Donna Davies
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About me
Seeing a counsellor means seeing someone who is removed from what is going on and can therefore see the problem with more clarity. This means that you can talk to me without worrying how your problem will affect me. I am a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), and COSCA (Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland), I work within their strict ethical frameworks. I work in a person centred/integrative way, and offer a non-judgemental, confidential counselling service to adults and children. Along with my Diploma in Counselling I am also qualified to work with children and young people. I facilitate bereavement workshops and I am affiliated to various other organisations such as Moray Council, Time for Talking and Care First. I also volunteered for Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland, for 12 years, working with adults and children. Some people contact me with issues of loss, depression, stress, work related stress, sexuality or relationship issues. Some just know something is wrong but don't quite know what; together we explore this.
Although counselling may not be for everyone, in my experience feedback from clients who have engaged in this type of therapy has proven very positive and often life changing. We quite often address our physical needs when they become obvious, for example attending the doctor if we have physical symptoms, going for a massage when we physically ache, visiting the reflexologist, aroma therapist or even a nail bar, all of which make us feel better about ourselves. However, when our emotional needs are in need of attention, they are quite often ignored.
I work from 11 Main Street, New Elgin, Elgin, - which has disabled access.
I also offer Supervision to Counsellors and other health professionals.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Diploma in Person Centred Counselling, however through further training and experience I now work in a more integrative way. I value different aspects of the various theories that currently exist and usually intuitively know what will suit your individual needs.
I have an accredited COSCA certificate for working with bereavement and loss, and a further COSCA certificate for working with children.
I have attended numerous training and workshops covering ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training), Mindfulness, Psychosynthesis, Working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse, understanding violence against women, Psychodrama, working with bereavement through cot death, suicide and murder.
I currently/have worked for:
Open Secret, an organisation who specialise in working with people who have experienced physical/emotional/sexual/domestic abuse. This is based in HMP Grampian.
Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland, I volunteer for Cruse, working with adults and children who have experienced bereavement and loss.
Time for Talking, Moray Council's Employee Assistance Provider.
Hanover Housing, facilitating bereavement workshops for staff, throughout Scotland.
Private practice, working with adults and children through various referral sources and covering many issues.
Member organisations
COSCA is the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland, and seeks to advance all forms of counselling and psychotherapy and the use of counselling skills by promoting best practice and through the delivery of a range of sustainable services. COSCA Counsellor Accreditation is a pathway to entry onto the UKRC.
It is a requirement of all individual and organisational members of COSCA to abide by its Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice and be accountable to the Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Although I work with a wide variety of issues, I specialise in Bereavement and Loss.
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I charge a reduced rate of £35 for the first session and £45 for each session thereafter. I accept cash, card and BACS payments.
When I work
I am currently available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and occasional Saturdays, face to face, by phone or online.
