Amy Star

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Available for new clients
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About me

Couples

Being part of a couple can be the most beautiful yet also the most challenging and painful thing.  My work with couples begins with learning  a new way to communicate that honours both of you and your perspectives and creates safety.  From this place of safety, we can feel connected to our partner and expereince the joy that relationship can bring.  WE take care of the relational space between you, so that you can safely share your truth with your partner and can hear theirs.  Rather than finding yourselves in a power struggle vying for your own position, you find yourself as a team working together to take care of your relationship.  Of course for some people, it has become too painful for too long and the need is for an ending.  Even here, we can communicate and navigate that process with consciousness and compassion holding a painful process in love.  

My role is to teach you methods to dialogue, to hold a loving space within which you can hear yourselves and each other.

WE learn about intimate relationships from our original family Fromm the moment we are born into them.  The likelihood is that you and your partner do not have a blueprint for healthy conscious relating.  You and your partner will bring with you into your relationship, childhood wounds and models of relationship that limit your capacity to give and receive love.  We all have this to some degree or other.  My aim is to help you uncover these so that you heal yourselves,  grow the skills to create and sustain fulfilling loving relationship.

Individuals

Sometimes life gets a bit too much. Maybe something happened recently or a long time ago that brings lots of feelings and you see no obvious way through. Or perhaps you have a growing sense of anxiety or depression with or without an understandable reason. Maybe you find yourself doing the same things again and again, that don't serve you and wonder why? I believe that each and every one of us has the key to work through those things and sometimes we need some help. Counselling can be that help. My aim is to create a safe space where clients feel able to voice their thoughts, feelings, concerns and anxieties. What makes it safe is a defined space for you to focus on you, a commitment from me to listen without imposing judgement, and to be genuine. A confidential space separate from friends and family where you can explore the things that are important to you at your own pace.

Training, qualifications & experience

Imago Couples Clinical Training

Diploma in THerapeutic counselling

Certificate in counselling children and young people

Certificate in clinical supervision

I have experience of working with children and young people.

I have experience of working with a wide range of people who come to counselling for a whole host of reasons.

I have worked for Cruse Bereavment care, a local generic counselling charity, primary schools and secondary schools as well as at the letchworth Centre for healthy living.

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

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Fees

£60.00 - £150.00

Additional information

Individuals £60 per session

Couples

Initial session  £90 per hour

Ongoing sessions £150 per 90min session

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

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

Key details

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Supervision

In person
Online

Professional experienced supervisor Online or face to face

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