Bonny Flowers
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About me
Bonny has run her private counselling practice based in Loughton Essex since 2002 Within walking distance of the central line on the London underground and easily accessed by local bus services and major roads such as M11, M25 and A406.She provides reasonably priced affordable counselling for Individuals, couples and young people and will help you gain the results that you desire in a professional, confidential and friendly environment.
Whether its help you need with relationship issues, anxiety, depression or couples counselling no problem is too big or too small. All of which you can discuss in a safe confidential environment.
£50 individual session
£60 for couples
Reduced fees for low income/students/student counsellors by individual negotiation. Please contact for more information about fees.
Bonny originally trained as psychiatric and general nurse at The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. She practiced as a nurse for over 13 years in a variety of settings including Claybury, a well known ex psychiatric hospital in Chigwell Essex. As a result of this Bonny has knowledge and experience of working with a wide range of physical and mental health conditions.
Bonny decided to retrain in 1996 and qualified as a counsellor in 1998 after completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and a MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy at The University of East London. Following this Bonny worked part time for 7 years with the Essex probation services providing drug and alcohol counselling. A long side this Bonny worked in primary and secondary schools in the London Borough of Enfield for 8 years counselling children and young people aged 5-18 years.
Bonny is also experienced in bereavement counselling and has worked for Whipps Cross Hospital bereavement service providing bereavement counselling for adults and facilitating children’s bereavement groups.
Until recently Bonny was working at Anglia Ruskin University Counselling university students where she worked for 4 years.
Within her private practice Bonny has previously worked in conjunction with the Essex Ambulance Service and in conjunction with Victim Support as a specialist post trauma counsellor counselling clients suffering from complicated grief and post traumatic stress disorder following the murder of a loved one.
Bonny currently works solely within her private practice which includes contract work with GP surgery’s in Essex and Hertfordshire and various EAP companies, insurance companies such as Aviva, Right Core Care and Bupa including providing staff counselling for the NHS
Bonny is a trained adoption counsellor with Link Adoption Support Services an adoption agency affiliated to Barnardo’s working with adoptees, adoptees parents and birth parents.
Bonny is also trained and practices as a telephone counsellor and on line counsellor. Previously she works voluntary for an organisation providing on line counselling and support.
Bonny is able to also offer Oral Presentation Skills sessions for anyone who needs help with giving presentations. These sessions are aimed to increase confidence, self esteem and performance when giving presentations. Counselling for academic purposes is also available for students covering such areas as organisational skills, motivation work-life balance and increasing / maintaining focus on academic work are addressed.
Bonny also has experience of facilitating group work in variours settings such as schools, psychiatric hospitals, a bereavement service, the prison service, the probation service and within a university setting.
Training, qualifications & experience
BACP accredited counsellor
UKRC registered independent counsellor
MA Counselling and Psychotherapy
Post Graduate Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Integrative)
Psychology BSc Hons
RMN/RGN
Adoption Trained Counsellor
Certificate in Life Coaching
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Trauma, Post traumatic stress disorder, Adoption counselling, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Childhood Abuse, Relationship difficulties, Adolescents, Children, Addiction (drugs/alcohol/gambling), Bereavement, Family issues,Self harm, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Oral Presentation Sessions
Oral Presentation Skills sessions are a one off hour long session for anyone who needs help with giving presentations. These sessions are aimed to increase confidence, self esteem and performance when giving presentations. These sessions can also be run in a small or a large group .
Counselling for Academic Purposes
Counselling is available for students covering such areas as organisational skills, motivation work-life balance and increasing / maintaining focus on academic work are addressed.
Workshops
One/Two hour workshops can be provides for schools, colleges and the workplace.
Topics covered include:
Bereavement
Stress and Anxiety Management
Work/Life Balance
Exam Stress
Self esteem
Oral Presentation Skills
Dealing with Deadlines
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£60 individual session
£70 for couples
Reduced fees for low income/students/student counsellors by individual negotiation
Telephone and video call session via Skype / Zoom / WhatsApp Video / Google DUO are currently available
When I work
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Monday 8am -9pm
Tuesday 8am - 9pm
Wednesday 8am -10.00am
Further information
Day time and Evening appointments available.
Early morning and Later evening appointments available
Work place / Home Visits are available for the less mobile, agrophobic, anxious or those with childcare difficulties. Please ask for further details