Gary Smith

Counselling and Creative Therapy in Edinburgh

Counselling, Creative Therapy, Gestalt Psychotherapy, Psychodrama

For Individuals, Couples, Families & Groups

Counselling and Creative Therapy is a way of exploring and understanding yourself, your relationship to the world around you as well as your own unique inner world. Many people find counselling and therapy a helpful way to explore issues and difficulties in their life, others may use it as a form of personal development, to achieve greater clarity and fulfillment.
I work within a humanistic and integrative approach, and draw on my background in the creative arts. Whilst having firm roots in my first training of gestalt psychotherapy I have now added training in psychodrama psychotherapy to my skills.
I place great emphasis on giving space for clients to bring issues at their own pace and explore what is nourishing and what is less satisfying in their lives. I aim to support clients to achieve a greater awareness of how they relate and interact in the world and to foster a sense of personal responsibility and autonomy. I have over 25 years experience of personal development work, with both individuals and groups, including working within mental health projects, teaching in further education and as a freelance community artist.

In 2010 I completed a 4 year Advanced Diploma training in Psychodrama Psychotherapy. I have been running a weekly psychodrama therapy group for 3 years and I regularly offer Psychodrama weekend groups and Creative Therapy workshops involving creative art and action drama methods.click on Group Work page to find out more.

I have experience of working with individuals with issues of stress, anxiety, bereavement, depression, work related issues, personal crisis, lack of confidence, low self-esteem or just a loss of direction and fulfillment in life. I also have experience with couples and families in dealing with relationship issues, and I have worked as a counsellor with young children in a Primary School.
No problem is too small to be taken seriously and to benefit from being heard.
I like to work in collaboration with clients to devise the most appropriate way to help you move forward in your life.

I work from 2 different venues;
13 Smith's Place, Leith, Edinburgh (Wellspring),
The Salisbury Centre, 2 Salisbury Road, Edinburgh.
Both of these venues are centrally situated and easily accessible by car, train and bus.

click here to find out more about the kinds of problems I can help with.

click here to find out more about gestalt psychotherapy.

I also offer group therapy workshops, organisational training and team building sessions. click here

I am also a Playback Theatre practitioner and a member of Playback Edinburgh theatre group. click here

click here to find out how to contact Gary.