Zahida Abbas
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Trauma Consultant, Psychotherapist & Clinical Supervisor
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About me
Anxiety,depression and oncology support are the main focus of my service. I am a Certified and Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). My work is fully insured, DBS checked and supervised. I offer an integrated talking therapy service tailored to individual need. I am a qualified and experienced Psychotherapist/Counselor, Hypnotherapist and Alternative Therapies Practitioner. I also offer Clinical Supervision to staff and trainee therapists. I am a Bupa approved Employee Assistance Programme professional. I can offer Critical Incident Debrief support to employees of large organisations. I am also able to converse in Punjabi and urdu, so enabling access for the wider community.
I offer a FREE consultation for you to decide whether counselling is something you feel is right for you at this time.
I have a PG Cert in Clinical Supervision. I am a registered Suicide Prevention Trainer. I am able to offer other therapies to include Hypnosis and Oncology support for individuals and their affected family members. I have worked in Corporate, Clinical and volunatry services with young people as well as vulnerable adults presenting with a range of issues.. I am able to undertake short, medium and long-term work with private individuals and couples, as well as time-limited counselling for organisations/ agencies .
I have mentored/supervised trainee therapists on placement
I am an Integrative counsellor, ie I blend different methods of counseling according to your needs. Thus allowing me to use a range of therapeutic approaches to positively impact on the difficult and stressful issues discussed within my safe and confidential counselling room.
I focus on the promotion of health and well being of my client whilst my compassion, vision and relentless enthusiasm focuses on their emotional and spiritual journey through the counselling process, so providing a truly holistic experience
Online, email, skype and telephone counselling available. I work according to the individual client's needs. I offer on line therapy as I appreciate that for various reasons, face to face counseling is not an option for some clients.
Full disability access and facilities at my venue.
I work within BACP's Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Training, qualifications & experience
2016 EMDR Therapist EMDR Centre UK
2016 Level 5 Leadership and Management
2012 PG Cert Clinical Supervision
2012 MA Counselling Studies
2004 Counselling Qualification:Salford Universit2016y
2006 BSc (Hons) Psychotherapeutic Interventions
2007 Dip Hypnopsychotherapy (NCHP - National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy)
Advanced Certificate in Hypnopsychotherapy (ABC)
NVQ 3 Holistic Therapies
PGCE Ed University of Bolton
2009 PG Cert Supervision in Counselling
City & Guilds 7307 and part 1 Cert Ed (equivalent to present 7407)
2012 MA Counselling Studies.
Registered Trainer Suicide Prevention (ASIST)
Oncology Support Trainomg 2015
Critical Incident Debreifing 2015
Short courses attended:-
Mindfulness
Motiviational Coaching
Oncology
Deaf awareness
Misuse of Substances
Domestic violence
Using Creative Counselling techniques
Bereavement and loss
Anger management
Mental health awareness
Working with young people
Diversity Awareness
Self harm
ASIST
Working with sexual offenders
Member organisations
Registered / Accredited
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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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Forced Marriage issues
Arranged Marriage issues
Interpreting/translations
Form filling
Benefit support
Job coaching/CV support
Appeals support
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
£60 per session for couples
£45 for individuals
£35 for over 60's
No charge for initial consultation.
On line counselling £35
Telephone counselling £35
Hypnotherapy - £55
Motivational Coaching £45
EMDR Therapy £65
Pain Management using EMDR £65
I offer EAP services to Organsiations/Employees
I offer Critical Incident Debriefing to support employees/organisations
I offer Oncology support counselling
When I work
Evenings and week ends including some mornings and some afternoons.
Further information
My main therapeutic approach is Person Centred, but I have also had training in Trauma Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Hypnotherapy and Mindfulness.
However, in general, I look to the needs of my clients and work in the way that I believe will be most effective for them.
