Androulla Watson
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About me
Hello. I'm Androulla and a warm welcome. Thank you for viewing my profile and understanding who I am and how I work.
I am a qualified, registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
I am a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor who draws on three complementary and reinforcing theories: Person-centered, Gestalt, and Transactional Analysis.
I experience myself as being warm, friendly, approachable and reliable. I value being genuine, sincere, accountable and dependable.
Life can be challenging, especially when we tend to overanalyse and suppress our thoughts out of concern for overwhelming others.
We frequently strive to understand the complexities of our circumstances, reflect on past experiences, or determine our future path.
We struggle to see a path forward, losing touch with our identity, needs, and what truly matters to us. Occasionally, our experiences can become emotionally and mentally overwhelming, and searching for relief and resolution feels difficult and impossible.
Counselling offers an opportunity to reflect on and explore one's interactions with the world around us. It is a safe space to explore one's experiences, feelings, thoughts, values, beliefs, fear and loss.
It involves allowing yourself the time and space to discover a path forward, whether through cultivating self-belief, making resolutions, taking action, or practising and inviting acceptance. Ultimately, this process can empower you and foster a deeper awareness of yourself, your purpose, and your needs.
This moment allows you to implement the changes you've long wanted and break free from negative habits and patterns.
I am here to help you make sense of your experiences, better understand yourself, gain more clarity and uncover your insights and resolutions.
I will support you in increasing self-awareness and building the resilience, helping you make improved choices and lead a more positive and fulfilling life.
I have personal life experiences I hope will inform my work to be more helpful.
Theoretical Framework
As a humanistic counsellor, theory and practice influence my work. I approach counselling with an integrative framework, using Person-Centred, Gestalt, and Transactional Analysis. This allows me to be flexible and adaptable and tailor my approach to meet my client's unique and diverse needs.
What suits one person doesn't necessarily work for another. I am committed to finding the right approach or a combination of approaches to suit you.
I try to understand and recognise your unique experience, your life, your relationships with yourself and others, and the world around you.
Here, I can support you as we explore the problems and issues that have been challenging for you in a non-judgmental, safe, and confidential environment, giving you time to explore, express and reflect on the difficulties you may be experiencing.
It is a protected time for you and me to work together on areas of your life that are causing you concern or making you feel out of balance.
Most of my training and work as a counsellor has involved really learning to listen to people, hearing the 'feelings' behind their words, and sensing their profound feelings of hurt, happiness and fears. My experience is that when someone is really 'heard' in this way, therapeutic healing can occur.
I enjoy the different values and beliefs each person brings to our counselling sessions. Working with clients from different family, social, ethnic, cultural, and educational backgrounds means the sessions are also tailored to each person's needs.
I have been fortunate to have received positive feedback from clients on how their lives have improved.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- 2024 BACP Certificate of Proficiency
- 2024 CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling, Person-Centred, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis
- 20-22 CPCAB Level 1-3 Certificate in Skills and Studies
I worked with Mind Northamptonshire in a voluntary capacity from 2023-24.
CPD
- Understanding The Autism Spectrum Disorder (Alison) 2025
- Attachment Spectrum to Under Defensive Patterns (Therapist Uncensored Webinar) 2025
- Walk and Talk Therapy Training (Creative Counsellors) 2025
- Understanding Menopause (Mind Northampton) 2024
- Domestic Abuse Awareness (Mind Northampton) 2024
- Understanding ADHD & Disability (Mind Northampton) 2023
- Alcohol Reduction Awareness (Aquarius) 2023
- Safe Guarding Vulnerable Adults (Alison) 2023
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
Fees
£35.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£35.00 per session for one hour.
I offer a few spaces at a reduced price, so please feel free to ask me about that. I also offer a concessionary rate for students.
When I work
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I am available to see clients between Monday and Friday from 9 am until 8 pm. Saturdays 9 am until 6 pm.
Further information
First Session
In the first session, I want to learn about you. I appreciate choosing the right counsellor to explore and express difficult thoughts and feelings may feel daunting.
At the heart of my counselling approach is my core belief that establishing a connection with your counsellor is essential.
Research indicates that the most significant factor influencing the success of your treatment is your relationship with your counsellor. The feeling of being genuinely 'heard and understood' and, equally important, building trust with your counsellor so you can speak openly is at the heart of the therapeutic relationship.
During our first session, we will discuss what brought you into counselling and what you would like to aim and achieve. We will establish if I am the right counsellor for you and whether I feel I can help you.
Your aims will be reviewed as the counselling sessions progress to determine whether the counselling is working for you.
If you decide to proceed, we will schedule a 60-minute weekly counselling session. I am willing to work with you for as few or as many sessions as we agree are appropriate.
We can discuss and adjust the frequency to better suit your needs. Some clients choose to meet every week, while others might prefer to reduce the frequency of the counselling as they progress to the end.
You are under no obligation and can end the counselling at any time as it is really what feels right for you.
Please feel free to email or call me to enquire about a free twenty-minute online or telephone consultation about your situation or if you have any questions.
Please note that everything you share with me will be treated confidentially.
