Lesley Ann Richardson Bsc(hons), MBACP(Accred.), MBPsS
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The Pines Firside Road Corfe Mullen Wimborne Dorset BH21 3LS View map |
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01202 694381
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Profile
My hope as your counsellor is to offer you a space where you feel able to explore who you are and how you are responding to your experience of life and so enable you to be more able to make the changes you wish for yourself. Some of the core values I work with in my counselling approach are that each of us have the resources within us to find our way through to a life that we can experience as more fruitful, of worth and to a place of positive well-being, that by being a part of the professional counselling relationship and process can enpower you to unblock your path to those resources.
I see clients for both long term and short term work. Please let me know if mobility or transport to counselling is an issue for you and we can explore ways of overcoming this.
Training, Qualifications & Experience
Bsc (hons) 2.1 Degree in Psychology.
Diploma in Counselling (BACP accredited) from Southampton University.
Post Graduate Diploma in Supervision
Accredited Bereavement Counsellor with CRUSE.
Certificate in Mediation gained with Mediation Dorset.
Accredited member of the Briitsh Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists
United Kingdom Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registered Independent Counsellor/Psychotherapist
Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- Adoption Issues
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Career Counselling
- Child Related Issues
- Couples Counselling
- Debt Management
- Dementia
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Domestic Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Gender Identity
- HIV/AIDS
- Infertility
- Learning Difficulties
- Low Self-Confidence
- Low Self-Esteem
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal Depression
- Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Psychosexual Therapy
- Relationship Issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harm
- Sexual Issues
- Sexuality
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Tourettes Syndrome
- Trauma
- Work Related Issues
Other areas of counselling I deal with
As well as individual counselling I also offer couple/relationship counselling.
I can also offer sessions to work with the parent/child relationship to support and facilitate open communication.
I offer a service to estranged parents to focus on resolving issues around continued parental responsibilites and boundaries.
I offer a Pet Bereavement Counselling Service.
If preferred some issues can be dealt within mediation.
Therapies Offered
- Other Therapies - Integrative
Fees
My standard fee is £40 per session for both Individual and Relationship counselling but I am always willing to discuss and offer reduced fees to ensure that the service is not denied due to someone being unable to meet the fees, especially so in the current economic climate.
I also offer a free initial 30 minute session for anyone who has not had counselling before and/or is unsure if counselling is for them.
I would encourage Counsellors seeking Supervision to contact me and discuss possible sessions together and fees could also be part of that discussion. I offer very reduced rates for Students.
Further Information
I have a clear CRB (standard) check certificate.
I would actively encourage contact from the management of care and residental homes to discuss the possibility of offering a counselling service for both staff and/or residents.
If travel to counselling is problematic to you, for whatever reason, please let me know and we can discuss possible solutions.
- Supervision available (view supervision profile)
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