Anna Clarkstone
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About me
Counselling changes lives and can greatly improve your wellbeing. Meeting with a counsellor provides you with a regular safe place to be listened to, helping you to process and share within a confidential environment and without judgement.
Most people contact a counsellor if they are struggling with anything disrupting every day life. Some issues include anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, bereavement, stress or feeling sad. Or if you are needing help with relationships for 1-1 counselling and/or couples counselling.
I am an integrative counsellor which means I have studied different theories in counselling. These are then integrated into the way I work as a counsellor and is aimed at helping you achieve your goal. Some of these theories include Gestalt, CBT, Attachment Theory, Inner Child theory, The Enneagram personality typology, Transactional Analysis and Internal Family Systems theory.
I have been practising as a counsellor for 21 years. My qualifications include an MA and BA Hons degree in counselling. Recent experience as year leader of a DipHe level degree course in counselling at Waverley Abbey College for 9 years and I have experience supervising, tutoring, marking and lecturing 2014-2023).
Fees: 1 to 1 counselling is £70 per session. Couples counselling is £90 per session. I have some capacity for lower-paying clients. I receive regular supervision and keep the identity of clients confidential. I offer a free phone or online meeting before the first session.
Training, qualifications & experience
Work experience
Current.
Private practice online and face to face, 1-1 and with couples.
Supervision....I have experience with group and 1-1 supervision
Previous experience
Year leader, tutor and lecturer, BA Year 3 Waverley Abbey College counselling programme (awarding a DipHe, 2014-2023 - 9 years)
Waverley Abbey College alumni...I enjoyed organising the yearly alumni gatherings.
Tutor, BA Year 3 Waverley Abbey College counselling programme (as above) - 2012-2013.
Delivery of a 6-hour CPD online training for Waverley Abbey College in 2020 as a result of Covid-19 and the need to deliver counselling online.
Teaching counselling for CWR in Asia (Singapore and Cambodia). Delivering in person training twice a year for four years (2013-2016).
Accreditation with...
British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP)
Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC).
Training
MA in Counselling (Middlesex University, MATCP at Waverley Abbey College, September 2018-2021)
Supervision diploma (Waverley Abbey College)
Telephone & E-Counselling Skills Introduction Certificate - June 2019 (Online Training for Counsellors Ltd)
PODS training: Trauma, Dissociation & Recovery (07/15)
BA Hons Degree in Counselling awarded by Roehampton University (2013)
at Waverley Counselling Training Centre, Farnham, Surrey
Advanced Diploma in Counselling, September 2009 July 2010
Waverley Counselling Training Centre, Farnham, Surrey
Deep Release Counselling, May 2009
Level 1 Training, Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex
Diploma in Counselling , January 2008- December 2008
Waverley Counselling Training Centre, Farnham, Surrey
Eating Disorders, 14th June 2007
Waverley Counselling Training Centre, Farnham, Surrey
Anger Management Identifying Triggers & Changing Responses
14th June 2005 , Waverley Counselling Training Centre, Farnham, Surrey
Certificate in Counselling, January 2003-June 2004
Waverley Counselling Training Centre, Farnham, Surrey
Member organisations
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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.
The Association of Christian Counsellors and Linked Professions is a professional body representing and setting standards for Christian counselling and care in the UK. The organisation is made up of various different membership categories, including Counsellor and Accredited, and requires all members working as counsellors to undertake Continuous Professional Development on a regular basis.
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.
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
Fees
£70.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I charge £70 for individual counselling and £90 per couple session. and I allow for some lower-paying clients.
When I work
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I see clients face to face on Wednesday afternoons.
