The Teaching Self
Counselling for teachers and education professionals in Birmingham and online across the UK.
A confidential space to think about the work of teaching and the person behind the role, with a therapist who has spent many years in classrooms and school leadership.
The bell rings and the corridors fall quiet, but the weight of the day can remain. Safeguarding concerns, administrative demands and the emotional work of supporting young people can leave little space for you.
I’m Rob Higgins, a qualified counsellor and trainee integrative psychotherapist. Before beginning my psychotherapy training, I spent many years teaching in secondary schools and working in senior leadership. I now offer confidential counselling to teachers and education professionals, in Birmingham and online across the UK. Our work pays attention to the whole person, not simply the professional role you hold.
Education is a particular area of experience in my work, but it is not a requirement for working with me. I also welcome enquiries from adults outside the profession. Counselling beyond education
A considered, unhurried way of working.
My approach is integrative and relational, with sessions available in person in Birmingham or online across the UK.
Find out how I work
A quiet place to think about the work of teaching, and the person behind the role.
A confidential place to think.
Therapy does not offer a fixed or guaranteed outcome. It can provide a confidential place to think more fully about what is happening in your professional and personal life.
Pressure and exhaustion
Making sense of stress, responsibility and the emotional demands of working in education.
Identity beyond work
Exploring who you are when your professional role has begun to occupy too much space.
Relationships and recurring patterns
Noticing how earlier and current relationships may influence the way you respond to situations at work and beyond it.
Take a moment for yourself.
A free 20-minute introductory call is a chance to see whether working together might be helpful. There is no obligation to continue.
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