Francesca Thorpe (RGN) MBACP Accredited

Ottershaw
Near Chertsey
Surrey
KT16 		Francesca Thorpe
01932 875048
www.francescathorpecounselling.co.uk
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Profile

I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist/Supervisor based in Surrey.

I have been a practising "integrative" counsellor for the past 11 years.
Working as an integrative counsellor means that I incorporate many philosophies and theoretical models into my work including Gestalt, Psychodynamic and Existentialism. I have undergone many years of training in these theoretical areas. I intergrate all the above theories which is why I am called an intergrative counsellor.

I see my role as working alongside you, offering observations about what you talk to me about. Counselling is not about giving you advice, but as we begin to unpick a particular issue I may gently challenge some of your thought processes. I see my role as offering a non-judgemental, confidential and safe enviornment, to explore the issue you want to focus on.

I work with individuals, couples and adolescents on an open-ended basis or for an agreed time period, with the aim of helping you to enhance your life and to live it more fully.

I have had experience working for Relate as a relationship counsellor, with individuals in a GP practice, Woking Hospice, a local surrey charity, and then as a university student counsellor. In the last three years I worked as a school counsellor, and at present I work privately from my home,

I can also offer telephone counselling, having had over two years experience offering this service for a disability charity.

I see our first meeting as an assessment session. This session gives you a taster of what counselling will be like, and we can decide at the end whether you would like to committ further. You choose how long you can continue for. It is hard to specify the amount of sessions that will meet your needs. Some people choose to come for a few weeks, and others will stay longer until they feel ready to leave.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Registered General Nurse Training RGN St Georges Hospital Tooting.

Registered General Nurse

Relate Couples Training Rugby and Woking

BACP Accredited three year Diploma in Integrative Counselling

BACP Accreditation 2007

UKRCP Registered

Continual Professional Development Courses (CPD) :- Shame and Guilt Processes, Psychonalysis and Attachment, Exploring Childrens Feelings using the Arts,Eating Disorders : Working with Adolescents and Adults, Self Harm and Suicide and Child Protection Two day course.

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

I specialise counselling adolescents 13-19yrs old and university students.

I specialise working with couples.

I specialise working with disability issues.

I am Co-Author of a book "Why Therapists Choose to be Therapists?" A Practice Based Inquiry.Publisher Karnac Books September 2010

I had an article Counselling those affected by Thalidomide for the BACP The Independent Practitioner Magazine 

Supervision

I have trained with the Centre for Supervision and Team Development. I work using the Hawkins and Shohet's 7-Eyed Process Model of Counselling Supervision. I offer supervision for counsellors/psychotherapists in clinical practice and training.  

I can offer individual and group supervision from my home.  I work as a group supervisor for a Surrey based charity. 

Therapies Offered

Fees

I charge £60 for a couple.
£45 for individuals and Adolescents.

I charge £45 for supervision.  I am happy to offer a reduced rate to counsellors/psychotherapists in training. 

Further Information

My home is in a peaceful, rural and private setting, three miles from both Woking and Weybridge, and a mile from Chertsey. Jct 11 M25 is a mile away.

There is ample parking.


Member Organisation(s)

Registered / Accredited Counsellor or Psychotherapist
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