Beatrice Ecob-Larsen

I am a Pluralistic Psychotherapy offering online sessions or in-person from our rooms in North Aberdeenshire.

Working creatively and collaboratively to help you find a way forward. With a focus on Neurodiversity, especially Aphantasia, Autism, ADHD and Kink (not necessarily all at once!) I am able to pull together a sound psychological background, strong psychotherapy skills and lived experience to work together to build a therapeutic journey tailored to match your needs.

As Scotland's first accredited Aphantasia therapist, I bring a new way of exploring therapy for people who think in non visual/ audio ways. If you have ever found yourself thinking that mental pictures is just a metaphor and switching off as soon as you are asked to visualise something, let me help you find a new way of working.

Autistic and ADHD experiences are often overlooked within traditional psychotherapy, and this can leave you feeling disconnected and as though the therapist just doesn't get you. Working from a place of lived experience, I am able to help you find a way forward that compliments your way of being.

Kink and BDSM. It can be hard to open up about your life when you are worried that your therapist just won't understand your lifestyle, and you worry that they might judge you for your idea of fun. As someone with two decades of lived experience on the scene, you can feel safe that I am meeting you from a place of awareness, understanding and support.

I am a Pluralistic Psychotherapist offering online counselling and psychotherapy with a focus on the Neurodivergent experience.

More and more people are sitting on waiting lists, waiting for appointments to discuss Autism and ADHD, sometimes for years. It can be challenging to find support and understanding from a therapist who understands the differences in lived experience, and why we might not able to connect with traditional counselling and CBT. 

I offer nd focused counselling, supported by my psychological background and own lived experience as someone with Autism and ADHD. Working with you to discover what works best for you, I can help you find a way forward.

I currently have availability for online or telephone clients. 

I have some availability for in- person sessions in our rooms in New Deer or a waiting list for spaces in Golden Square Aberdeen

With an overlap between Aphantasia, ADH, Autism, OCD and Tourettes, a therapist who understands how Neurodivergence can impact not just on your life but how your body and brain process can make a difference between a successful journey and stalling at the starting gate.

When working with different ways of thinking, every client will be different!

We will work together, to collaboratively create a way that is about how you process and what you need from therapy. This may include elements of creative work, bibliotherapy, person centred, journal keeping, outside/eco therapy,  somatic work or more. 

Currently have availability for adults, children aged over 9 and couples.

I offer sessions between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday. 5- 7pm Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. Saturday day may be possible on discussion.

As a pluralistic counsellor, I don’t believe in one-size-fits-all therapy. 

I can offer creative counselling for those who find talking alone isn’t always enough. I also provide Animal and Equine Assisted Therapy, out-doors sessions and have a background in psychology, specialising in autism, ADHD, aphantasia, Tourette’s, and anxiety-based school refusal.

 I work with adults, couples, and children aged 9+, offering sessions in my home based therapy room or online.

I am a creative pluralistic counsellor who can offer a range of therapy styles including out-doors, equine or animal assisted therapy and more traditional talking therapies.

Online sessions can be taken from anywhere in the UK, with the option to meet with me in my office or outside with Cody (our horse). As long as you have a safe, confidential space, we can work around your needs. 

In-person sessions can be either at my home based office or outside in our beautiful Aberdeenshire countryside. In some circumstances we can offer at home sessions for clients who are unable to leave their home. 

Equine Assisted Therapy. We offer sessions in a paddock near Old Meldrum with Cody. Cody chooses for himself how much interaction he feels comfortable with, sessions may have no contact with him, or with him walking alongside us. E.A.T will only be available after several sessions without Cody to ensure it is a suitable option.

Animal Assisted Therapy. Momo is a five year old ragdoll cat who loves people. He can join in talking sessions and is given the space to either sit with you, or chill out in his safe spaces. Momo is never forced to have contact, and sessions with him are only available after several sessions without him to ensure that A.A.T is a suitable option.

Creative sessions can include varied art supplies, crafts, games, writing and other creative methods based around your interests. 

Our first session:

Online - The first session can feel like a huge step, your head may be full of what you might want to talk about, will you like me, worries about whether I will like you, and even whether this is the right decision.

Before the session I will send out an email with a contract, contact forms, information on how I work and a form to explore your preferences. 

In the session we will discuss this admin; find out more about your goals or aims and how we might be able to work together to meet this. 

In-person -

As with the online sessions, we will talk through the contracting process, what your goals or aims are and how you feel you might like to work together. If you are wanting to explore E A.T or A.A.T we will discuss what this might look like. 

Online availability. 

Kink. Fetish. BDSM. Power dynamic relationships. Non- human sexual attraction.

There are many things that we may find difficult to talk to our therapist about. Will they judge you? Will they understand what you do and why you do it? Will they report you for things they don't understand?

With 25 years on the kink scene, running dungeons and mentoring people as they explore their sexuality, I now offer kink aware counselling to the community.

Both Couples (or multiples) and Individual counselling to help you explore your sexual and kink identity in a safe, judgment free space.

Specialising in Neurodivergence and Kink I offer counselling that can help you. Whether it's around Kink related issues or you just want someone who won't judge if you are open about your life style. Take that step towards feeling free. 

www.freedompsychotherapies.com 

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