Anthea (AJ) Whitaker
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About me
I am a Senior Accredited Counsellor offering a confidential counselling service online (video or telephone) across the UK. I also offer face to face sessions in Exeter, Devon.
I understand that life can leave you feeling emotionally and psychologically fatigued. Building a safe, supportive, non-judgemental therapeutic relationship together can help you gain insight and understanding of your behaviours, feelings and thoughts patterns.
Issues you may wish to explore;
- Communication
- Difficult feelings
- Low mood
- Menopause
- Organisational change
- Relationships
- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma
- Work/home life balance
I have extensive experience of working with the blue light community (at all levels), which is a rewarding and challenging environment to work in.
I also have experience of developing and delivering workshops on mental health topics, for example, Stress and Anxiety, Change and Loss, Sleep, Mental Health and Activity, and facilitating group discussions on mental health topics.
I am insured, adhere to the BACP Ethical Framework and registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). I am currently training to be a clinical supervisor for online and face to face work.
I offer counselling to adult individuals facing a range of personal issues and challenges. I provide either short (minimum three), medium- or long-term sessions using an online video platform or telephone giving the flexibility to work UK wide. Face to face sessions are available in the Exeter, Devon area.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling
- Registered Senior Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Accred)
- Diploma in Theory and Practice of Counselling
- Extensive experience of counselling members of the Blue Light services
- Development and delivery of workshops on training on mental health topics.
- Providing mental health clinics within Primary Care (NHS) setting
- Guest speaker, writer and presenter on mental health topics at conferences, podcasts, local and national radio, national TV, UK magazines
- Researching the links between mental health and exercise and the menopause and looking after our long term mental and physical health
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £80.00
Additional information
Fees
Fees range from £50 per 50 minute hour to £75 per 90 minutes (online and face to face)
Please contact me for fees for workshops, facilitated groups and mentor / supervision sessions.
Additional Information
My fees for counselling are £50 for a fifty-minute session (online and face to face).
Sessions using an outside natural space are available and fees are £55 for an hour or £80 for 1 ½ (90 minutes)
Clients who work within Blue Light services have often requested shorter or longer sessions to suit work schedules. If you work for a Blue Lights service please discuss your needs with me.
Further information
Other training and CPD topics
- ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
- TIPT (Trauma Impact Prevention Technique)
- Coaching for Health
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Introduction to Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness
- Mindfulness for Health and Wellbeing
- Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance
- Bereavement
- NLP
- Person-Centred Therapy
- Professional Resilience
