Ruth Hill - MBACP (Accredited) CBT
About me
Relationship issues, stress at work, family issues, bereavement, financial problems, struggling with anxiety or depression, lacking confidence or is life just getting you down?
At times, life’s challenges can become overwhelming and you may find yourself feeling sad, depressed, lost, anxious, fearful or stressed by circumstances in your life that seem out of control. It’s not easy to ask for help or to take the first step in contacting a counsellor. Perhaps it is a decision you have thought about for some time, or perhaps you have recently realised something needs to change in your life. Maybe you’re not sure why you are feeling this way or even what it is you’re feeling.
Over the course of your lifetime, you may face obstacles that require you to deal with change. It can be very difficult to navigate through these transitional periods let alone deal with the various emotions that arise.
Major life transitions such as separation, divorce, relationship issues, financial loss, redundancy, bereavement, or ill-health can result in feelings of sadness, fear, uncertainty or of being alone.
Maybe the feelings you are dealing with are not resulting from a major life transition. Perhaps you have always lacked confidence, feared social situations, lacked direction, struggled with anxiety or depression.
Therapy is a place for you to focus on yourself; your worries, fears, and frustrations. Transforming your life begins with awareness of your current experiences and unravelling complex feelings and emotions so that you can begin to understand and make sense of why you feel the way you do.
As an integrative counsellor, I will combine various therapeutic strategies, and work with you to determine the best approach guided by your individual needs. I employ a variety of approaches including, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Person-centred and Psychodynamic approaches. By understanding the reasons for your challenges we can work together and uncover your hidden strengths and identify your goals.
Respect, trust, empathy and discretion are at the heart of my practice.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training and Qualifications
- BACP Accredited
- Certificate of Proficiency - British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Honours degree in Law (LLB) 2:1 (QUB)
- Level 5 Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Foundation degree in Counselling from University of Ulster with Distinction
- Certificate in Counselling Skills from University of Ulster with Distinction
Additional Study/Training
- Clinical Assessment - Risk Management, Suicide Prevention and Risk Assessment 2017
- Mental Health First Aid (MHFA Northern lreland 2014 )
- Certificate of Achievement- Brief Solution Focused Therapy 2014
- Certificate of Achievement - Mindfulness 2016
- Child and Vulnerable Adult Protection 2014
- Certificate of Attendance CPD Training Programme- Domestic Violence and Abuse Training 2016
- ASIST Suicide First Aid (April 2017)
Member organisations
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.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
National Counselling Society
The National Counselling Society
This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations.
In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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.
Accredited Register Scheme
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
Fees
Standard fee is £40 for a morning or afternoon session lasting 50 minutes
Evening sessions are £45 due to extra cost of room hire
Student rate £30
