Alison Newton

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BSc Hons, PGDip, MBACP
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location_on Hove, East Sussex, BN3
Accepting new clients
Accepting new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

I understand how hard taking the first steps to get help can be. Not knowing quite how talking about things might help or even if you are ready to let someone share your inner world.

As a qualified humanistic counsellor registered with the BACP, I will work collaboratively with you and be guided by what you want to explore. I’ll support and encourage you to examine what you struggle with and how this makes you feel, perhaps noticing well-worn patterns in your life that no longer work for you. Looking at your experiences in new ways can allow you to let go of difficult feelings. Whether using creative ways of exploring your life or just sitting and talking, a session will be unique to you.

Therapy can be challenging and hard work but can be healing and rewarding too and can allow you to move forward in life; increasing your self-awareness, giving you a greater sense of self, and helping you find more positive ways of thinking, feeling and behaving.
Within my practice, acceptance and understanding is key to our work as well as building a strong working relationship between us. I endeavor to practice in a way that respects our differences and works to understand the impact of these on mental health and wellbeing.

Training, qualifications & experience

BSc (Hons) Psychology (University of Winchester)

PGDip Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy (Brighton University)

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£60.00 per session

Concessions offered for

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Further information

I have a particular interest in the experience of feeling different, particularly when this feeling becomes overwhelming and affects our daily lives. I stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community and welcome clients of all gender and sexual identities. I strive to work in a way that is compassionate and anti-oppression. 

Hove, East Sussex, BN3

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone
Home visits

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

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Alison Newton
Alison Newton