About me
Hello, I'm Alison. I know that seeking help is a huge step, but you can rest assured that I will be right there with you as we explore the reasons you have come to counselling, with gentleness and empathy.
We will work together in my quiet studio where you can relax and feel comfortable while you tell me what is going on for you at the moment, feeling safe and calm in the knowledge that I am there for you and will listen to you.
I'm a qualified, experienced person-centred counsellor. Before training as a counsellor, my professional background was as a facilitator working in sensitive areas such as sexual health, menstruation, motherhood, ageing and chronic illness. My years in the marketing industry gave me first-hand experience of a high pressure, demanding work environment and struggling to manage the work-life balance. I have a wealth of life experience to draw on which supports my therapeutic training, this includes loss, bereavement, divorce, parenthood, burn-out, addiction, sexual abuse and depression.
What you can Expect
As a person-centred counsellor and therapist, I believe that no one knows you better than you know yourself, so my role is not to analyse the things you tell me or make my own assumptions about your experiences. Instead, I will be right there with you as we explore the reasons you have come to counselling, with gentleness and without judgement. I'm trained in helping you to talk about and work through your personal problems, supporting you in reaching the root causes and focusing on change and acceptance. I am an expert in guiding people through a variety of situations and will be able to help you to clarify issues, explore options, develop strategies, increase self-awareness and focus on what really matters to you.
I won't give you the answers, but I'll help you to find them.
Training, qualifications & experience
- FdSc Person-Centred Counselling (accredited by the BACP), University of Brighton
- Accredited Member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists)
- Certificate in Counselling Skills (Person-Centred), East Sussex College
- BA (Hons) Lib Studies, University of West London
- TA101 Transactional Analysis, The Link Centre
- Practitioner of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), NLP World
- Counselling for Problem Gambling and Affected Others, Gamcare
- Bereavement Counselling, St Wilfrid's Hospice
- Independent Visitor for children in care, CGL
- Certificate in Menopause Support
Member organisations
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£40.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free initial face to face / phone / online session.
£40 for a 45 minute session. £60 for a 1 hour session. Other timing options are available.
Further information
I work face to face, phone or online, whatever fits in best with your lifestyle.
