Diane Earl
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This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I have a calm temperament and many years of training and counselling experience. I have particular expertise in Bereavement, Loss and life transitions: for example; adolescence, mid life and the end of life and how these impact on personal identity. Other specialities include work stress and resilience. I believe that our social situation and context have a direct impact on how resourceful we feel, as we are affected by our environment - which can feel nurturing or limiting of our potential.
I use CBT, Person-centred, Psychodynamic and Gestalt counselling theory and concepts in my practice as an integrative therapist. I also work as a Trainer and have worked with groups of staff, volunteers, and carers.
My aim is to try and help you make sense of your experiences. Whether issues from childhood or your current situation are bothering you, I believe that being listened to in a confidential space can enable you to find your own answers. I will strive to understand your perspective and offer my own reactions so that we can work together to find alternatives.
I offer nature based therapy at a Pony Sanctuary, I believe in the power of nature to heal and the contact with horses especially can help with emotional regulation, stress relief and connecting to another who does not judge and is completely accepting.
Economic uncertainty can have a serious impact on Mental Health and my training as a Social Worker helps me to understand the connection between social factors and psychological well-being.
Next steps if you would like to make contact with me
Please do call or email me if you want to arrange to see me for a free session. When we meet I will ask you what has made you think about counselling and explain how I think I can help.
If you want to go ahead, we will then agree on how often we will meet (weekly, fortnightly or monthly) and I will ask you to sign a contract which I will explain verbally. I will frequently ask you if coming to counselling is helping and making a difference as this is what I hope will happen during our sessions together.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training and Qualifications
- My core professional training is as a Social Worker. I qualified in 1992. I am currently registered as an Independent Social Worker with Social Work England.
- I have a Postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling from Leeds University (2000)
- I have completed a course in Group Psychotherapy (in 2001)
- Whilst working in Palliative Care, I have been on many training courses related to this field.
- I have training in Gestalt counselling and therapy - both with individuals and groups.
- I have clinical supervision training.
- I use gestalt concepts when working with organisations and have training in Relational Organisational Gestalt (ROG from Relational Change)
- I am a qualified Equine Facilitated Psychotherapist.
Experience
I have worked in a Mental Health Day Service, Therapeutic Community, Community Mental Health Team, Hospice, Agricultural college and local Bereavement Charity. I have counselled people when they have been in crisis and when facing difficult life situations. As an integrative counsellor, I use theory to help me respond to every person I meet individually.
Member organisations
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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
I am a specialist in bereavement and loss.
I offer reflective practice sessions, coaching and supervision for other therapists
I offer consultancy to organisations, using gestalt concepts (Relational Organisational Gestalt).
I work in collaboration with others and offer equine based activities.
I am a Practice Educator in Social Work.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£45.00 - £50.00
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My fees are £50 for 50 minute sessions of room-based counselling (due to room hire costs) or £45 for 60 minutes of telephone or online counselling.
I offer a free initial session as this is the opportunity for us to decide whether we can work together and I am the right counsellor for you.
I welcome all clients, from many different backgrounds.
I have a cancellation policy. Please refer to my website for more information about this and also my counselling contract.
When I work
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I currently have capacity for new clients on a Tuesday - weekly late morning.
Fortnightly, Monday evening 6pm and Tuesday evening 6pm
I have space for a supervisee.
Further information
I am interested in what makes an organisation or team function well. Strengthening communities and social connection is an area I am currently working with others to develop.
I am a Practice Educator in Social Work and offer supervision and coaching to other social workers.
I am a guest Lecturer at Staffordshire University.
I run training and support workshops in:
- Bereavement and Loss
- Women's Health - including coping with the Menopause
- Resilience and Self-Care
- Mental Health Awareness
- Healthy Teams and Organisations
- An Introduction to Equine Therapy
