Paula Jane Bantick-Ward
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Hello I am Paula and my aim is to make professional counselling accessible, affordable, convenient - so anyone who struggles with life’s challenges can get help, whether for yourself or as a couple.
Life is tough and you do not have to deal with it alone, I am here to help you work through and explore your problems and issues. We often find ourselves feeling alone, distressed, overwhelmed, unfulfilled and unable to cope with difficult periods in our life. Making time for yourself, or as a couple, through personal counselling can help you value your experiences, make sense of your faults and feelings, actions and reactions. I will listen to how you feel and what you are saying and help give you your voice to understand your feelings and help you move forward in your life. I will help you make sense of all your feelings and help you learn how to deal with them. These sessions will be your safe and quiet space for you to discuss anything you want to freely and in complete confidence, to help you heal yourself or find solutions for you to continue your life so that it is a healthier and happier place for you to live in.
I am a Person-Centred counsellor which means that I am genuine and nonjudgemental within our working relationship. I will apply empathy so I can have a full understanding of what is going on with you and help you find your conditions of worth to begin your healing process. I will also be non directive.
Contacting a counsellor can feel daunting but could also be life changing. I offer sessions that work best for you and am qualified to provide face to face, online or telephone sessions. I have the skills to work creatively and may invite you to try to do this using metaphor, creative writing or journaling. I also draw on techniques from other approaches such as CBT and solution focussed brief therapy.
I am registered member of the BACP and adhere to their ethical framework which underpins my work. All of my work is clinically supervised and I am fully insured to practice.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have experience of working with a range of clients both male and female, couples as well as children from the age of 4 to 18. I have covered all types of addiction, depression, suicidal thoughts, abuse, gender identification, marital problems, sexual issues, divorce and a wide range or other presenting issues.
I am fully qualified and a member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) who are a UK professional body, in which I work in accordance with their ethical and legal framework.
- Introduction into Counselling
- AQA Level 2 & 3 in Counselling Studies
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Working in the Metaphor
- Movement Day - YMCA
- Counselling and Safe Guarding Place2Be
- Diploma in Safe Guarding Adults from Abuse - Mencap
- Graduate from the Royal Holloway University of London
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
£50.00 per session
Additional information
£50 per 50 minute session for 1:1 individual counselling.
All fees to be paid before the session via bank transfer or cash.
Concessions are available to low-income clients and students.
If your treatment is funded by insurance, please ensure that your policy covers the cost, as you would need to pay for any shortfall.
When I work
Weekdays and evenings and some weekends.
Further information
Please feel free to message, email or call me to arrange a convenient time and date to meet and if they are not available I can offer convenient alternate slots.
I have an enhanced DBS clearance and Professional Indemnity Insurance.
