Barrie Hopwood MBACP Senior Accredited

11 Windsor End Beaconsfield Old Town Bucks HP9 2JJ View map	118 High Street Northwood Middlesex HA6 1BJ View map
07808 766067 www.barriehopwood.co.uk Click here to Email me

Profile

I am a BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist working in this field since qualifying in 1987. I am also a counselling supervisor, trainer and mediator offering individual, couple and parent and child counselling, supervision and mediation services at my practices in Beaconsfield (Bucks) and Northwood (Middlesex). In addition to my private practice the settings in which I have worked include schools, Further and Higher Education, Feltham Young Offender Institution, Hounslow Youth Counselling Service, ICAS, GP surgeries and Critical Incident De-Briefing for several major companies.

I have 15 years experience as a supervisor and about half my practice is the supervision of counsellors and psychotherapists. I facilitate a monthly series of workshops for counsellors and those in the helping professions at The Grail in Pinner and at the New Jordans Conference Centre in Buckinghamshire. I also provide training for students and staff in schools. 

I trained as a Person-Centred Counsellor and although I remain firmly anchored in the way of being and philosophy of the Person-Centred Approach I have broadened and deepened my understanding and beliefs about the human condition through training, reading and personal development which would lead me to describe myself as an Integrative Humanistic Practitioner. I embrace Focusing, Inner Child, Gestalt, TA, EMDR and Dream and Soul Work in my practice (please see web site for further details) and have a particular interest in working with men around issues of masculinity, 'The Little Boy Within' and 'Mid-Life Crisis'.                    

Training, Qualifications & Experience

LL.B. (Nottingham University, 1974)
M.A. in Criminology (Sheffield University, 1975)
P.G.C.E (Southlands College, 1979)
Diploma in Counselling (WLIHE, 1987)
Certificate in Supervision (Metanoia, 2000)
EMDR Levels 1 and 2 (EMDR Institute, 2005)
Interpersonal Mediation Certificate (UK Mediation, 2011)

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Alcoholism
• Anger Management
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
• Couples Counselling
• Dementia
• Depression
• Disabilities
• Domestic Violence
• Drug Abuse
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Gambling
• Gender Identity
• Generalised Anxiety
• HIV/AIDS
• Internet Addiction
• Learning Difficulties
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Pre-nuptial Counselling
• Psychosexual Therapy
• Relationship Issues
• Schizophrenia
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Smoking
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Mediation

Therapies Offered

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Gestalt Therapy
  - Transactional Analysis
  - Transpersonal Psychology
  - Existential Therapy

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative
  - EMDR

Fees

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING
Standard: £55
Reduced:  £50
Students in Counselling Training: £45

SUPERVISION AND SUPERVISION CONSULTANCY
Initial session: £15
Standard: £55
Reduced:  £50
Students in Counselling Training and Volunteer Counsellors: £45
Group Supervision: Negotiable according to number of supervisees

COUPLES
Assessment session: 90 minutes £90
Further sessions: £60 for hourly sessions or £90 for 90 minute sessions.

ORGANIZATIONS
Supervision or counselling for organizations: £60 per hour
Training for organizations: £100 per hour
Reduced rate for Voluntary organizations/ Charities  
 
If you wish to cancel an appointment please give a full 48 hours notice or you will be asked to pay the cost of the missed session. In cases of sudden illness or genuine emergency within the 48 hour period I will waive 50% of the session fee. Please pay by cash or cheque (made payable to 'Barrie Hopwood') at the end of each session.

An hour's session is up to 60 minutes rather than the 50 minute  'therapeutic hour'.

I will review the fee annually but will not increase the initial fee agreed within one calendar year of our first appointment.  

Further Information

• Online, email or telephone counselling available

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