Rachel Taylor

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MBACP Registered(Accred) Cert CBT RGN
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Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 6LR
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This professional is available for new clients.

About me

Life brings its challenges and with this can sometimes come confusion, despair, depression and anxiety. With a lifetime of experience in caring professions, first as a nurse and now an experienced Counsellor/Psychotherapist I feel blessed with the ability to help people. I offer a kind, supportive and practical place for my clients to explore any problem and successfully help them to find resolution. My personal aims are to help people to grow into the person they want to be and help them find a happier and more fulfilling life.

The main basis for all my work is to create a supportive, understanding relationship with you. That means a relationship where you are able to feel comfortable to be yourself. This is the bedrock of all my counselling. Because I have had a life of caring for people this is something that is natural for me. it is incredibly important when someone is in a vulnerable situation, such as attending counselling, that they feel cared for.

My work is influenced from a broad background of theory, which I constantly update. I am also qualified in CBT and am now training in EMDR. I am also extremely interested in the new theory based around neuroscience, which is helping uncover ways for people to change unhelpful behaviour.

I am a highly experienced counsellor with 18 years experience. As an Accredited Member of the BACP I will ensure high professional standards. My work is all closely monitored and shows very successful outcomes. This success means that many of my clients come to me from GP referrals and other recommendations, such as medical insurers.


I have a qualification in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) which is currently deemed an effective therapy for helping people with emotional difficulties. EMDR is particularly helpful in removing trauma of any kind. Since most emotional problems are related to some sort of trauma this is a very valuable tool.

The types of counselling that I use are

Integrative

Person Centred

CBT

EMDR

Transpersonal

Solution Focused.

If you think that I will be able to help you, please give me a call or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you.

Training, qualifications & experience

I am accredited member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling/Psychotherapy)
Listed on the UKRCP (United Kingdom Register of Counselling/Psychotherapy)
Advanced Dip Counselling.(Degree level at Leeds University)
Cert in Counselling Skills (Leeds Met University)
CBT certificate (Manchester Centre for CBT)
Solution Focused Therapy Study day attended
Art Therapy Study attended
TA 101
Presented workshop in Psychosynthesis
R.G.N (Registered General Nurse)


Private practise (16 years)
I have experience counselling with young people at Harrogate College (3 years)
I have also worked at Harrogate Hospital counselling staff (2 years)
I also spent 18 years as a nurse prior to becoming a counsellor.

Member organisations

Registered / Accredited

Registered / Accredited

Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).

Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).

Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.

Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.

All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.

Accredited register membership

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).

This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Other areas of counselling I deal with

CBT certificate

EMDR

Fees

£65.00 per session
Free initial telephone session

Concessions offered for

  • Keyworkers

Health Insurance/EAP

  • Aviva
  • Axa Health
  • BUPA
  • WPA

Additional information

50 minute session - £65

When I work

I normally work Thursdays and Friday mornings. Unfortunately usually I am busy but have a waiting lisf

Wetherby Therapy Rooms 23A High Street, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 6LR

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young people (13-17)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Employee Assistance Programme