Paul Daniel
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About me
** NOVEMBER 2023 - In Person sessions available Monday mornings **
I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor with almost 20 years' experience of helping adults from all kinds of backgrounds with a range of difficulties such as depression, anxiety, stress, low confidence and self-esteem, relationship problems, life events such as redundancy or divorce and more.
I offer face-to-face counselling for individuals and work within the BACP's ethical framework.
My original training was in the psychodynamic approach which proposes that many of the difficulties we experience in our lives have roots in the past, especially childhood, and we unconsciously repeat unhelpful and unhealthy patterns of feeling, thinking and behaviour. Having taught on Higher Education counselling courses I have integrated elements of other approaches - especially person centred which suggests that all human beings have within them the potential for healthy growth but that this potential is often thwarted due to the sometimes unhelpful conditions placed upon us by others in our world.
I have also learned how fundamentally our relationships affect our mental health. This means relationships in the broader sense - with others, with society, with nature, with our bodies and with ourselves.
I aim to listen and respond from a place of hope and unconditional acceptance. I will not tell you what to do or offer advice but try to help you find your own solutions as, deep down, I believe that you are the expert in your own life.
Training, qualifications & experience
Diploma In Psychodynamic Counselling (2007)
Volunteer counsellor with the Gloucestershire Counselling Service (2004-2010)
Volunteer counsellor with Carers Gloucestershire (2015 - 2018)
Counsellor in private practice (2010 - today)
Understanding Substance Misuse (Level 2) (2009)
Responding To Substance Misuse (Level 3) (2010)
Diploma for Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (Level 5) (2013)
Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) (2013)
Counselling Lecturer in Higher and Further Education (2008 - today)
wpf Post Qualification Certificate in Supervision (2022)
Member organisations
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Weekly sessions of 50 minutes £50
Initial session £25
When I work
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As at 27th March 2024 I have in-person counselling sessions available starting at 10.30am and 11.30am on Mondays.
