VIV ZICARI. BACP (Accred) UKRCP Reg. Ind. Counsellor/Psychotherapist.

Avelon 6 St Johns Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 4BP View map
07931440335 Click here to Email me

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Talking to someone can help, hello, my name is Viv, I am an experienced Counsellor with over five thousand hours of practice.  I can offer you an appointment within one week.  Visiting a Counsellor for the first time can be a daunting experience, not knowing what to expect. Will I feel comfortable, can I trust her? Will she tell someone?

Confidentiality is paramount to my practice and I adhere to the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) code of ethics. The counselling sessions take place in professional, private and comfortable surroundings on a one-to-one basis. I work with my clients, exploring personal concerns to find ways to resolve or manage them, in an open, non-judgmental manner, whether the issues are current or throughout your life including childhood.

I am an integrative Counsellor - meaning I have experience of working with a variety of models in Counselling. Over the many years I have practised as a Counsellor, below are are some of the questions I have been asked.

Can counselling help me?
I feel so angry
Why do I have low self esteem?
Why do I feel so anxious?
Why do I have panic attacks?
Why do I feel so stressed?  

Why don't I have any confidence?
Why do I feel so alone, invisable?
Why do my relationships always go wrong?
Why do I feel so bad about myself?
Why can't I feel happy?  

Why do I find it so hard to trust?
Why can't I stand up for myself?
Why do I hate the way I look?
Why am I so angry?
Why do I feel so guilty?

Personal Experience from one of my clients:

After having spent the majority of my childhood being bullied by peers and people close to me, I went through my life in self-denial, taking on everyone else's problems. After a broken relationship, I became very depressed and relived a lot of my past experiences. I came to the Counselling Directory to find a counsellor close to my home and I found a Viv. Viv has helped me to completely turn my life around - I have gone from a painfully shy, self-effacing woman to someone who now knows the value of herself and who is now living her life for herself. Viv has taught me that the past can be dealt with and dealing with it gives you strength and clarity. Making contact with my counsellor was the best decision that I have ever made and I would recommend Viv to anyone.


 Personal Experience from one of my clients:

I was in search of a counsellor near to my home.  I didn’t really know what to expect as I had seen others in the past and felt that their styles of counselling wasn’t moving me forward.  On meeting Viv, I knew that I had found a counsellor that would really help me.  At the outset she explained the methods of counselling she would be using and although I was apprehensive at first about facing my issues head on, the work that Viv did with me fully prepared me for things I never thought I would be capable of achieving.  I have so much to thank her for – I have become a much stronger person who has faced her fears.  I feel euphoric and am now able to move forward with my life and put the past behind me.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Integrative Counselling, Anglia Ruskin University

Couples Counselling Tavistock London (I currently only work one to one)

Short term therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques

Anger management group work

Empowerment workshops

Congnitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) workshops

MIND Colchester

Improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT)

Member of The British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists. (MBACP)

Private practice

Ongoing continual professional development (CPD)

Monthly Supervision

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abuse
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Bullying
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Debt Management
• Depression
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Pre-nuptial Counselling
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Empowerment, get your life back, possibly for the first time, ask yourself, what do I want, and what would make me happy.

Therapies Offered

• Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
  - Behavioural Therapy
  - Cognitive Therapy
  - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychoanalytic Therapy
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Transactional Analysis
  - Transpersonal Psychology

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

Individual Counselling £37 per session

The first session is free as I feel it is important for you to feel comfortable working with me and if my style of counselling is what you are looking for.

The number of sessions required are at the discretion of the client.

Free parking is available at Somerfields which is behind St Johns Church, a two minute walk from Avelon.

Further Information

I work during the day and some evenings, I also work Saturday mornings to mid afternoon.

I am willing to arrange an appointment to visit your place of work

Telephone Counselling £25.00 for 50 mins

Please do not hesitate to contact me via my e-mail if you require any further information.

Thankyou

• Online, email or telephone counselling available

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