Guiding Star Counselling - Sarah Leone Lewis MBACP
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Guiding Star Counselling - Independant and male/female counsellors covering: Merthyr Tydfil, Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan, Rhonnda Cynon Taff, Blaenau Gwent area. (Private practice in Merthyr Tydfil).
Counselling from age 3 upwards (*All ages*) - incorporating Play Therapy Techniques with Children & Young People, where appropriate.
*Adults 1:1
*Couples
*Families
*Children & Young People
*Clinical Supervision
*Parenting
Training, qualifications & experience
MSc / PG Dip / PG Cert - Play & Therapeutic Play - 2008
PG Diploma Counselling - (Integrative) - 2004
Management - NVQ Level 4 - Barnardos Cymru - 2008
2008 - 2010 - Barnardos Cymru - Childrens Services Manager Level 1 & Childrens Counsellor (Sessional)
Jan 2010 - 2013 - School Based Counsellor with Blaenau Gwent CBC
2013 -(June - Present) predominantly - Private Practice
Clinical Supervisor.
Member organisations
Accredited register membership
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- ADHD
- Affairs and betrayals
- Alcoholism
- Anger management
- Anorexia nervosa
- Antisocial personality disorder
- Anxiety
- Asperger's syndrome
- Attachment disorder
- Attachment disorder in children
- Autism
- Behaviour problems
- Bereavement
- Binge-eating disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Career counselling
- Carer support
- Child related issues
- Childhood bereavement
- Childhood bullying
- Children’s learning difficulties
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
- Dementia
- Depression
- Depression and anxiety in children
- Disabilities
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Gambling
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Hoarding
- Infertility
- Internet addiction
- Learning difficulties
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriage
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- Panic attacks
- Paranoid personality disorder
- Passive aggressive behaviour
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Physical abuse
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal depression
- Pregnancy and birth
- Redundancy
- Relationship problems
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Separation and divorce
- Separation anxiety
- Sex problems
- Sexual abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Tourette's syndrome
- Trauma
- Work-related stress
- Young carers
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I specialise in: Adults Integrative Counselling, Trauma, Children and Young Peoples Counselling (& Incorporate a range of Play Therapy Techniques with Children & Young People - where appropriate); specialising in Sexual Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Self - Harm, Eating disorders, Self - Esteem, Adoption & Fostering (Systemic), and Family Therapy, Disability & SEN (Special Educational Needs).
I offer support and guidance throughout Family / Children's Therapy, with 'Parenting' skills and knowledge around Child Development.
I assist Multi - Agencies and key workers with Clinical Supervision, and EAP counselling.
Therapies offered
Fees
*REPORT WRITING - £200*
*Higher fees WILL apply, for Referrals from Insurers, Health Companies and for Occupational Therapies, via EAP*
*ALL COUNSELLING - £45 - £200 (PER 50 MIN SESSION)
*COUPLES - £65- £95 (PER 50 - 100 MIN)
*FAMILY THERAPY - £100 - £200 (per session, dependant on number of relatives)
*PLAY THERAPY - AGE 3 - 18 (and upwards, if necessary) - £55 - £155 - depending on materials required)
*FILIAL THERAPY (one adult, one child) £150 - £200
*CLINICAL SUPERVISION - £65/ £95 PER 1.5 HOURS EACH MONTH (IN LINE WITH BACP REQUIREMENTS: www.bacp.co.uk/supervision)
*STUDENT SUPERVISION (I.D. or STUDENTS NUMBER REQUIRED) - £45 PER HOUR / £67.50 (PER 1.5 HOURS EACH MONTH)
(Discounted rates for Student Supervision, or for practitioners in partial placement as a volunteer or unpaid therapist).
Rates discussed upon booking an appointment.
Payments are taken in advance; (1st & last session is payable on Session 1 for the Counselling & Play Therapy services).
Further information
I assist front line workers in Clinical Supervision (Teachers, Police Officers, Emergency Services and Social Workers, YOT and Domestic Abuse Practitioners).
I offer support and guidance to Carers.
I have been in Private Practice for 16 years, and have worked for Health, Education, Social Services / Local Authority, Private work, and some of the leading Children's Charities across Wales.
Maps & Directions
Merthyr Tydfil, CF47
Type of session
| Online counselling: | Yes |
| Telephone counselling: | Yes |
| Face to face counselling: | Yes |
| Home visits: | No |
Practical details
| Sign language: | Unspecified |
| Other languages: | None |
Accessibility
| Wheelchair user access: | No |
Availability
*COVID-19* WE ARE NOW OFFERING FACETIME / TELEPHONE COUNSELLING SESSIONS TO SUPPORT THOSE IN ISOLATION
Mon - Friday 8.30 - 8.30 - weekend sessions available at additional cost
Types of client
| Children |
| Young people |
| Adults |
| Older adults |
| Couples |
| Families |
| Groups |
| Organisations |
| Employee Assistance Programme |
Supervision & training
"Guiding Star Counselling & Play Therapy" Provides Clinical Supervision aimed mainly at those persuing careers in Childrens Therapy / Children & Young Peoples Counselling and / or Play Therapy.
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