WELLSPRING THERAPISTS

Ingrid Bell
Ingrid has ten years experience of working as a psychodynamic art therapist.  Over the years she has worked in depth with long term clients and also with brief solution focussed therapy.  She works both with and without the use of image, focusing on the client's needs and the therapeutic relationship, to foster self awareness and growth.  Ingrid is a state registered art therapist and member of the Health Professional Council as well as a recognised BAAT (British Association of Art Therapists) supervisor, offering individual and group supervision.  She has further trained at the Scottish Institute of Human Relations with a diploma in "Therapeutic Skills with Children and Young People".

Adrian Christie
Adrian works from a background of both hynotherapy and counselling to help reveal the roots of a particular problem and uses suggestion and behavioural practice to promote generative change at the conscious level. He likes to focus on specific behaviour patterns and emotional responses - typically depression, anxiety, phobias, compulsions and relationship issues.

George Davidson
George is a member of COSCA and BACP.  He believes that giving attention to our memories and stories can enrich the quality of life in the present.  As a trained mediator he holds that the acknowledgement that there are many accounts of truth can help us address external conflicts as well as those within ourselves.  George is a member of the Scottish Institute of Human Relations and holds their Diploma in Counselling and Certificate in Supervision.

Jacqueline Egli
Jacqueline is a psychologist and counsellor whose training encompassed psychodynamic and person-centred theories.  She believes that our early life experiences deeply influence the way people relate to each other and to life situations.  As a consequence of living in different countries, she both enjoys and understands the richness and challenges of cultural differences.  From initially working within psychiatric, foster care residential settings and schools, she now works short or long-term with individuals of all age groups.  Jacqueline is fluent in French and German; she is a member of COSCA and an accredited member of BACP.

Ian Fuller
Ian has been working as a counsellor since 1996, when he finished his initial training in Gestalt therapy. His aim as therapist is to support clients to see themselves and their situation with clarity, and to enable them to find and speak whatever is true for them. He is also interested in exploring how to uncover and free ourselves from the self-limiting beliefs and messages which we all carry. He has a particular interest in how underlying family dynamics can shape our lives and how we can come to terms with the influence of our family's past. In addition to Gestalt, Ian has trained in Family Constellations Therapy in London and Germany. He works as a counsellor, counsellor trainer and therapy group facilitator, and has a part-time job managing a counselling service in Edinburgh.

Bridget Grant
Bridget works with adults and young people, both individually and in groups.  This includes long term open ended work and also short term solution focussed therapy.  She is a member of BAAT and state registered with the Health Professional Council.  In addition Bridget is a BAAT approved private practitioner and supervisor.  While grounded in a psychodynamic art therapy training, over the years her practice has developed an exploratory and more eclectic approach which aims to respond and adapt to the individual and the needs of their process.  In this, the work may or may not include the use of image making.  While always remaining contained within the therapeutic relationship, she aims to work with the client to help identify and build upon their own resources for growth and change.

Hephzibah Kolban
Hephzibah, as psychodynamic counsellor, works with the relationships clients bring with themselves and others into the therapeutic situation. All the unmet needs, difficulties around self-esteem, trust and life direction that have had to be put away can be explored in an uncritical setting. She is a Rosen Method Bodywork therapist and brings attention to the mind/body connection. Trained at the Scottish Institute of Human relations, she has been a counsellor at Wellspring for 16 years.

John MacFadyen
John has had many years experience of providing supportive counselling and guidance to children and families. He is a qualified psychotherapist (UKCP registered) and social worker (CQSW) and has been working as a member of Wellspring's team since 1996. John believes in the natural impetus within each of us towards health, ongoing development and fulfilment. He sees individuals, couples, families and within this works in partnership with clients to bring sensitive awareness and new energy to areas of life struggle, personal pain and relationship difficulties.

Kate McGarry
Kate works from a person-centred approach, believing that each person knows what they need themselves to bring about change and growth, and offers an environment which facilitates that. She has practised in the counselling field since 1994, working with a broad range of issues. She has experience in various settings including Health, Education and the Voluntary Sector, particularly with women dealing with sexual abuse, and long-term mental health. She works with both short and long-term issues, offers supervision and is also a supervisor for trainees at Wellspring .

Maggie MacKechnie
Maggie has training and experience of 30 years in psychodynamic social work (CQSW), specialising in working with families and in child psychiatry. In addition, she trained in Jungian dream work, in which she has a special interest, and also practises Shen body therapy. She works both short and long-term with individuals and also with couples and families. She is an affiliate of COSCA and has been a Wellspring therapist since 1990.

Molly Seckl
Molly is a BACP accredited counsellor and has trained in the humanistic tradition as a person-centred therapist. Molly's emphasis is on creating a confidential, safe and non-judgemental therapeutic relationship in which the client is helped to trust her/himself and to tap into inner resources for personal growth and healing. She places a high value on the experience of each individual and their own reality. Molly works also in a primary care setting, as well as privately. She sees individuals with a range of issues including abuse, bereavement, trauma, sexual issues, relationship problems and depression. Molly is also a supervisor and is BACP accredited and UKRC registered.

Gary Smith
Gary works within a humanistic and integrative approach, with firm roots in his training of gestalt psychotherapy. He places 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. Gary aims 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. Gary has 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. Gary is undergoing further training in Psychodrama Psychotherapy and regularly offers Creative Therapy workshops and groups involving creative art and action drama methods.

Michael Wilson
Mike's extensive training and therapeutic experience, as both a counsellor and a psychotherapist, has prepared and enabled him to work with a range of difficulties around identity and relationship, as well as life transition, impasse, and the unfulfilled or unlived life.  He has a particular interest in working with dreams.  Mike is a trained and experienced supervisor and an accredited educator with the UK Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners (UKAHPP), is a member of the Confederation for Analytical Psychology, and is registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).  He is also convenor for the Guild of Pastoral Psychology (Edinburgh Group), and co-ordinates programmes of psychospiritual lectures, workshops and intensives.  He also practises from his home in the Borders.