Muriel Tafts, BACP

Muriel Tafts holds a Foundation Degree in Integrated Counselling that covered person-centred work, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and psychodynamic approaches. She has undertaken additional training in the neuroscience of ADHD and ASD, dementia, addiction, depression, and psychosis, and has focused learning in areas such as perfectionism, OCD, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide prevention.

Her practical experience was gained part-time over six years - two years on placement during study followed by four years post-qualification - supporting people with stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, life stage transitions, family challenges, and workplace and career concerns. She is also studying for an MSc in Workplace Health and Wellbeing to deepen her understanding of mental health in occupational settings.

Muriel works using a client-centred stance alongside structured CBT techniques and psychodynamic ideas, aiming to create an open, non-judgmental space where clients can explore thoughts, feelings, and behavioural patterns. She encourages curiosity about how thinking and emotion influence behaviour, helps investigate root causes while remaining solution oriented, and offers psychoeducation and practical suggestions that clients may try between sessions.

Practical working agreements are part of her practice - goals for counselling are typically agreed within the first three sessions and progress is reviewed approximately every four weeks. She holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and integrates that professional perspective into her work. Muriel believes change is possible and offers steadied support so individuals can build the courage and strategies needed to move forward.