Michelle Baker
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About me
I hold individual membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
My counselling/psychotherapy model is integrative. I am a counselling lecturer, teaching counselling in an adult college in London. I hold membership with the Institute for Learning. I currently work as a psychotherapist in private practice receiving some referrals from the NHS, insurance companies and EAPs. My history includes working in a structured addiction treatment programme in a prison context where my work included 1-1 therapy, group therapy and facilitating workshops. I run well-being retreats and workshops for groups. Meditation/mindfulness, guided visualisation and EMDR feature in my way of working.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BA Hons in Integrative Counselling. (Greenwich University)(L6)
- Dip. Addiction Counselling (L4)
- Dip. Integrative Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy (L4)
- Cert.HE Clinical and Cognitive Behavioural Hypnosis (L6)
- MSc Clinical Hypnotherapy. University of West London (L7)
- Dip.NLP
- Cert. HE Psychology
- PGCE (Teacher Training Course) (Canterbury Christchurch University) (L6)
- British Sign Language (BSL)
I have experience and training in working as a therapist within a number of agency settings specialising in working with smoking cessation; phobias; anxiety disorders; sexual abuse; bereavement and victims of crime which include: rape, domestic violence, homicide as well as racially motivated crimes.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Chronic illnesses.
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
General individual counselling in London: £70
General individual counselling in Kent: £70
Individual counselling referred by NHS and other organisations: £75
Counselling at Harley Street. London £150
EMDR: (London) £90 - £100 depending on duration of sessions
EMDR (Referrals through organisations) £130
EMDR (Kent) £70- £80 depending on duration of sessions
Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss, Phobias : £70
(Hypnotherapy)
Group work on application: Fee dependent on requirements
Coaching: fee dependent on requirements. Example - this may include:
Joining individuals in activities which they may feel challenging to do by themselves or just need support/ Assistance in travel/ ADD -shadowing/ walk and talk therapy.
(Low cost availability for those under strained circumstances/ morning and day time)
When I work
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I can be more flexible during half-term, school holiday time.
Further information
I mainly see clients in London, working from consultation rooms in Balham and Harley Street. I also do home visits in London and see clients in the Thanet area.
