Ria Littlewood

My Expertise

I am a qualified counsellor and counselling supervisor, and an accredited member of the BACP. I work with children, young people and adults.

My experience has been gained working in a GP surgery as well as in the private and voluntary sectors working within established, nationally and regionally recognised counselling services.

I have worked within primary and secondary schools across Greater Manchester and Stockport as a children’s counsellor and Mental Health Practitioner providing short and longer-term counselling for pupils aged 5 and above. I also spent more than three years working as a counselling project manager in a primary school for a children’s mental health charity where I worked closely with teaching staff, children, and their families.

Though my practice is rooted in the person-centred approach, it has become more integrative over the years, using creative techniques, play, mindfulness and other strategies depending on the child/young person’s or adult client’s individual needs.

Issues I have worked with include anxiety, depression, loss, study pressure, relationship, friendship and family issues, self-esteem, gender identity, sexuality, disordered eating, self-harm, suicidal ideation.