Callum Baird
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MBACP (Accred) BA (Hons) BSc (Hons) FdA
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About me
I'm an experienced, accredited counsellor offering a calm, quiet, non-judgemental environment. You can use our sessions to offload, for support with an issue that's effecting your life right now, or to explore more long standing issues to help prevent the same negative feelings in the future.
I have an FdA in Humanistic Counselling with Transactional Analysis. This means that I am trained in recognising the personal growth potential in all of us, to offer a non-judgmental environment to explore this in and to work with you to explore how your past has influenced the decisions you’ve made and how you interact with others – from family and partner to friends and colleagues.
My training since has largely been about the importance of the client / counsellor relationship, gaining a BSc in Reflective Therapeutic Practice from Metanoia. I’m continuing this with post-diploma training in Integrative Transpersonal Psychotherapy at Re-Vision.
I offer evening and daytime sessions and am based in Whitchurch in Hampshire, less than 10 miles from Basingstoke, Andover, Newbury and Winchester. Just 5 minutes from the A34.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
BA Hons Communication Studies
BSc Hons Reflective Therapeutic Practice
FdA Humanistic Counselling with Transactional Analysis
Introductory Transactional Analysis 101
Certificate in CBT Skills
Certificate in Grief and Bereavement Counselling Skills
BACP Accreditation
Training:
Fundamentals of Gestalt Therapy Theory
Introduction to Mindfulness
Introducing Mindfulness Skills to Clients
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Meditation
Experience:
12 years one to one client experience including:
3 years Senior Associate Counsellor - University of Winchester
1 year Volunteer Counsellor - MIND Andover
Member organisations
Registered / Accredited
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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)
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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
Accredited Register Scheme
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Male identity
Therapies offered
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Fees
Additional information
Initial 30 minute assessment session - free.
Individuals - £50 per 50 minute session.
Further information
I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and am on their Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists. This means that I am bound by, and work within their Ethical Framework - www.bacp.co.uk. I am also registered with the Information Commissioner's Office as part of the Data Protection Act.
