Claire Bentley MBACP, Dip Integrative Counselling

Marlowe Way Lexden Colchester Essex CO3 4JP View map
07949 969900 www.northessexcounselling.co.uk Click here to Email me

Profile

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read my profile. How can I help you? I can provide you with a safe, confidential space to tell me about what may be troubling you and for you to feel confident that someone is listening without judgement. Together, we can look at ways to make changes to your life and move you forward through your difficulties.  I have experience in anxiety, worry, anger, low self esteem, relationships, bereavement and many other issues.  I have trained integratively, which means I can offer a range of therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.  I welcome any enquiries either by telephone or email. Your call will be dealt with sensitively and confidentially so do not be frightened to make that first move. Counselling really can help.

I have delivered long and short term therapy and offer a range of approaches depending on my client's needs. My training hours consisted of 18 months in a doctor's surgery specialising in short term therapy and also at Life Force in Colchester seeing longer term clients. I work with adults and also teenagers and young children in the school setting offering therapeutic play and creative therapies to help them work through their difficulties.

I am a qualified Integrative Counsellor, holding a BACP accredited diploma and I am a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). I work within their code of conduct and ethical guidelines.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

BACP accredited diploma in Intergrative Counselling
Certificate in Sand Tray therapy
Certificate in Creative Therapies
Child Protection Training
Enhanced CRB check
Bereavement Seminar - certificate of attendance

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Bullying
• Couples Counselling
• Depression
• Gender Identity
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Phobias
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Tourettes Syndrome
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Therapies Offered

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

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Gestalt Therapy
  - Existential Therapy

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

Individuals £25 per session (each session 50 mins in duration)
Couples £35 (each session 60 minutes in duration)
Student counsellors £15 per session (50 minutes in duration)


I realise that counselling can be expensive and therefore my fees can be negotiated if you are unable to meet the full price, depending on your circumstances.

Further Information

I run a private practise in Marlowe Way in Colchester which offers a calm and peaceful setting. There is ample street parking in a quiet road.

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