Beverley Meakin
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About me
Profile
I am an experienced counsellor and case work supervisor; counselling individuals, couples, families and young people in Relate since 1995 and working as a supervisor since 2003.
I currently have a private counselling and supervision practice; I offer individual and couples' therapy on a short or long term basis. I previously worked for 15 years as Senior Lecturer on Certificate, Diploma and Masters Counselling Courses at Staffordshire University. I have training in emotionally focussed therapy for couples and have worked for 5 years as an infertility counsellor.
My Counselling Approach
My approach is to help clients explore their patterns of relating and communicating, to understand themselves, their emotions and patterns of communication better. They can then choose to make changes if they wish; we would work together to clarify these changes. I am aware of the importance of cultural, social and family influences on people and also of significant attachment figures both past and present. My way of working is informed mainly by Attachment theory and Family Systems ideas.
I work with relational and emotional difficulties such as; communication issues, difficulty in making relationships or making changes in a relationship, separation, divorce, the impact of an affair, bereavement, work place problems, low self esteem, depression and anxiety, lack of motivation, managing change.
I have also have experience of working with infertility issues; couples and individuals using donor sperm or egg, exploring talking to and telling the child, and support for the emotional experience of any infertility treatment.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- Professional Doctorate in Systemic Practice
- MA Couple Therapy, 2005 Relate and UEL
- Certificate in Supervision, 2004 Relate
- Relate Certificate in Couple Counselling, 1998
- PGCHPE, 2014 Staffordshire University
- PGCE (Post Compulsory Education), 2007 UCLAN
Additional Training and Experience:
- Emotionally Focussed Therapy with Couples, 2014
- Accreditation BACP 2011
- Certificate in Family Counselling
- Certificate in Systemic Supervision
- Attachment Narrative Therapy
- Counselling in an Infertility Setting
- Counselling Young People
- Mindfulness
Member organisations
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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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Family relationships
Managing change
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
I charge £50 per hour for a counselling or supervision session (£75 for an hour and a half).
Counselling sessions can be weekly, fortnightly or negotiated on a week by week basis; supervision is monthly or fortnightly.
I am available for new supervisees.
When I work
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Further information
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