Golnar Bayat MBACP Senior Accredited Counsellor UKCP Reg. Psychotherapist

Profile

Discussion of your motivation to see a professionally trained counsellor at this exact time in your life will be the starting point of our work together. This exact time may be a time of great distress to you and you may wish to make sense of what is going on for you or those around you. It may also be difficult for you to identify the exact source of your distress and make sense of what is going on for you. Counselling is the professional way of addressing your experiences when you are struggling to make sense of your feelings and actions.

My role as the counsellor is to provide a safe space in which you can take stock of the choices you have made in your life, understand the whirlwind of your emotions, and get a clearer understanding of the choices that lie ahead so that you can deepen your understanding of your life.   

  Once we meet we will discuss the possible direction of our work together on the basis of the particular conflict, strong emotion, or dilemma that poses you the most concern when you come to see me.

Depending on your experience of sitting alongside me for the duration of our time together, and how effective my presence has been whilst listening to you, you can decide if you feel that the way I work, and the way I am alongside you is the way you would like to proceed.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

I began my initial counselling training at York St. John University in 1995 gaining a Graduate Diploma in Counselling in 1997. My interest in the possibilities of working across categories of difference took me to Regents College where I completed a Cross Cultural Certificate in Psychotherapy. In 2002 I completed a one year supervision course at York St. John University and have since worked as a clinical supervisor for practitioners working in a variety of settings. Recently I have completed a Masters programme in Existential Psychotherapy at The New School for Psychotherapy and Counselling gaining an MA in Existential Psychotherapy. I am a senior accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and am bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and Complaints procedure. I am also a UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy) registered Existential Psychotherapist and a member of the Society for Existential Analysis (SEA).

I have fifteen years experience of offering counselling to clients in a variety of settings, and have ten years experience of working as a counsellor at York University. I have also practiced as a supervisor for the past nine years and run Cross Cultural (Working with Difference) workshops for both Counsellors and staff in a variety of institutions.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Adoption Issues
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Depression
• Emotional Abuse
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Identity issues, transitions, cultural dislocation

Therapies Offered

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Existential Therapy

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

Individual therapy costs £45 per session payable in cash or cheque at the end of each session. I will provide you with a receipt.

I have a 48 hour notice period for cancellation.

Further Information

Contact

You can email me at bayat@tiscali.co.uk
or telephone me on 07722134674 to arrange an initial appointment. Should you be unable to reach me you can leave your contact details on my voicemail and I will get back to you. You can also get in touch by email. We can then briefly discuss what your hopes and expectations are and if you so wish we can arrange to meet for a first session. The first session will give us a chance to see how it feels to work alongside each other and how to proceed. Once we have agreed to work together we can decide the number of sessions and the pattern of reviews to make sure our meeting continue to meet your needs.

Where I work

I work from Acomb on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and from a rented room situated in the Centre of York onWednesdays.

• Supervision available (view supervision profile)

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