Freddy Weaver

Freddy Weaver

Addictions Counsellor

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  • About me

    Integrative Counsellor, Addiction & Eating Disorder Specialist, Eco-therapist, Retreat Director & Facilitator

  • Education

    • London South Bank University

      2005 - 2008
      Master of Science (MSc) Addiction Psychology Distinction
    • Eton College

      1990 - 1995
  • Experience

    • PROMIS Recovery Centre

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
      Addictions Counsellor
    • Farm Place Rehabilitation Centre

      Nov 2007 - Jun 2008
      Addictions Counsellor
    • The Priory Clinic

      Jun 2008 - Jun 2010
      Addictions Therapist
    • The Swan Project

      Nov 2011 - Jun 2013
      Assessment Co-ordinator and Group Therapist

      Charitable Counselling Service

    • Kinergy

      Jan 2012 - Oct 2012
      Group Therapy Co-facilitator

      Kinergy is a professional, confidential counselling service for survivors of sexual abuse and/or rape.

    • Private Integrative Counselling Practice

      Apr 2012 - now
      Integrative Counsellor

      I am interested in how attachment and trauma may influence patterns of behaving and thinking, and how mindfulness, insight, reflectivity, and embodiment can help clients move beyond self-defeating defences towards their goals. I have been greatly influenced by Rogerian counselling, holding to the belief that I am here to assist clients to access their own innate wisdom. From experience I also know that entrenched behaviours benefit from practical input, boundaries and client-specific guidance. I've found that lasting change requires more than intellectual insight, so increasingly incorporate interventions that help clients integrate their awareness into energetic shifts. Creative expression, embodied experiences and mindful approaches all assist this movement towards wholeness. Show less

    • THE SOUTHMEAD PROJECT LIMITED

      Jul 2013 - Feb 2015
      Specialist Abuse Counsellor

      Assessing clients, conducting year-long weekly therapy for clients affected by trauma, co-facilitating the weekly trauma recovery group, holding the fortnightly supervision peer group and line management for voluntary counsellors.

    • The Kusnacht Practice

      Mar 2016 - Oct 2016
      Case Manager

      Providing residential therapeutic support to individuals undergoing intensive psychological, nutritional and physical treatment.

    • Brevin Healthcare

      Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
      Integrative Counsellor

      Intensive therapy for individuals receiving residential treatment in specialist settings.

    • Write To Freedom

      Mar 2017 - now
      Integrative Counsellor

      I occupy a psychotherapy role within the charity, with particular responsibility for tending to trauma. Write to Freedom supports people in addiction recovery through wilderness experiences, creativity, exploring personal narrative and rites of passage.

    • The Hearth Retreat

      Jan 2022 - now
      Director

      I combine my interest and experience in providing counselling, addiction treatment, trauma resolution, nature connection, and ecopsychology to support clients' return to presence, balance and wholeness. I work online, in Devon in the therapy room and nature-based locations, and provide bespoke residential eco-therapy intensives at the natural setting of the Hearth Retreat, near Totnes, Devon.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Accredited Drug & Alcohol Counsellor

      Addiction Professionals
      Nov 2021
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Trustee

      Issued by Write To Freedom on Feb 2017
      Write To FreedomAssociated with Freddy Weaver