About me
Hello, I’m Bernadette. I offer online and face to face therapy for individuals, couples and families in Cardiff and Bridport, working from a welcoming therapy room.
I am an experienced Person-Centred Counsellor and CBT therapist, offering a warm, confidential space where you can explore the connections between your thoughts, feelings, beliefs and behaviours. My Person-Centred approach is underpinned by empathy, acceptance and understanding, while CBT helps you identify unhelpful thinking patterns, behaviours and ‘vicious cycles’ that can maintain difficulties. Together, these approaches support self-awareness, resilience and sustainable change.
Therapy can be particularly effective in reducing symptoms and supporting you to better understand and manage neurodiversity related difficulties, including ADHD and autism.
I work with a wide range of difficulties, including anxiety (generalised, health social), depression (persistent and major depressive disorder), OCD, grief, PTSD, stress and PTSD. I also work with comorbid presentations, such as OCD and anxiety, ADHD and anxiety, and trauma-related difficulties.
Our work is collaborative and goal-focused, supporting you to develop practical skills to manage your mental health and improve day-to-day wellbeing, while also making sense of your experiences at a deeper level.
I work in line with BACP ethical standards and place great importance on providing a safe, respectful and non-judgemental therapeutic relationship. Flexible appointments are available, including evening sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications and Training
- University of Oxford – Postgraduate Certificate & Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Certificate in Counselling Studies
- Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Couples Counselling
- Trauma and Dissociation
- Active Monitoring (CBT-based approach)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
- Unconscious Bias Training
- Current DBS Check
Professional Memberships
Accredited Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) – Member No. 00928530
Member, British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
Member organisations
school 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.
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
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Fees
£50.00 - £65.00
Concessions offered for
When I work
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I offer flexible appointments, including evenings, to suit your needs, online, or face to face
Further information
Please get in touch, happy to chat through queries you may have, or alternatively, see my website for further information
https://www.bernadette-jones-counselling.com/
