Anne McLain
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Feel like the winter blues are beginning to drag? Are you looking to make a change, but are not sure where to begin? Just need someone to talk to? Feeling anxious, angry, lonely, depressed, are you self-harming, having panic attacks or struggling to cope? Perhaps not connecting with others or feeling generally overwhelmed?
Working out what can be done to improve how you are feeling can seem like a difficult task. Whatever your reason for having clicked on this link, I would like to help you - you can feel better.
Or are you the worried parent of a child/young person who is struggling, having panic attacks, self-harming or worse suicidal? Low self-confidence, school and exam pressures, bullying, questioning sexuality and gender, not to forget social media and being ever contactable on that smartphone are all taking their toll on our young people.
My name is Annie (she/her), and I am not here to judge you. I will listen and hear you. My focus is on being able to build a genuine relationship in which you feel comfortable enough to explore what you want and who you are. I would like to help you work out ways to make your life better, provide the space you need to feel more confident.
Asking for help can be difficult. I will do my best to make things as easy as possible for you once you have taken the leap.
I am a fully qualified and BACP Accredited, person-centred counsellor, which means that you decide what you want to bring to each session, and we move forward together from there.
I also work with counselling students.
I work with adults, students, young people and children from a variety of different backgrounds and with a rainbow of individual needs (including SEN and ASD). I hope to be able to meet with you soon.
Training, qualifications & experience
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (2017)
6+ yrs working with adults and students (1 yr training)
3 years Place2Be - primary school children (1 yr training)
5+ yrs working with SEN children and young people (ages 7-19)
TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Autism (RQF) (2024)
Member organisations
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.
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
Neurodiversity
Therapies offered
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Fees
£30.00 - £50.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£50 - Adult per session
£40 - Student/16+ per session
£30 - Child per session
When I work
Please contact me, I am available for face to face sessions and I am also working online using Zoom. Email me with your availability and we can work something out.
