Cassandra Barfield
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About me
Working face-to-face (BS6 & BS7) and on-line.
I create a supportive, confidential environment fostering an inquiry into a deeper understanding of oneself and ones experiences.
I support people through challenges life can bring, our sessions will help you discover ways to change negative patterns and behaviours, overcome trials and process past traumas.
Counselling is a collaborative process with its foundation set in a strong therapeutic relationship with the client at its heart. Everyone should have the chance to tell their story and be heard. Counselling affords that opportunity; I believe that we all know how to heal, given the right support and environment.
I believe our past experiences are intrinsically linked to our values, beliefs, expectations, behaviours, and views of ourselves today. The messages we received about ourselves and our place in the world from caregivers and those in authority have a significant impact on how we develop emotionally. I will guide and support you while you learn to give yourself new messages, make positive changes in your belief systems, and change negative patterns.
My approach is integrative (drawing on various therapeutic approaches) and adapted to suit your needs in the moment. While training, I specialised in Transactional Analysis, but also work with Gestalt, CBT, psychodynamic, nervous system regulation, mind body connection (the link between repressed emotions and manifestation of physical symptoms) and other theories.
The areas I cover include: -
Anxiety, low mood & negative thought patterns
Trauma / PTSD
Self esteem
Relational / attachment issues
Work place stress / burn out
OCD / intrusive thoughts
Panic attacks
Chronic health conditions, including Long Covid
Life transitions
Bereavement & loss
Life re-evaluation / feeling stuck
Menopause
Parenting / family problems
If you are interested in exploring how we could work together, please email or call me for an informal chat or to book a free 30-minute introductory appointment.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- Diploma Level 4 in Therapeutic Counselling
- Certificate in Counselling Skills
- PGCE in Further Education
Additional Training
- Working with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder / Intrusive Thoughts
- Working with Bereavement
- Introduction to Outdoor Therapy
- Mind-body Connection
- Working with Shame
- Working with Addiction
- Working with Trauma
- Working with Disorganised Attachment
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
