Golnar Bayat
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About me
Exploring your motivation to see a counsellor at this exact time will be the starting point of our work together. When you contact me you may feel disoriented, preoccupied or in great distress and you may wish to make sense of what is going on for you.
High levels of anxiety or stress may make it difficult for you to identify the exact source of your distress or stop you from making sense of what is unfolding around you. Counselling may offer you the space to sit back from the intensity of your experiences and make the choices that are available to you more apparent.
My role as a psychotherapist is to provide a safe space in which you can sit in the 'clearing' of your life and understand the whirlwind of your emotions, and get a clearer understanding of the choices that lie ahead.
Once we meet we will discuss the possible direction of our work together on the basis of the particular conflict, strong emotion, or dilemma that has brought you to our session.Depending on your experience of sitting alongside me for the duration of our time together, and how effective my presence has been whilst listening to you, you can decide if you feel that the way I work, and the way I am alongside you is the way you would like to proceed.
Training, qualifications & experience
I began my initial counselling training at York St. John University in 1995 gaining a Graduate Diploma in Counselling in 1997. My interest in the possibilities of working across categories of difference took me to Regents College where I completed a Cross Cultural Certificate in Psychotherapy.
In 2002 I completed a one year supervision course at York St. John University and have since worked as a clinical supervisor for practitioners working in a variety of settings.
In 2009 I completed a Masters programme in Existential Psychotherapy at The New School for Psychotherapy and Counselling gaining an MA in Existential Psychotherapy.
I am a UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy) registered Existential Psychotherapist and a member of the Society for Existential Analysis (SEA).
In 2013 I completed an Existential Certificate in Supervision and Group work at the New School of Psychotheray and Counselling.
In April 2014 I was accredited as a supervisor by the BACP.
I have twenty seven years experience of offering therapy to clients in a variety of settings.
I have over twenty years experience of working as a supervisor.
I work also as an independent trainer and facilitate Cross Cultural (Working with Difference) workshops for both Counsellors and staff in a variety of institutions.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Identity issues, transitions, cultural dislocation
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
Individual therapy costs £70 per session payable either electronically or in cash /cheque at the end of each session. I will provide you with a receipt.
I have a 48 hour notice period for cancellation.
When I work
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Further information
Contact
You can email me at gbayat2@gmail.com
Or telephone me on 07722134674 to arrange an initial appointment. Should you be unable to reach me you can leave your contact details on my voicemail and I will get back to you.
You can also get in touch by email. We can then briefly discuss what your hopes and expectations are and if you so wish we can arrange to meet for a first session.
The first session will give us a chance to see how it feels to work alongside each other and how to proceed. Once we have agreed to work together we can decide the number of sessions and the pattern of reviews to make sure our meeting continue to meet your needs.
Where I work
I work from Acomb in York.
