Barbara McGinley
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About me
I offer compassion-based one-to-one counselling & psychotherapy in person or online. I am a qualified integrative counsellor & psychotherapist which means we collaborate to find the right approach for you to help you manage your difficulties & challenges, to assist you to realign & reconnect with yourself and find balance & self-regulation in yourself and your life.
Together we establish a sense of safety for you to explore your difficulties and challenges in life, helping you navigate memories and past experiences from a secure and safe place, containing whatever you present in the the therapy hour. In time this proces frees you, so you can release the hold the past imposes on you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy (Glasgow Council on Alcohol, accredited by UWS)
Mindfulness Based Teacher Training Certificate (Mindfulness Scotland)
TQFE (University of Aberdeen)
MA (Hons) English (University of Glasgow)
Experience: Addictions, abuse, anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, bereavement/grief, stress, sleep issues
Member organisations
COSCA is the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland, and seeks to advance all forms of counselling and psychotherapy and the use of counselling skills by promoting best practice and through the delivery of a range of sustainable services. COSCA Counsellor Accreditation is a pathway to entry onto the UKRC.
It is a requirement of all individual and organisational members of COSCA to abide by its Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice and be accountable to the Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Free initial 20 minute consultation, to assess your needs, discuss treatment options & meet each other.
Low income & student rate negotiable.
Block booking discount.
Further information
I offer a safe place for you to share your difficulties & to express yourself & work towards your own solutions. Taking the first step in seeking support is the most difficult & we will progress to nurture you in healing & returning you to living your fullest life.
