Andrew Heining
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
If you feel lost, depressed, angry, or sad, I am an experienced counselling professional geared towards helping you through whatever you face or feel without judgment and getting you on the path to a better place.
If you are worried about cost, I have low fee options available. I aim to provide an affordable service for the benefit of the general public. We all deserve to be heard.
My practice
Although my background is in psychodynamic practice, I am not wedded to one particular theory, instead believing that different methods and interventions work for different people.
Given all of us have our particular emotional issues and histories, appreciating, understanding and owning our life story is central to being able to take hold of right now, and the future which unfolds - helping you to that point is my aim.
What to expect in your first session
How about we talk about you and go from there?
Please get in contact to set up an initial appointment, I am here to help you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications, training & clinical experience:
- Foundation in Psychodynamic Counselling via The Counselling Foundation https://counsellingfoundation.org/
- Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling (as above)
- Certificate of Proficiency (MBACP)
- Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling via Counselling Tutor https://www.counsellingtutor.com/
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Certification Training via PESI Uk
Specific professional development via Carolyn Spring Ltd in:
- Trauma & The Body: Somatisation and Dissociation
- Dissociation and DID: The Fundamentals
- Working with Dissociative Disorder in Clinical Practice
- Working with Relational Trauma: Dealing with Disorganised Attachment
- Child Sexual Abuse: Hope For Healing
- Dealing with Distress: Working with Suicide and Self-harm
Further relevant development:
- How to do counselling online: a coronavirus primer (BACP)
- A practical guide to UK human rights and discrimination law
- Induction Training: Communication Skills and Lone Working via Druglink.
- Safeguarding Adults Awareness Training (Common Induction Standard 6) via NAPPI Uk.
The above is supplemented by e-learning also via Druglink on Housing Basics; Equalities & Diversity; Data Protection Act essentials; Drug & Alcohol Awareness; The Cycle of Change. https://www.druglink.co.uk
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Male-specific issues.
Therapies offered
Fees
£25.00 - £40.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Low-Cost sessions £25
- Full-Cost sessions £40
Sessions are 50 minutes long for one-to-one therapy and usually take place weekly. My work is primarily open-ended, which means that sessions are typically booked week by week (unless agreed otherwise) to meet your needs.
When I work
My availability is flexible and includes weekends.
