Your first session lasts approximately one hour and is payable.