Vivienne Thorneycroft-Smith,MBACP(Snr.Accred), BACP Registered
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Maybe now is a good time to "take stock" and reassess your life? Maybe this is something you have been putting off for a long time...... This is where therapy can really help you gain clarity to untangle complex personal issues.
You may be experiencing anxiety or panic attacks, have relationship difficulties at home or in the workplace, or be going through a difficult period in your life: bereavement, separation, or redundancy. You may have suffered a loss, faced a life crisis, or have low self esteem. You may want to explore past experiences, consider new options, change the patterns in your life and really reach your true potential. This is the time when you need to speak to someone other than friends or family, someone who will never judge you. I can offer you a warm, accepting and safe place in which to explore any of these issues.
I am a fully qualified and BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist with 19 years wide-ranging experience, which has proved to be effective and successful, in short-term and long-term therapy. I have a private practice in Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, five minutes from the M40 and within easy reach of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Middlesex and London. There is ample and secure parking in a private road.
I can provide:
* A safe, valuing, calm environment where you will never be judged.
* Help to explore problems and to identify changes you may wish to make.
* Respect for the individual - for me, every client is unique.
* Confidentiality - of paramount importance in the counselling and therapeutic relationship.
* New ideas and perspectives, which may help you to change the way you think or act, change life patterns or behaviours.
When working with Couples in conflict, I have found that having a safe and neutral setting enables couples to communicate more freely with each other and reach a better understanding, which in turn may help to resolve their difficulties.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold an Advanced Diploma in Counselling, achieved BACP Accreditation in 2005, Senior Accreditation in 2011, am on the BACP Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, and hold a Certificate in Post-Compulsory Training & Education.
Prior to embarking on a Counselling career, I worked in London, New York and Chicago in Public Relations, so have always been very much a "people-person". I am happily married with grown-up sons, and have a good understanding of teenagers and teenage problems, having worked in schools in a voluntary capacity.
I spent 3 years working on an Eating Disorders Helpline and maintain a great interest in this subject, facilitating workshops for counsellors and schools.
I taught Counselling for seven years in a Further Education College, at all three levels: Concepts, Skills and Diploma, and continue to facilitate workshops for Counselling Agencies and student counsellors.
Continuing Personal and Professional Development features strongly in my worklife, and I pursue a wide variety of eclectic interests: always striving to broaden my horizons.
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- Affairs and betrayals
- Alcoholism
- Anger management
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anxiety
- Behaviour problems
- Bereavement
- Binge-eating disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Career counselling
- Child related issues
- Childhood bullying
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
- Depression
- Depression and anxiety in children
- Drug addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Gambling
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Infertility
- Internet addiction
- Loneliness
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriage
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Panic attacks
- Passive aggressive behaviour
- Phobias
- Physical abuse
- Postnatal depression
- Redundancy
- Relationship problems
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Separation and divorce
- Sexual abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Trauma
- Work-related stress
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Counselling and Mentoring Students studying Counselling. Transcultural counselling, having worked with many clients from various cultures and backgrounds.
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Fees
My fees are £50 for a 60 minute one-to-one counselling session (negotiable fees for counselling students) and £50 for a 60 minute or £70 for a 90 minute Couples counselling session.
Maps & Directions
Farnham Common, SL2
Type of session
| Online counselling: | Yes |
| Telephone counselling: | No |
| Face to face counselling: | Yes |
| Home visits: | No |
Practical details
| Sign language: | No |
| Other languages: | None |
Accessibility
| Wheelchair user access: | Yes |
Ample parking on gated forecourt in private road. Ten to fifteen minutes drive from M40, Beaconsfield, Gerrards Cross, Burnham, Stoke Poges and Slough.
Types of client
| Young people |
| Adults |
| Older adults |
| Couples |
| Employee Assistance Programme |
