Alex Kennedy
Accredited Member, MHGI (Accred)
Registration No. 186306
About me
Alex is the Clinical Director of The Mind the Mind Practice, as well as being the senior practitioner, and supervisor. Alex is a highly skilled and experienced therapist with extensive experience of working with all forms of emotional and psychological distress. Alex always strives to ensure that alongside specific work carried out during appointments, clients have a firm foundation of understanding and a set of tools to continue to maintain their own mental and emotional health proactively in the future. As well as his therapeutic practice Alex was the founder and senior Director of One Step Borders, a charity that provides mental health support to young people in the Scottish Borders. Prior to this his career has included working with the survivors of domestic abuse and their families through Scotlands National Charity Children’s 1st and working with individuals with long term mental health conditions through the charity New Horizons. Alex also has experience of working with children, young people and staff in schools and higher education institutions delivering both support and training on a range of topics.
Outside of his professional work Alex is a dad of three and an avid football fan. He enjoys coaching the local kids football team and playing himself. As a registered member of the Human Givens Institute, (HG.Dip.P,MGHI) Alex works in accordance with their code of ethics for good practice and takes outcome measures to provide evidence and demonstrate results to his clients. He is also a Human Givens Institute Supervisor. Alex is registered with the HGI, Information Commissioner’s Office, Professional Standards Authority and holds enhanced disclosure.
Qualifications
MHGI (Accred)
Professional Memberships
MHGI (Accred)
Testimonials
" I had Alex as my therapist and he was fantastic! This was my first taste of counselling or anything and he provided a safe and open place for talking and helping. He truly is an amazing therapist and I feel so happy to of had him. In the sessions we would talk about my different struggles in life, whether it was recent or past, and he would provide me with great advice and techniques on how to get me out of low and anxious moods. I've learnt so much from him and I think I’m going to treasure those 6 total hours of talking with him for life. I've learnt so much about myself and how to love my self which has been needed for many years ."
"Alex helped me during a difficult time. I felt overwhelmed and lost by changes in my life. He enabled me to get things back in perspective. Therapy was a great deal more helpful than expected, Alex's sessions were so effective I couldn't recommend him highly enough"
" Alex was fantastic - I had no idea what to expect from seeking help and Alex has killed off any stigma around therapy that I may have brought with me. I was made to feel very welcome, and we have laughed, shared and I've been appropriately challenged which has helped me see myself in a much better light. He has also responded to a couple of messages outside of our sessions which I am very grateful for! "
"Alex was very good. I felt he was genuine, realistic, down-to-earth, and empathised with a comment each time I expressed or shared a difficulty. Very easy to talk with and I felt he took the time to think of his responses when needed. I also felt I was in control of the pace to a good degree."
