Brenda Mackie
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About me
Are you struggling with anxiety, mood swings, deep sadness or anger outbursts? Is it difficult to talk about or express how you feel? Are you working hard to maintain a positive attitude while negative thought processes are tearing you down? Perhaps you want to try to make sense of why these feelings are affecting your everyday living, your work and your relationships?
Counselling will help you to explore difficult feelings and also support you as you start to gain greater insight into emotions and thinking patterns which may have become exhausting and confusing. Having a safe space where you will be listened to without feeling judged is essential. My aim is for you to feel heard in an environment of respect, genuineness and acceptance. This involves working with you as a whole person, mind, body and spirit, helping you to arrive at a place of growth and greater awareness.
I have specialist knowledge of working with individuals who have experienced problems with addictions, primarily drugs and alcohol. Having over 15 years experience of assisting people on their journey of recovery from addiction I fully understand the process of a Twelve Step Programme. I have supported Individuals with a variety of difficulties including abuse, relationship problems and trauma.
I also worked as a child counsellor in both primary and secondary levels where I supported and assisted young children and teenagers to make sense of their world. I offer play therapy to very young children and supply a range of play and art materials to support this therapy. I have also supported young people within a pupil referral unit who have been excluded from mainstream education, are offending or at risk of offending.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
EDEXCEL Level 5 BTEC Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills
Clinical Supervision Skills Modules 1, 2 & 3
Person Centred Approaches to Counselling
Counselling Skills Development & Practise
Comparative Theories & Approaches
Counselling for Loss & Grief
Counselling Clients who have Experienced Abuse
Child Protection & Safeguarding
Couples & Relationship Counselling
I am a Registered Member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
& listed on the BACP accredited voluntary register.
Member organisations
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
Accredited Register Scheme
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
Additional information
Before agreeing to commence counselling or therapy I will always arrange an Initial preliminary meeting with you which last approximately 50 minutes and will be pre-booked.
- Individuals £50
- Couples £65
- Counsellors in training £40
- Children Play therapy £50
When I work
Working from offices in Gillingham my hours are flexible. Evening appointments are available until 8pm
Further information
Special Interest
Abuse, Addiction, Anxiety, Bereavement, Careers, Cultural Issues, Depression, Employment Difficulties, Family, Gender, Identity Problems, Mental Health, Older People, Post-Traumatic Stress, Relationships, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Stress, Supervision, Transgender, Trauma, University Interests, Workplace Counselling.
