Ali Lewis
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About me
I am a BACP accredited psychotherapeutic counsellor. My counselling approach is integrative and geared to meet your difficulties; I work with a range of psychotherapeutic techniques: psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and mindfulness.
My role as a counsellor is to facilitate an awareness and curiosity of your past and present experiences; so enabling you to gently veer from repeating unhelpful patterns of reacting to situations, to others, and toward yourself. I work with you in a safe and confidential space. The relationship I have with you is of principal importance, and all we talk of is confidential. I am not there to judge you or tell you what to do, but to support you through the process of exploration, understanding and change.
The ethical underpinning of my work is based on the BACP Ethical Framework: with a commitment to equality and inclusiveness in my work; I am open to differing backgrounds, sexual orientation, gender, race, health and disability.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have over 25 years experience working one to one with people, primarily, as psychotherapeutic counsellor, but also as an occupational counsellor in mental health services and as a university study skills tutor for neurodivergent students.
As a counsellor I have worked in a wide range of settings including the NHS; occupational health services; employer assisted programmes; as a counsellor in return to work programmes; for private companies and in private practice.
I have extensive experience working with neurodiversity, particularly ADHD and dyslexia. As a neurodivergent individual, you may have felt misunderstood or invalidated, which can influence how you navigate life and view yourself. Counselling offers a supportive space to deepen your understanding of your experiences and to take care of yourself through developing greater emotional balance, self compassion and acceptance.
My qualifications:
- BA (hons)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling
- Post Graduate Diploma in Guidance and Assessment
- Post Qualifying Cert in CBT
- Diploma in Relational Mindfulness
- Post Graduate Certificate in Dyslexia Diagnosis and Assessment
- PATOSS SpLD Teaching Practising Certificate
- BPS Level A Occupational Testing
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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.
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
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Neurodivergence, particularly ADHD and dyslexia
Work issues
EAP work
Long and short term counselling
Young people
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
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Day time and evening appointments available.
