About
During times of distress speaking with a counsellor can be grounding, allowing the mind to maintain clarity.
Howlite Therapy offers clients a calm atmosphere in which they can begin to understand, cope with and heal from incidents such as trauma, grief, mourning, PTSD, anxiety and depression. The objective of the therapeutic process is to bring to the forefront one’s inner strength and slowly rebuild self.
Howlite Therapy private counselling service was formed as a way for the founder Lorraine Ballintine to share her passion and expertise in supporting others on their journey towards improved mental health.
What’s in the name?
“Many private counselling practices are named after their founder, which is great and in keeping with the therapist being the brand. I decided to name my practice Howlite Therapy to emulate the aims of my practice and approach to therapy. Howlite is a crystal that is said to calm communication, facilitate awareness and encourages emotional expression and teaches patience helping to ease rage, pain and stress.”
- Lorraine Ballintine BA (Hons), Dip. Couns, MBACP
Experience, Qualifications & Training
Lorraine has over 20 years extensive experience of working in the education sector. Mentoring young people in schools, higher and further education.
People can downplay or simply not talk about things deeply bothering them, support can make a huge difference. Working with students calls for a variety of skills and interventions to enabled students to develop insights into their situation and help them put effective strategies in place to build greater resilience. improving work and study.
Social media and mobile phones have provided a platform for many positive ventures but sadly there is an increasingly negative by-product by means of communication stemming from an invasion of privacy, at times resulting in what has become known as image-based crime.
As a result, one aspect of Howlite’s work with Victims of Image Crime (VOIC) was to offer sessions for clients to address the psychological effects of image-based crime, supporting them in taking back control and managing the emotional cycle of mental turmoil on their road to recovery.
As a therapist, Lorraine also addresses her own personal development. Her work in education is matched by her passion for creativity and the arts and is currently exploring ways to share and document her experiences. Lorraine prioritises continual research and training into mental health and regularly attends supervision, mental health network meetings, seminars, and gatherings which helps to ground and inform her practice.
Level 5 Therapeutic Counselling Diploma
Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills
Level 2 Award in Counselling Concepts
B.A. Honours in the History of Art & Design with Communication Media Practice
Anxiety UK therapist training
Level 3 Safeguarding Children & Young People training
Mediation Awareness training
Conflict Intervention and Building Good Relations training
Art Therapy Foundation training
Anxiety UK approved therapist
Enhanced DBS
Fully indemnity insured
BACP registered member
BAATN member
Mental Health First Aid training
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
— Harriet Tubman