Anastasia Seale
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About me
I am an integrative adult, children and young people counsellor with a purpose of supporting you on your life’s journey. With a background in parent-child relationships, attachment and intergenerational trauma, I offer compassionate and empathic support with difficulties such as anxiety, depression, relationship breakdown, anger, self-harm and suicidal thoughts to name just a few. Deeply valuing the importance of the therapeutic relationship, I will work with you and at your pace to help you understand yourself better and feel more secure and accepted in your relationships. Because each person is unique, I use a number of psychological theoretical approaches to find what works best for you. With adults and young people, we explore the difficulties through conversation and we can also work creatively. With children, I use play as the cornerstone for exploration and healing.
I offer short-term and long-term counselling depending on your needs. I work in a non-judgemental and respectful way regardless of your gender, race, religion, age, abilities, culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or its absence.
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP). I am also a registered member of the Association of Christians in Counselling (MACC).
I am also a qualified Non Violent Resistance (NVR) practitioner and deliver NVR training for parents/carers of violent and self-destructive children. As an NVR practitioner, my purpose is to help you, as a parent/carer, to defuse violence and aggression in your family and rebuild the relationship with your child/young person. I am a registered member of NVR UK and NVR Association.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have counselling experience and work in the following areas of counselling: abandonment, anger, attachment trauma, bereavement including infant loss, bullying, child-to-parent violence, developmental trauma, dyslexia, emotional abuse, exam stress, family relationship issues, generalised anxiety disorder, guilt, intergenerational trauma, low self-esteem, panic attacks, parenting issues, self-harm, sensory processing disorder, separation anxiety, shame, sleep problems, social anxiety disorder, spiritual issues, stress, suicidal ideation, trauma/PTSD.
My work experience includes working as an adult, children and young people counsellor in private practice in Farnham and also at Crossways Counselling Service in Haslemere, working as a Place2Be children and young people counsellor in a primary and a secondary schools in London, working as a Non Violent Resistance parent group co-facilitator with Guildford CAMHS, working with parents as a parent educator as part of Anastasia Seale Infinity Parent Coaching. I also worked as a finance/corporate lawyer at Herbert Smith, BP and MFB solicitors.
Qualifications:
- BA (Hons) Counselling (Integrative)
- Level 5 Children and Young People Counselling (Integrative)
- Level 2 Non Violent Resistance (NVR) Practitioner
- Dip HE Counselling
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law
- BA (Hons) Business Administration
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.
The Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions (ACC) is a Christian professional membership organisation for those involved in counselling/psychotherapy and linked professions, i.e. pastoral care, coaching and spiritual direction, in the UK. The organisation is made up of various different membership categories, including Counsellor and Accredited, and requires all members working as counsellors to undertake Continuous Professional Development on a regular basis.
Accredited register membership
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This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
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
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Fees
£60.00 - £100.00
Free initial telephone session
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Further information
I have additional training in parenting communication skills and spiritual Christian issues.
I offer a 15 minute free consultation during which you and I can discuss what brings you to counselling and address any queries you have relating to the way I work.
