Anne Evans
About me
Compass Point Counselling
I am a counsellor and psychodynamic therapist with many years experience of working with adults of all ages and with couples. I am also a qualified and experienced psychodynamic supervisor for counsellors and other professionals.
I work in a light, pleasant, private consulting room in Ross on Wye. I provide a calm, welcoming, confidential space where we can discuss and explore the issues that have brought you to counselling.
During our first meeting we will decide on the best way for us to work together, and whether you would like to proceed with counselling sessions. If you decide you would like to work with me, we will meet weekly at a regular agreed time.
If you would like to arrange to see me for an initial assessment session, please phone me on the number above, or email me. If I am not able to answer, please leave a message in confidence and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
I am also able to provide home visits for local clients who have mobility issues - please contact me for further information.
Training, qualifications & experience
Working with Individuals and Couples
I started working in Mental Health in the NHS in 1995, and bring a depth of knowledge and experience to my counselling work. I trained in psychodynamic counselling with individual adults at Gloucestershire Counselling Service (GCS), the largest counselling provider in Gloucestershire, and also completed their Associate course for qualified counsellors and therapists. The training was accredited by the Westminster Pastoral Foundation (WPF) and the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC). Post-qualifying I undertook further training in short-term solution-focused therapy, and in Couples Therapy at GCS provided by psychotherapists from the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and Severnside Institute for Psychotherapy.
I currently provide both open-ended and time-limited counselling for individual adults and couples. I have had the privilege of working with many different individuals and couples who have brought a vast range of issues to be explored in counselling. I participate regularly in CPD, and have special interests in working with neurodiverse clients, couples work, and infertility.
Supervision
I provide psychodynamic supervision for small groups and individual qualified counsellors and other professionals - please contact me for more details if you are interested in this.
Qualifications:
Gloucestershire Counselling Service: Post Graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling - accredited by WPF (Westminster Pastoral Foundation)
Gloucestershire Counselling Service: Associate Training Programme - accredited by BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)
CSTD London (Centre for Supervision and Team Development): Certificate in Supervision
Gloucestershire Counselling Service: training in Couples Therapy
Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust: Families and Beyond (Family Systems Theory)
University of Wales College of Medicine: BSc (Hons) (OT)
University of Wales College of Medicine: Post Graduate Diploma (OT)
Member organisations
Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
British Psychoanalytic Council
The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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
- Life transitions - Adulthood / Leaving home / Mid-life / Ageing / End of life
- Loss of role
- Retirement
- Gender Identity - Male / Female / Non-binary
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Individual assessment / counselling / therapy session - £55 (a limited number of concessions are available for those on low income - this can be discussed at the assessment session.)
Couple assessment / counselling / therapy session - £80 (some concessions available as above)
Home visits - starting from £65 per session depending on distance from base.
All sessions are 50 minutes in length.
Availability
Weekdays, Evenings
Further information
Ross-on-Wye is well situated on the M50 for access from both South Wales and the Midlands, and is situated on the edge of the beautiful Forest of Dean. My consulting room is within a commutable distance from Newent, Tewkesbury, Monmouth, Ledbury, Hereford, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Worcester, Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff, Birmingham and Bristol.
My consulting room is easy to find, but private, with ample parking nearby, both free on-street (look for the 2-hour spaces) and public car parks. It is minutes from the town centre, which has many independent shops, cafes and coffee shops.
