Christine Perry
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Are you feeling depressed, stressed or anxious? Are you feeling overwhelmed by emotions and other problems? I work with individuals to assist them to feel better about themselves and their lives and if they choose to make changes to improve the quality of their lives.
How I Work
My aim is to work with you in a warm, confidential and non-judgemental 
way to help you clarify your thoughts and feelings about the difficulties you are experiencing in your current life situation. Together we work to enable you to find a way forward which is right for you and to enhance your sense of well being. Sometimes the issues which are brought to counselling may be related to past events. Reviewing deep-seated issues can bring about the healing of old hurts. This also gives the opportunity to become aware of old patterns of behaviour and negative habits, allowing you to start to change them.
I use a combination of approaches including Humanistic and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to help you start to manage your problems more effectively and feel better about life.
First Meeting
Firstly I like to meet and talk with you to understand your concerns and needs. We look at how you would like to be coping differently with them and if I think I can help you.
How Counselling Can Help
We may be going through a difficult time in our lives. Sometimes we feel stuck with feelings and thoughts that just don't seem to go away. We go over and over things in our heads and strong feelings and thoughts may keep us awake at night. Talking about things with someone who is trained to listen can help us to understand ourselves better, face difficulties and start to find a way forward in a way that did not seem possible on our own. Gradually we can start to feel more at ease and more able to cope effectively.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an Accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
I hold a Diploma in Counselling, a Certificate in Counselling Supervision and a Certificate in Couples Counselling.
I have been working professionally as a counsellor in the NHS, educational settings and privately for 24 years.
I supervise other counsellors and have taught on an HND in Counselling.
Member organisations
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 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
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Individuals £40 per session. You are welcome to self refer. Referrals can also be made by health professionals, companies and employee assistance programmes.
When I work
I am currently offering counselling sessions by phone and video call only. I have however extended my hours to Monday to Friday daytimes to accomodate clients' availability.
Further information
I have experience with a wide area of issues. I also have experience in an Occupational Health setting where I have worked with a lot of work related issues such as work related stress, health issues, bullying, and formal proceedings.
