Jill Edwards
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About me
You Are Welcome
I can welcome you to work online using a secure video service prepared for counsellors and medical practitioners. This is a safe, supportive and ethical counselling service for a wide variety of concerns and difficulties. We can and do work with complex problems, difficult childhood experiences and challenging mental health issues. You are welcome to give me a call to let me know what you are needing from counselling and get a feel as to whether we are a good fit. Or make a booking on my website by selecting the BOOK NOW button on the top right corner.
Most people feel a little anxious when beginning counselling and it is important to build some feelings of safety before walking into more difficult territory. Working with an online counsellor is no different. Building of relationship happens quite naturally as the conversation is close and focused around the worries and anxieties that you have brought. There is extensive evidence that this way of working functions well for clients and counsellors. In these Covid times it is a safe way forwards. You have the choice of working via telephone, video or textual conversation, or we can exchange weekly e-mails
Counselling is Nearby
Counselling therapy online is always nearby you. I appreciate being able to talk to clients from all parts of the world. Although most of my work in counselling is in Bristol, United Kingdom, I am trained and experienced in offering telehealth services, by telephone, video and chat-line and e-mail service. Counselling this way means that even if you are short of time, having to look after children, disabled or prevented in any way from accessing online counselling I will be pleased to be able to talk with you. Now that we are all experiencing the restrictions of Covid 19 it is proving a very real way of moving forwards in difficult circumstances.
While I have an open door to all kinds of difficulties and directions, I do have a particular interest and experience working with complex trauma and difficulties stemming from childhood neglect, I have found it useful to have lived through many changes and difficulties and reared a family that has experienced the trauma of enormous changes. I have been fortunate to meet with a wide variety of spiritual practices and appreciate the contribution that Buddhist practices have made in counselling. I welcome the opportunity to work long term with survivors of many different kinds of traumatic events.
Training and experience
Your counsellor is a BACP Accredited counsellor with 11 years of experience in private counselling in Bristol and an integrated approach to meeting your needs. I have a Masters in Counselling and training in a number of therapies.
- Person Centred Therapy: letting you have the chance to reflect on your experiences of life.
- Narrative Therapy: listening to the story we tell ourselves about our life and how this affects how we feel.
- CBT: changing thought patterns, supporting changing the way we feel.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: third wave CBT: which includes a view of the values we hold, mindfulness skills, and a commitment to changed behaviour.
- Online Counselling: I trained in the use of video, e-mail and text conversation and am a member of ACTO, the Association for Counselling and Therapy online
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a BACP Accredited counsellor, with training in person-centred, narrative, CBT and Acceptance and Commitment therapy and a Masters degree in Counselling. I have a coaching certificate and a diploma with See for Miles Ltd for Couples Counselling. I am trained to work online or by telephone. I am a specialist alcohol counsellor and work with family members as well as individuals who understand they have a problem with alcohol.
My clients have told me they find the experience both enjoyable and challenging and that the difficult times bring much positive relief for them.
I have been working as a private counsellor now for 10 years and have experience of working with complex issues and providing a safe and supportive experience.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I have training in CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Narrative Therapy, But over the years these have become integrated so that we can focus on what you need in any particular session.
After being away for some months, due to illness,, I have decided to work within three month contracts. so there is a real opportunity for review and a more focused experience of Life Coach/Counselling. I wish to provide a specialised treatment structure which gives you what you need at this particular time.
CBT is highly structured and has a focus on the thoughts you have and how these can be changed. It helps you to monitor improvement in your situation as you begin to feel better.
Narrative Therapy, an opportunity to review and restructure the way you see your life. If you would like more information about this open-ended and sensitive way of working then you can look online at the website:www.dulwichcentre.com.au
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a powerful way to get to where you want to get to are useful ways in which you might like to work. There is a good article called Embracing Your Demons: an Overview of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Dr Russ Harris at www.actmindfully.com.au
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
The Fees are £50 for single sessions of 45 minutes
All of the work is online and includes video, text and email correspondence.
You can book now at: https://getalifecoachonline.uk2.cliniko.co./bookings by copying the URL, into your browser.
I am going to be away now in South Africa till 18th November and bookings will re-open then for on-line sessions. Do not call by phone. It is expensive, but do feel free to contact me via my e-mail address: talkthatsings2u@gmail.com and consider working by e-mail or text.
When I work
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I begin at 10.00am and finish at 8.30pm
Further information
I would like to offer a more holistic approach to counselling and ensure that we deal with all aspects of your experience. So I will enquire about relationships, work, finances, leisure and health and encourage you to plan and improve your experience in all these areas. I believe that looking to balance life in this way will do a great deal to support the healing process for any deeper underlying issues.
This movement towards a more coaching style of working is supported by 20 plus years of counselling experience, certification and training and by a commitment to the BACP ethical system, the appropriate data regulations, (the data Protection number is ZA040323). supervision and CPD experience.
In my regular supervision sessions to keep my practice safe with you, I would not offer any identifiable details from our work together. However, in the event of serious illness, I will arrange for my supervisor to contact you to ensure that you were able to make a safe transition to other support.
I am still working online to shield my partner. While I would make every reasonable effort to ensure that our online work is secure, It is true to say that in the current environment we cannot absolutely ensure complete confidentiality on any known digital platform, and you also would have to take care that you keep your digital devices safe from intrusion.
