Annalise Baker
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About me
Do you experience feeling lost, low or perhaps unsure about what to do next? Do you no longer enjoy things in the same way and perhaps find it hard to describe how you feel?
As a qualified Counsellor and Psychotherapist, I can adapt sessions based not only on what is important to you as an individual but also using the language and approach that supports your way of understanding.
As a registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP), I am bound by their Ethical Framework to ensure a safe space for you to explore what is important to you. With a Masters's degree in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, I am informed by a range of different theoretical insights including Person-Centred, CBT and Psychodynamic.
Prior to qualifying, I have over 12 years of experience within the voluntary sector through a range of paid and voluntary roles. Both on the front line and in senior management. This experience has been invaluable in helping me to understand that life can throw us unexpected challenges and that the impact of these may be immediately felt, but they could also crop up many months or years later. Our past experiences can intertwine with our family dynamics and current lifestyle to shape our perception of emotions and the situations we find ourselves in. These emotions can, at times, feel confusing and hard to put into words. Sometimes seeping out into other areas such as impacting physical wellbeing and how we interact with others. At times this can be felt through Depression, Stress and/or Anxiety. Or perhaps it may be felt in other ways such as through not being able to sleep or finding things, we previously enjoyed, more challenging.
In order to help facilitate a greater understanding of yourself, I recognise the importance and benefit of a non-judgemental and relational approach that gradually builds trust and is focused around your experience as an individual.
Searching for counselling can be a daunting task and it is really important to find someone you trust and feel you can open up to. Therefore, I provide a free initial 20 minute call to explore the support you feel you need and how we might work together.
Sessions last 50 mins and take place weekly either in person in Godalming, Surrey or online via Zoom
Training, qualifications & experience
- MA Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Level 1,2 and 3 in Counselling Skills and Theory
- Level 5 Leadership and Management Diploma
- BSc (Hons) Management (International Business Economics)
- LGBT+ Awareness and Inclusion
- Safeguarding
- Mental Health First Aid
- Physical Health First Aid
- ASIST Suicide Intervention
- Understanding Personality Disorder
- Trauma Informed Care
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
£65.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
I offer a free initial 20 minute call to enable you to share what is important to you and for us to explore how we might be able to work together.
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Evening appointments available until 9pm.
