Adria Stubbs

I work in East Lothian - in-person, outside and online - on Mondays.  

I work in Edinburgh's West End - in-person, outside and online - on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

I trained in counselling at The University of Edinburgh where I came to appreciate many of the challenges faced in understanding and accepting ourselves and where I came to recognise the value of talking to a therapist who listens empathically and who can offer insight without judgement.   I aim to provide a safe, welcoming and confidential space in which to explore the many aspects of your uniquely individual concerns and use my own creativity to tune into your needs, supporting you in naming what you feel and telling your story in whatever way feels right for you.

I am an experienced therapist who originally trained in psychodynamic and person-centred counselling.  More recently I've broadened my professional work to include systemic constellations therapy (sometimes called family constellations therapy) and couples/relationship therapy.

I work with adults and couples in Edinburgh and East Lothian, weekly to begin with, later sometimes fortnightly.  1:1 sessions are of 50 minutes where couples sessions are of 60 minutes.  I offer an initial session where we have the opportunity to see if or how well we may work together.  

I offer an initial first session for individuals where we talk about your needs and decide together if counselling with me feels right for you.  This is a 50 minute session and offers a sense of what a session with me might feel like.  I have some standard questions that I ask you and I aim to allow time for you to tell me more freely what it is that brings you to counselling.

Similarly I offer an initial session for couples where we think together about the current couple relationship and again decide if counselling with me feels right for you.  This is s 60 minute session.  If we decide to continue I will follow-up with some standard written questions designed to give me a little more context for working together going forward.

I trained in counselling at The University of Edinburgh where I came to appreciate many of the challenges faced in understanding and accepting ourselves and where I came to recognise the value of talking to a therapist who listens empathically and who can offer insight without judgement.   I provide a safe, welcoming and confidential space in which to explore the many aspects of your uniquely individual concerns and use my own creativity to tune in to your needs, supporting you in telling your own story in whatever way feels right for you.

I currently work face-to-face with adults in Edinburgh and East Lothian - working as a couples therapist soon.  I am offering 50 minute sessions on a weekly basis, both on-line and in a traditional counselling room setting.  I also work outdoors if desired and/or appropriate.

I offer an initial first session where we talk about your needs and the way forward and decide together if counselling with me feels right for you.  This is a 50 minute session and in part offers you a sense of what a session with me might feel like.  I have some standard questions that I ask you and try to offer roughly half the time for you to tell me more freely what it is that brings you to counselling.