Amy Flaherty
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About me
Background
I obtained my Post-Graduate degree in Counselling from York St John in 2019. In this time I completed 2 years of training practice. After in 2020 to 2023 I completed my post qualification hours working privately and with a voluntary service. In 2023 I was successful in getting a Counselling position with an online EAP service where I current work.
How I work
I am a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor and a registered member of the BACP. This means is that I do not use one particular approach in counselling.
Below is a breakdown of the approaches I practice
Humanistic
I believe you expert on you. I will actively listen and explore all you may bring without imparting any bias or lead. No matter what walk of life, I am here to listen, and be a guide in your journey.
I strive to create a healthy environment with those I work with offering empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard, which essentially provides the best environment to address difficult feeling and experiences in a safe space without any negative conditions or judgement.
Psychodynamic
Here we could explore into your subconscious, where we could address any difficult experiences, feelings and thoughts. I appreciate you will need to feel safe beforehand, therefore or is essential to establish any grounding beforehand and then explore together if this is appropriate to open. If this is something you wanted to do and felt ready to, this this approach essentially could help shine light onto things that could be impacting your emotional distress, relationships, self esteem, or other. Together we would explore ways to manage any difficulties along the way.
Solution Focused
This particularly focuses on identifying your strengths rather than past situations. We would explore current strategies and techniques that you find useful, and set our own small practical and realistic goals to help create positive change in areas you feel you would like to improve upon. This could be helping with low self esteem and confidence, emotional management/regulation, relationships and communication, poor sleep, etc.
Existential
Exploring the bigger, deeper questions in life that can offer a lot of awareness into your own purpose, fulfillment and meaning to life. It can highlight your own anxieties and barriers that can be preventing you from living fully authentically. But it is there to help encourage making your own choices that fit you and what you essentially need.
Duration
Sessions last up to 50 minutes.
Short term (Under 1 year).
Longer term (Over 1 year).
For
Ages 18+.
Rates
£45 per hour.
£35 per hour for students / trainee counsellors / low income.
Availability
Online Counselling via Microsoft Teams
Fortnightly
Tues/Wed/Thur/Fri - Between 17:00pm - 20:00pm
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- PGDip in Counselling at York St John University
- BA Hons in Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring at York St John University
CPD / Certificates
- Safeguarding adults Level 2
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard/DoLs Level 2
- Psychological First Aid
- Working creatively with clients
Relevant experience
I am currently a counsellor at York Women's Counselling in York, and employed as a Healthcare Assistant, specialising in the Dementia Care at York Teaching Hospital.
I have had experience counselling at York Addiction services working with alcohol and addiction, and anxiety. At York Medical Group Practice, I worked with anxiety, depression, bereavement, suicidal thoughts, self harm, family issues/concerns, trouble sleeping.
Additional training
- Adult Life Support
- Mental Health Capacity Act Level 2
- Health Safety and Welfare
- Conflict Resolution
- Infection Prevention and Control
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
£45.00 per session
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Further information
I have regular counselling supervision in accordance with BACP requirements.
