Virginia Griffin Monk
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About me
You might have been experiencing uncertainty and anxiety, or low self-esteem. Your life experience, or how you relate to yourself and others, may be troubling you. There could be patterns in your behaviour which you feel unable to change- history repeating itself. Possibly the ways that you have learned to see yourself and others are unhelpful, and you are want to create better relationships with yourself and others.
We will work together to give yourself time and space to explore and understand yourself better, and how to respond in situations.
You might be at a crossroads or transition in your life or have conflicted feelings, wishing to find your way, in work or relationships.
Many young people are dealing with physical and emotional difficulties. You might have different demands from peers and parents, uncertainties about who you are and how you find your way in the future. You might feel frustrated, not fitting in, and want to feel better, like yourself again.
I bring warmth and openness to my work, seeking to create a trusting relationship. I am flexible and empathic, working to develop understanding and insight to enable self-acceptance and growth. I aim to work with you in a supportive and collaborative way.
I qualified as a counsellor in 1991 and have completed training in 2006 in Integrative Psychotherapy gaining a Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychological Studies from Metanoia Institute( Middlesex University)
- I have worked in the longer term with a wide range of issues which include relationships
- anxiety
- depression
- bereavement
- abuse
- work related stress
- interpersonal difficulties
- identity
- self-esteem
I have experience of working on these issues over a longer period as well as more short-term focused work, largely gained through my work within a employee assistance programme and also within a pilot project within the NHS. I have been able to enable clients to gain a perspective on their work/ life situations and interpersonal issues.
Psychotherapy training at Metanoia Institute developed my integrative approach which values relationship drawing on both humanistic and psychodynamic traditions , recognising also the cultural,spiritual and social context of the individual. I may use mindful approaches and art in sessions if you are open to this.
Training, qualifications & experience
BA English and Psychology
Certificate in Education
Advanced Diploma in Counselling and Interpersonal Skills.
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychological Studies.
My experience as a counsellor has been initially within voluntary organisations , ranging from organisations for young people to the general public . I have additionally worked with clients for longer term as an honorary psychotherapist in the NHS.
I've also worked within the private sector, providing telephone counselling with employees who accessed counselling via their workplace's employee assistance programme .I was employed as a counsellor within an NHS project, providing short term counselling to NHS patients who were not able to work.
At present I provide short term, structured telephone counselling for an employee assistance programme and both longer and short term counselling and psychotherapy as a private practitioner.
I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy,( MBACP) and an ordinary member of the United Kingdom Association for Humanistic Psychology practitioners.
Member organisations
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
Accredited Register Scheme
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£50.00(Kent). I do hold some availability for those paying lower fees.
When I work
Wednesdays 10am until 1pm at Core Therapies Folkestone. Tuesdays day/eve and Weds evenings at Golf Road Centre, Deal Other times available for face to face,Zoom and telephone sessions.
Further information
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