Belinda Spofforth MBACP (Accred)

Profile

I have 14 year experience working as a counsellor with indviduals, couples and families. I offer a warm, non judgemental, confidential and effective service. I value the relationship with my client very highly and believe this is fundamental to the success of the counselling process.

Counselling is an exciting, challenging and empowering experience. The work will enable you to feel less confused, more confident and clearer about how to take control of your life.

I believe that you are your own expert and the counselling will go at your pace. I will work in a way that suits you and support you through difficult thoughts and emotions that you may experience.

I work with an integrative approach drawing on different models of counselling. My work is informed mainly by the psychodynamic systemic and CBT approach. This gives an opportunity for you to have a clearer picture of any changes you may need to make or strategies you need to gain which will enable you to take control of your life.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

• Relate Certificate in Couple and Family Counselling
• MBACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist
• UKRCP Registered Independent Counsellor/Psychotherapist
• HACP Registered Member

Area's of experience:

Individuals:

• Private Practice
• Doctors Surgeries as an NHS Primary Care Counsellor
• Relate Centre
• Schools

Couples:

• Private Practice
• Relate Centre
• Schools 

I have undertaken further training in: Alcohol in Couples, Anger and Anxiety Management, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Adolescents, Bereavement, Domestic Violence in families, Drugs and Alcohol Awareness, Eating Disorders and many others.

I have an on-going commitment to training and personal growth. I respect the BACP [British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy] and practice in accordance with their professional code of ethics [www.bacp.co.uk]

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• ADHD
• Adoption Issues
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Anxiety
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Avoidant Personality Disorder
• Bereavement
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Bullying
• Child Related Issues
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
• Couples Counselling
• Dependent Personality Disorder
• Depression
• Disabilities
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Family Issues
• Gender Identity
• Generalised Anxiety
• Histrionic Personality Disorder
• Infertility
• Internet Addiction
• Learning Difficulties
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Paranoid Personality Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Pre-nuptial Counselling
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Burn Out/Break Down
Blended Families
Personnel Development
Redundancy 

Therapies Offered

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

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Transactional Analysis

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative
  - Family/Systemic Therapy

Fees

Individuals:

I offer the first session at HALF PRICE: £20.00. This give you an opportunity to find out if  you wish to continue to work with me
Ongoing sessions: £40.00

Couples:

I offer the first session at HALF PRICE: £25.00. This gives you an opportunity to find out if you wish to continue to work with me
Ongoing sessions: £50.00

These session will be up to 1 hour long.  

Further Information

For further information please visit my website. I would be more than happy to answer any further question that you may have. Please feel free to phone me on: 023 925 52406

I hold a CRB check

Client Feedback:

• Hi Belinda

You already know that I very much appreciated the work you did with me. Thought it would be good for you to know that I view it as a precious gift that I will treasure. Thank you for your help and encouragement.

•  Dear Belinda

Thank you very much for helping me understand my life and to be positive. You are very good at what you do.  I needed someone like you to show me the road to recovery and to get me and my life back on track. I thank you and draw on the understanding and skills that I have learnt from the sessions.

•  Dear Belinda,

It has been great working with you. We both benefited from the sessions enormously and our communication patterns are so much better. I don’t know what would have happened without the sessions. Many thanks.

• Dear Belinda,

It has been an enlightening and positive experience.

• Dear Belinda,

Just a note to thank you for listening to me and for helping me to come to terms with the tangled facets of my life at the moment. You have helped me to realise that I have to take charge of my own well-being, and to become a bit braver at confronting certain issues. It does help to talk things through, as voicing things forces me to admit them to myself. Who knows what will happen, but my sessions with you have helped me to cope.

Member Organisation(s)

Location Map