Bonny Flowers

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BACP Accredited,Ma Counselling And Psychotherapy, Diploma In Couns
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location_on Loughton, Essex, IG10
Available for new clients
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This professional is available for new clients.

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

Registered / Accredited

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BACP
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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

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


Fees

£60.00 per session

Concessions offered for

  • check_circle Low income
  • check_circle Students
  • check_circle Trainee counsellors
  • check_circle Unemployed

Health Insurance/EAP

  • check_circle Aviva
  • check_circle Axa Health
  • check_circle BUPA
  • check_circle Health Assured
  • check_circle Cigna

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

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night

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

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Young people (13-17)
Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

DBS check info

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My counselling room is on the ground floor. There is a downstairs toilet available.

Online platforms

FaceTime
Skype
Whatsapp
Zoom