Amelia White
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About me
Have you been struggling for a while, repeating the same patterns of behaviour, stuck in a job or relationships that seem to make you miserable but feel unable to change things?
I offer you a space in which I am alongside you so that you can explore some of the difficulties you may be struggling with. I am effective at enabling people to understand and then make the changes that they may need in order to lead a more fulfilling life. We often think we can manage on our own, and we often do for a really long time, but then comes a point when we need to reach out and seek some support
I offer Therapy for a wide range of issues and guarantee you a confidential, safe, non-judgmental space to come and explore with me the concerns and worries that you may have which are preventing you from being able to live your life in the way that you want. This can be short-term, if there is a particular area that you want to explore, or longer-term psychotherapy if you want to take a deeper exploration of what is troubling you.
As well as my private practice with individuals and Couples, I have experience running various groups and currently run a Women's Therapeutic group.
I have experience in supporting people of various ages, genders and backgrounds with a wide range of issues. I have worked extensively with those who have experienced trauma, disordered eating, grief, sexual abuse, depression and anxiety, and identity and relationship issues. I am experienced in working with those struggling with being at various transitional periods in their lives and helping them find a pathway through this.
For more information about me and how I work please visit my website (link above).
For specific boarding school work please visit www.theboardingschooltherapist.com
Training, qualifications & experience
My Experience:
I have extensive experience working in a broad range of settings across Sussex:
- Tutor - East Sussex College - Person-centred degree course for Students.
- Process Group Facilitator - Post-Graduate Humanistic Training Course - Brighton University
- Online Groups, workshops and courses for those who went to Boarding School.
- Training for Therapists in working with women who have boarded.
- Facilitator - Low-Cost Anxiety and Depression Group - Brighton Therapy Centre.
- Humanistic Counsellor - Brighton Therapy Centre
- NHS Counsellor - Brighton Women's Centre.
- Pre-trial therapist - Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre, Crawley
- Drug & alcohol counsellor - The Brighton Oasis Project
- Counsellor - Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre, Croydon.
- Young people's counsellor - Dialogue Family Services - Brighton.
- Group Facilitator - Young Women's group - Oasis Project.
My Qualifications:
- Psychotherapy training on working with Ex-boarders - Nick Duffel.
- Post-Gradulate Diploma in Humanistic Counselling – Brighton University.
- CBT Training with a Heart – Adrien Hemmings – Jan 2017
- Heartswork Certificate in Couples Counselling – Steve Richards
- Heartswork Certificate in Group Counselling – Steve Richards.
- Awareness in Bereavement Care: The Foundation Course. Level 2. Ascentis
Awarding Organisation. - Empowerment Model – Rape and sexual abuse Support centre. Feb 2017
- Working at Relational Depth – Mick Cooper. April 2017
- Boarding School Syndrome – Joy Schaverien. CPD. April 2016
- Unlocking the trauma of childhood sexual abuse – Christianne Sanderson. November 2015. CPD
- The Counsellors Toolbox when working with shame. Christianne Sanderson. Oct 2018.
- Introduction to Safeguarding & Child Protection for small Community Groups. March 2013.
- Understanding Autism Spectrum Conditions (Rachel Lowden 2014)
My Professional Membership:
- Registered member of BACP British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Member organisations
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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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Boarding School Syndrome
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
Free initial telephone consultation.
£80 per individual session.
£120 Couples fee.
Further information
"You have given me what felt like a loving, safe contained space to work through things that have been affecting me for a very long time, as well as the more recent traumatic losses. Your wisdom and your caring have been so important to me and I am very grateful to have had this time and this period of growth."
“During my sessions with Amelia I felt as though I were properly heard and had her full attention. I would leave feeling a sense of understanding, with a fresh perspective on everything that I was going through, having talked in a space free of judgement. For anybody looking for counselling, I would highly recommend Amelia as she has helped me work through and add words to things that were previously so difficult to talk about.”
