increased access 2 psychological support is a scottish charitable incorporated oganisation (SCIO)
Don’t walk in front of me. I may not follow. I may not lead.
Don’t walk behind me. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
- Anonymous - Charitable purposes are:
To Advance Mental and Physical Health - through evidence based psychological interventions supported by recommendations from NICE and the NHS. These interventions will increase the level of health and wellbeing and build resilience in communities. To Advance Education - through the provision of psychological interventions and personal development providing a range of Community Based Education Workshops/Programmes that support Psycho-logical Development, Growth and Capacity Building. The Advancement of Conflict Resolution or Reconciliation - through the provision of mediation or adjudication of misunderstandings, disagreements, disputes or conflict between individuals, family members or communities in Dumfries and Galloway. The Advancement of Citizenship or Community Development—through improvements of the social infrastructure and by assisting people who are at a disadvantage because of their social circumstances. Main activities. iaps has four main activities
1. to offer psychological help and support to individuals and community interest groups
2. to develop and deliver a range of mental health related educational programmes
3. to develop and deliver a range of conflict resolution and reconciliation programmes
4. to provide a range of CPD Capacity Building Programmes which will include Coaching, Mentoring and Behavioural Change Management
iaps employs qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, Trauma Focused Therapists and Brief Intervention Counsellors who are Members of, The British Association of Counsellors and Psycho-therapists (BACP), The British Psychological Soci-ety (BPS) and The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). iaps Staff conform to the Professional Ethics and Standards set by these institutes.
22/03/2025
Yesterday was World Poetry Day
Celebration
World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO in 1999, "with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard".
Here is one of my favourites, what's yours?
When despair for the world grows in me / and I wake in the night at the least sound / in fear of what...
01/01/2025
Happy New Year Everyone!
A Gentle Return to You
by - Per Norrgren
Hope is not a wish,
But the seed within the soil,
A tender whisper—act now,
And watch the world uncoil.
It moves not with haste,
But steady as rivers flow,
A light in the heart of shadows,
The strength to rise and grow.
For hope is the silent prayer,
In the hands that build anew,
It lives in every step we take—
In me, in them, in you.
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22/10/2024
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Charitable purposes are:
To Advance Mental and Physical Health - through evidence based psychological interventions supported by recommendations from NICE and the NHS. These interventions will increase the level of health and wellbeing and build resilience in communities.
To Advance Education - through the provision of psychological interventions and personal development providing a range of Community Based Education Workshops/Programmes that support Psycho-logical Development, Growth and Capacity Building.
The Advancement of Conflict Resolution or Reconciliation - through the provision of mediation or adjudication of misunderstandings, disagreements, disputes or conflict between individuals, family members or communities in Dumfries and Galloway.
The Advancement of Citizenship or Community Development—through improvements of the social infrastructure and by assisting people who are at a disadvantage because of their social circumstances.
Main activities.
iaps has four main activities
1. to offer psychological help and support to individuals and community interest groups
2. to develop and deliver a range of mental health related educational programmes
3. to develop and deliver a range of conflict resolution and reconciliation programmes
4. to provide a range of CPD Capacity Building Programmes which will include Coaching, Mentoring and Behavioural Change Management
iaps employs qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, Trauma Focused Therapists and Brief Intervention Counsellors who are Members of The British Association of Counsellors and Psycho-therapists (BACP).
iaps Staff conform to the Professional Ethics and Standards set by this institute.
About Me
Lili J Culbert
I am a psychotherapist (BACP) and a fully certified Teacher in Mindfulness Based Living (MBLC) with the Mindfulness Association and a Trained Teacher in Mindful Self Compassion (MSC). I completed my training with Christopher Germer in Amsterdam in July 2017.
I have facilitated many mindfulness courses in the UK on a 1:1 as well as group and retreat settings.
I have enjoyed working in the field of mental health and emotional well-being for over 10 years both for the NHS and in freelance practice. I have a Post Graduate Diploma in Mental Health (CBT), and a Post Graduate Diploma in Brief Interventions. I am accredited with the BACP www.bacp.co.uk and can offer work as a trainer, psychotherapist and supervisor offering therapy including: CBT - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; CFT - Compassion Focused Therapy; MBCT - Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy; Cognitive Analytic Therapy - CAT, Person Centred and Transactional Analysis.
I began my personal Mindfulness practice in 2008 and I have since undertaken further training and experience in Mindfulness-Based Approaches, including the, one year mindfulness, one year compassion one year insight one year teacher training and 5 day Teacher Training Retreat run by The Mindfulness Association at Samye Ling. A 5 day MSC retreat on Holy Isle June 2016 and a 5 day intensive silent retreat at Trigonos, Bangor University, North Wales April 2017. I also completed a 10 week online MSC with Kristy Arbon in The summer of 2017.
Presently I am undertaking the The Oxford Mindfulness Centre’s (University of Oxford) Mindfulness - Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Teacher Training Pathway.
I use Mindfulness and Mindful Self-Compassion in my own life journey as well as managing the challenges I face working as a psychotherapist. I have found that it has brought so many positive aspects into my life including; improved ability to cope under pressure; more authentic and fulfilling relationships with family, friends and work colleagues; greater rapport and improved therapeutic interventions with my clients and not least joy, happiness and peace. Living mindfully does not take away our problems but it provides us with a wonderful resource to help us navigate our way through the challenges of life. All through my psychotherapy career it has been important to me to provide scientifically evidenced based interventions to my clients. Mindfulness and compassion has a solid and clear scientific base which is why I am so passionate about it and feel so confident about teaching it to people. I bring a wealth of life and professional experience to my teaching of mindfulness as well as a warm, light hearted and playful approach.
