Ashley Long

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location_on Harrow Weald, Middlesex, HA3
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About me

Hello and welcome, I am a counsellor and life coach and I offer 1 hour sessions face to face in Harrow and online.

This is your life and you only get one shot at it! Your past experiences and beliefs do not have to dictate your future. 

After spending many years in the corporate world, overburdened by stress, anxiety, insecurity and burnout, I have discovered a powerful understanding that empowered me to turn my life around, my state of mind has completely changed and I now live my life full out. The beauty is that understanding resides in all of us and I can help you connect with it.

My passion is to help you heal from emotional injury and break free from any negative mindset and behaviours. I work to help you understand and break free from any conditioning and limiting beliefs that have been holding you back and to build strategies and a wonderful loving relationship with yourself.

My speciality is supporting individuals who are trying to do it all and feel like they are slowly losing themselves, as each new task surfaces. Let me help shine a light on your strengths, swap your stress for peace and contentment, rekindle your magic, and move you toward more joy, fun and laughter.

I believe we all go through times when we need support from outside our normal network.  I urge you to ask for what you need, get what you deserve to start living your best life.

Don’t let life slip by, thinking this is just the way it is. take a hold and do something for you! My wish for you is that you are able to step out of your comfort zone and ask for the support you need.

With me you are not obliged to sign up for anything, in fact I would encourage you to talk to a few different counsellors before you choose the one you feel most connected to.

Wishing you a life full of everything you dream of.
Ashley 

Training, qualifications & experience

For me, finding the right counsellor for you, should be your most important step when engaging in the therapeutic process. With that in mind, here’s a little insight to my 17 year journey as a counsellor and Clarity life coach.

I qualified as a counsellor in 2007 with a degree in Person Centred Counselling with Middlesex University. 

I worked at Brent Bereavement during the 7/7 bombings in London and we were one of the agencies tasked with supporting bereaved families.

During my work for the Place2be and the Wish Centre, I was placed in schools supporting children and young people with an array of difficulties including ADHD, anxiety, overwhelm, depression, self-harm, eating disorders, and suicide.

For 10 years I ran a charity supporting children, young people and adults who had experienced Domestic Abuse. In an attempt to break the cycle of abuse and keep some families together, we also worked with the perpetrators.

I have been fully trained in adoption with Barnardo's to support anyone who has been adopted or are going through the adoption process. 

I am also a Senior Clarity Coach and work as a Life Coach at St Dominic's sixth form college on Harrow on the Hill.

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£110.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session

When I work

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Harrow Weald, Middlesex, HA3

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young people (13-17)
Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
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Online platforms

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