Zoe Zalavary
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About me
My aim is to work with you in a collaborative way, supporting you in your exploration of sensitive issues, emotions and behavioural patterns to help you make sense of and find a way through what is blocking your potential for happiness and wellbeing. I offer a confidential space for you to talk and be heard; a genuine human encounter that is warm, empathic and non judgemental. I believe the quality of relationship between therapist and client is important in facilitating growth and healing and I hope to put you at ease so that you feel safe and held in this process. Also key to my approach is the understanding that as individuals we need different things at different times and that a person-centred approach whereby we work organically, at your pace and with tailored support is the best way forward.
My therapeutic work integrates Person Centred, Compassion Focused and Mindfulness approaches. I have experience of working with a wide range of issues including long term depression, anxiety, eating disorders, addiction, relationship and family issues, abuse and trauma. Areas of speciality include working with depression, anxiety, shame, identity, spirituality and existential issues.
I incorporate Mindfulness into my therapeutic work and also offer specific training in Mindfulness both in groups and one to one sessions in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindful Compassion / Self Compassion.
Training, qualifications & experience
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Registered Member of British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I work in accordance with BACP's Code of Ethics and am subject to its Complaint Procedure.
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Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling from the University of Strathclyde.
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COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills from Glasgow Caledonian University.
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Compassion Focused Therapy - Levels 1 & 2 with Professor Paul Gilbert OBE
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Mindfulness Teacher Training at Bangor University - one of only three Teacher Training providers in the UK for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) & Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).
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Mindfulness Practitioner training with the Mindfulness Association
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Mindful Self Compassion Core Skills Training with Drs Chris Germer & Kristin Neff
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Registered member of the PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) scheme run by Disclosure Scotland
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Experience also includes counselling at the Tom Allan Centre (counselling service for Crossreach) Anniesland College and mentoring students with disability at the University of Glasgow.
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.
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Additional information
From £50 per therapeutic hour (50mins)
I offer an initial 30 minute consultation free of charge.
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Further information
I have been training in Buddhist psychology and meditation for over 18 years and during this time have completed around four and a half years of meditation retreat. This has given me extensive personal experience of the inner workings of the mind and has equipped me well in facilitating others with their process. I have deep experience of transpersonal psychology and am able to support clients who require someone with experience in this area. Whilst honouring an individual's values and beliefs, my therapeutic work is purely secular but aims to weave what I have found to be helpful from both eastern and western psychological approaches.
