Alec Morgan
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About me
Hello,
my name is Alec and it’s a pleasure to meet you.
I’m a UKCP Accredited psychotherapist working in Halesowen in the West Midlands. I offer face-to-face Counselling sessions and work remotely via telephone and video calls.
I understand that seeking counselling or therapy can be a deeply personal experience and it can be difficult to take that first step. For this reason, I strive to offer clients a safe, friendly, and compassionate space to explore their difficulties while they learn about themselves and find healthier alternative ways to live their lives. I do not give advice and fully believe you are the expert on living your life, not me. However, no matter what your difficulty maybe I can offer you empathy, understanding and support as we work together. If you are seeking to make a change, therapy may be helpful.
My practice is aimed at supporting you as a unique and worthy individual. If you are suffering or struggling I am here to offer you help as you explore the difficulties in your life. Our work together can be a first step towards gaining an insight into these problems, making new choices about how you live with them or perhaps moving beyond them.
The door to therapy is open to anyone and doesn’t have any requirements. Maybe you have been through some difficult life events, lost someone important to you, had difficulty in relationships or maybe you're having trouble putting what you are going through into words and you just want to learn more about yourself. Whatever your experience, it is welcome here.
I have been involved in mental health training and services for the past 7 years and have had the pleasure of supporting a wide and varied range of clients face-to-face before and remotely during the Pandemic, it would be a privilege to offer my support to you now as you explore the difficulties in your life.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been providing counselling and psychotherapy services since 2019 during this time I have achieved registration with the BACP and full professional Accreditation with the UKCP and UPCA becoming a professional psychotherapist. In addition to this, I have undertaken various training courses to enhance my practice such as working with bereavement, risk management and CBT tools and techniques.
Member organisations
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.
Universities Psychotherapy & Counselling Association
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.
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
Whilst it is useful to provide a list of areas that I can support you with, I feel it is important to note first of all that my practice is aimed at supporting you as a unique and worthy individual, during our journey in Counselling you may find that your feelings shift and you may work through different feelings and positions, each person's journey is unique and individual.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
When beginning to work together we would work through a few stages. After making initial contact with me I will get back to you and we would:
- Arrange to have a brief free phone consultation (roughly 15-20 minutes) so that we can ask each other a few questions and so that you can get a feel for who I am.
- From there it is likely we would have a face-to-face or remote assessment session (50 minutes in length) where I can give you information about our working contract and we can establish the frame for us to work together in. This would be charged at £30.
- If you felt working with me would be helpful, we would commit to working together each week at the same time each week at £50 per session (50 minutes per session).
If you are a student or Trainee therapist please let me know so we can talk about a concessionary rate for the service.
When I work
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I am happy to see you for a late session, however, please enquire for further details to see if I can accommodate your requirements.
Further information
I offer both Face-to-Face and remote Counselling and Therapy sessions from Halesowen. In our work together we would commit to sessions each week.
I am trained as an Integrative therapist, this means I don’t subscribe to one specific method of therapy, instead, I use perspectives from several modalities to consider what is going on for you holistically rather than just focusing on one area.
However, the core of my practice is “Humanistic” and person-centred. This approach places priority on building a supportive and non-judgmental relationship that explores the impacts of our early relationships, the personal learning that has come from those relationships and the cognitive constructs we create as a result, ultimately shedding light on how we relate to ourselves and others.
I also strive to work with people from different backgrounds and cultural experiences, I welcome clients from all walks of life and whilst I am committed to educating and enriching myself I am also open to learning and being taught by your lived experience so that I can better understand and support you.
