Bonnie Smith
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About me
Hello and welcome.
I offer a range of therapeutic services, including counselling, psychotherapy, somatic therapy, and trauma therapy.
I support individuals experiencing emotions such as guilt, sadness, anger, shame, overthinking, and self-censorship, often triggered by relationships with narcissistic, selfish, or emotionally volatile people. If this resonates with you, I’m here to help.
If you're tired of carrying heavy thoughts and feelings and are ready to invest in a path toward positive change, I can help you:
- Address people-pleasing behaviours.
- Feel unstuck and empowered.
- Build self-esteem and confidence.
- Navigate family issues and life transitions.
- Gain insight and self understanding.
- Build boundaries that meet your needs.
- Feel less guilty, sad, anxious, or stressed.
- Diminishing self-blame and self-doubt.
- Resolving self-destructive behaviours.
- Lessen critical thoughts.
- Find freedom from trauma.
- Create a stronger sense of self-identity and joy.
How I work
I offer weekly sessions, for 50 minutes, via the online platform zoom for both UK and international clients. Sessions are held at the same time each week, with flexibility if needed. All paperwork is completed electronically.
What happens next
Please contact me by phone or email to discuss your enquiry further.
For further information
For more information on how I work and what I can offer, I warmly invite you to click the link to access my website
Training, qualifications & experience
- Somatic trauma training with Babette Rothschild.
- Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
- Diploma In Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
- Foundation Certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
My private practice is called Finding Freedom Therapy. I have previously worked for a local counselling charity in Bedford and conducted client assessments as part of their intake programme. I have also provided short term therapy sessions for NHS IAPT service.
I am registered and accredited with the BACP and became qualified to practice in 2017. I trained with The Counselling Foundation in Psychodynamic therapy and had further training with Babette Rothschild in Somatic trauma therapy.
I currently work full-time within my private practice and work online from an office in my home.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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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
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£80.00 per session
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