Hugh Howe
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About me
Welcome to my website,
Hello, I am qualified counsellor and therapist and I strongly believe that our experiences can be explored and worked through when they have impacted our lives. These may evoke feelings of anxiety and depression which may affect how you feel and live your life. For me it is important that clients have the freedom to explore experiences in a private, warm, safe space.
I work in private practice in Clapham and Wimbledon. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by their code of ethics.
My beliefs strongly underpins my person-centred non-directive approach but will use psychodynamic approach and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) if and when required. As a counsellor I am aware of the difficulties clients face and the stigma attached to seeing a counsellor, but I strongly feel that through these pathways and steps forward into counselling positive changes will occur in client’s lives.
I am passionate about helping clients explore and work through their difficulties and issues they may be experiencing or have experienced in their life. I have extensive experience of working as counsellor with the following issues such as anger, loss, low self-esteem, and self-confidence. Prior to this depression, substance abuse, anxiety, bereavement, domestic abuse, eating disorders, sexual violence, self-harm, feeling sad, panic disorders and relationship issues. My approach enables clients to be aware of the strengths they have and through this process develop and build trusting relationship where clients can freely explore your feelings where I support positive long term change.
I believe counselling can help clients explore and work through those experiences that impact upon them as an individual and with my warm, empathic and non-judgmental approach I am sensitive and committed in supporting clients work towards making positive steps of change in their life.
Training, qualifications & experience
About Me
I have been working with children, young people, adults, and families for over 20 years. My journey provided me with a pathway to work abroad in Boston, Massachusetts, USA for 2 years as a senior Residential Counsellor within a mental health unit. I have also worked in schools for the past 15 years providing therapeutic support for children and families for the last 4 years. Having trained as a counsellor I graduated with my postgraduate diploma in counselling in 2012 from Place2Be and University of East London. I then went on to graduate with my Master of Arts in counselling.
My own pathway into counselling and as a counsellor has provided me with belief that counselling can help to clarify the problems and challenges in life and help to explore and heal those experiences that impact upon our lives. I believe that every client is unique and I can use creative materials if necessary by the client in therapy to help explore and come to terms with the problems. By this way of working I feel that clients will be able make the steps for positive changes in life.
My desire is to help clients find their self worth and true potential in life and society. There are moments which change our life forever. Through my work as a counsellor I endeavour to enable clients to find their opportunity for change.
I completed my Postgraduate Diploma in Children and Young People, Improving Psychological Therapies (CYP-IAPT) Therapy, Parent Training Programme in 2019.
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Additional information
I currently work in the Clapham area which is suitably close to Clapham, Battersea, Clapham Junction and Wandsworth locations. I offer a reduced rate for an initial consultation session and there on after sessions are £65 per session.
Further information
If counselling interests you , I would be able to offer a reduced fee for an initial consultation session to talk further about your concerns and what you have been going through and experiencing ( how counselling will benefit you). We can explore and gain a sense of whether therapy is what you would like and what you want from the therapy. We can look at a day and time that suits you best and whether it will be short or long term work.
I work weekdays and I am available weekends Saturday and Sundays until 9pm.
