June Morton

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Counselling
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Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

I've been a professional Counsellor for almost 20 years.  Until March 2020,  I worked in a GP surgery as a Private Counsellor and as Practice Counsellor.  Since then I've been working from home, providing therapy online and on the telephone.  The times we live in have had a devastating impact on many people's emotional health.

People come to therapy for a  variety of reasons and with a range of problems.  My job is to unpick, with them, whatever is going on and to help them to see a way forward or "out of it".  Clients present with symptoms - stress, anxiety, depression, sadness, loneliness, grief, anger, family and relationship difficulties, work problems etc. -  and I offer a confidential space where they can talk freely. 

Sometimes this is enough to improve things but sometimes it's helpful to look back to get an understanding of how they got to this point and how they can avoid going back again. 

I offer strategies that enable clients to make changes, regain control and autonomy and to find ways to make life easier, more bearable.  I encourage clients to be curious about themselves and compassionate to themselves. 

I acknowledge that coming to talk to a professional may be excruciating for some people and it will be a last resort.  But the evidence shows that talking therapy may be as helpful as medication in the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression. 

Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss how I might be able to help you.


Training, qualifications & experience

Dip Couns., Registered Member MBACP

Private Counselling clinic in a GP surgery

OPCC  Victims First - Counselling victims of crime

Causeway Centre Bicester - Mental Health Development worker supporting people with a range of enduring mental health problems

CBT Facilitator of Groups for Anxiety, Depression, Assertiveness and Self Esteem

Group Facilitator, HMP Bullingdon - facilitating groups for prisoners with mental health problems

Counsellor & Group Facilitator, Bicester Children's Centres - providing 1:1 counselling to parents and facilitating groups

BounceBack Group facilitator - programme for parents and children

OUT (Oxfordshire User Team) - Substance Misuse Counsellor

Strengthening Families - innovative groupwork in collaboration with Oxford Brookes

Early Intervention Service - facilitating groups for vulnerable young women at Bicester Community College

Open University - inclusion in the Open University/BBC brochure that accompanied the TV series "Working to save lives - a day in the life of a healthcare professional"

Oxfordshire DAAT - Needs Assessment for Oxfordshire DAAT for family support in Bicester

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Fees

£45.00 per session

Additional information

Individuals - £45 per 50 minute session

Couples - £55 per 50 minute session

Initial telephone enquiries are welcome and without obligation.

Fee is payable by cash,  cheque  or  BACS  on the day

Cancelled sessions - unless 24 hours are given, the sessional fee will apply.

When I work

As I'm now working from home, on the phone and online, appointments are flexible and can be arranged to suit individual requirements.

I offer after work appointments as standard.

Further information

If you need my help, or if you're not sure whether counselling is for you, or you want to find out a bit more, please feel free to give me a call. There's no obligation to proceed any further. 
Alternatively, you may prefer to  send me a text or an email - whichever is more comfortable for you.
Best Wishes, June

Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26

Type of session

Online
Phone

Types of client

Young people
Adults
Older adults
Couples

Key details

Wheelchair user access
Wheelchair user access

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June Morton
June Morton