Louise Wender
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About me
I offer safe and confidential professional counselling to support you with your life's challenges and help you make sense of the things you may be feeling lost with - the things that matter to you.
Alongside any pre-existing situations, our lives have been and continue to be affected by the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic which, for many people, has brought or compounded feelings of uncertainty, loss, depression, anxiety, financial concerns, isolation, loneliness, fear, and worry (and more).
In your sessions we will work at a pace that is determined by you to help you begin to feel more in control of and comfortable about whatever is challenging you - whether that is something that happened, is happening, or is something that you are anxious about that might happen.
I offer long and short term work, and use a solution focussed, coaching style incorporating mindfulness techniques, CBT, creativity, and the natural environment, as well as traditional talking therapy. I work securely online with children and young people, adults and families in both private practice and the public sector.
In addition to my private practice I am a counsellor for 2 Dorset charities - one for people living with or affected by cancer, the other being a charity providing counselling for children, young people, and their families. I have previously worked for Macmillan, and with Relate.
I am a sensitive and compassionate person, and I am passionate about and committed to enabling people achieve their best through developing a more positive relationship with themselves and other people in their lives.
I have been working as a humanistic integrative counsellor / psychotherapist since 2005. In addition to my formal qualifications I have attended many professional training courses including:
- mindfulness based stress reduction;
- sexual abuse awareness;
- domestic violence awareness.
- child protection and safeguarding;
- child development and child psychology;
All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence.
I hold an Enhanced DBS Certificate.
What happens next?
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Training, qualifications & experience
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Post Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Children & Adolescents
- IMCPP Mindfulness Teacher
I have also attended many professional training courses in a number of areas including:
- mindfulness-based stress reduction;
- sexual abuse awareness;
- child protection and safeguarding;
- child development and child psychology;
- domestic violence awareness.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
From £55.00
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
I offer a range of fees dependent on income; concessions are available for those with a low income. Please contact me for further details.
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