Esther Dawney-New
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About me
I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist and a graduate member of the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology with over 20 years clinical experience. I offer counselling and psychotherapy for individuals and couples and I am particularly interested in seeing couples who are committed to understanding their relationship. Together we will explore and attempt to understand distress and difficulties which may affect your everyday functioning, and in particular relationship issues. Using a psychodynamic approach we will explore the basis for your depression, anxiety, phobias, life crisis, marriage/ partnership breakdown, betrayals and other relationship issues, eating disorders, or sexual difficulties. You will take an active part in the process of gently exploring your feelings, and so gaining insight and acceptance of those things which cannot be changed. Ways of being which have hindered you in the past may take on a new perspective.
You may be entering a new phase of life such as getting married, starting a family or becoming a blended family and wish to talk over this with your partner. I can offer pre-nuptial counselling.
Whatever is troubling you and interfering with living a full life can be helped by taking the risk of talking it through in a safe and confidential relationship.
Some other issues that can be helped by counselling are bereavement, ill health, fertility difficulties and postnatal depression. I have a particular interest in working with couples and have further training in Couple Counselling and Psychosexual Counselling. As a BAPPS accredited supervisor I also offer counselling supervision for individuals and groups.
I believe in, and maintain practise in line with the professional Code of Ethics and Good Practise by my accrediting organisation BACP
Training, qualifications & experience
Certificate in Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic Supervision
Psychosexual Counselling Certificate: TCCR
Couple Counselling Training:TCCR
MSc Counselling & Psychotherapy 1997
BACP Accredited Psychotherapist 2005
BACP Accredited Voluntary Register 2012
RGN, 1982 Registered Midwife 1984
I have counselling experience with a mental health charity, a cancer charity, and The Harbour Bristol, the private sector and the NHS and have run a group for clients with eating disorders. I also offer supervision.
I have undertaken a 2 year training in couple therapy at the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships in London and have further training in psychosexual counselling.
I have trained in the use of EMDR although I do not offer this service.
I am commited to ongoing professional development and am a BAPPS qualified Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytical Supervisor
Member organisations
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Internet addiction
Couples psychotherapy
Relationship issues
Depression
Supervision
Skype sessions
postnatal depression
BACP accreditation support
Therapies offered
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Fees
Additional information
Please contact me by email or phone to discuss fees and to make an initial appointment
Sessions are 50 minutes for individuals.
If you are looking for couple counselling where possible I will arrange to meet you both for an hour and a half initial consultation. Sessions thereafter are one hour.
When I work
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My working days are Monday-Wednesday . Please contact by email or phone leaving a phone number and times best to contact you.
Further information
I offer weekly appointments for counselling and twice weekly for psychotherapy. Appointments are Mondays -Wednesdays between 07:30- 18.30 Please contact me to discuss this further.
In special circumstances I am able to offer individual and couple sessions by Zoom following an initial meeting and in special circumstances .
Fortnightly Psychodynamic Supervision is offered face to face for counsellors who are members of a counselling or psychotherapy professional body.
