Alison Smith

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Dip Couns Reg MBACP (Accred)
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location_on Gilberdyke, East Yorkshire, HU15
Limited availability
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This professional is accepting new clients but may have a waitlist. Please enquire with them directly to discuss availability.

About me

My name is Alison Smith, a qualified accredited counsellor, and a registered member of the BACP.  I believe counselling is about providing a safe, confidential place where you can feel free to talk openly and be heard. I aim to provide support, warmth, understanding and compassion within my counselling service to encourage personal growth.

I have worked within an emergency service setting and have experience working with trauma, work related stress, emotional conflict, sexual abuse, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, illness and many other concerns. I have also worked for a well known charity for several years, working with a diverse range of age groups.

I believe it is important for clients to work at their own pace, so offer long term and short term therapy. Counselling can be difficult and painful but it can also be rewarding and life-enhancing.

If you feel I might be the right counsellor for you then please contact me either by email or telephone.

Training, qualifications & experience

I am qualified as a Person Centred Counsellor and registered accredited member of the BACP. I work in a Humanistic and integrative way. I initially worked as a volunteer counsellor within the emergency services for 3 years. I have  worked as a contracted counsellor for MIND,  working with young people and adults.  I currently work within occupational health setting via Employee Assistance Programme.  As well as this I am an associate counsellor for public service providers.

I continuously undertake courses to assist me in working in an integrative way so that I can bring different ways of working within counselling sessions. 

Most recent courses:

Level 6 supervision 

Relational therapy

Family attachments

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which involves adaptive thinking. Enabling clients to understand and accept what cannot be changed.

I have also undertaken Counselling for Depression, Emotion Focused Therapy  - which focuses on working at a deeper emotional level to combat anxiety and depression through recognising physiological triggers.

Member organisations

school Registered / Accredited

Registered / Accredited

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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

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Anxiety, depression, stress, fear, divorce, abuse, low mood, low confidence, feeling sad, feeling down, low self esteem, sorrow, grief, loneliness, miscarriage, work stress,  bullying

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Fees

£20.00 - £50.00

Concessions offered for

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Additional information

Individual sessions will last for 1 hour.

Concessionary rate available on a sliding scale.  This means I ask clients to chose their fee between the range of £20 to £50

When I work

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night

9 am Monday to Friday

Further information

Hours 0900 to 1900

Monday to Friday

Gilberdyke, East Yorkshire, HU15

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

DBS check info

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Additional languages

None

Online platforms

Whatsapp
Zoom
Microsoft Teams
Google Meet

Supervision

In person
Online
Phone

I qualified with CPCAB level 6 supervision in August 2024. I work relationally and collaboratively within Supervision sessions.

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Alison Smith
Alison Smith