Catherine Drury

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Fnd A in Integrative Counselling, MPP, B Soc Sc)
Available for new clients
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This professional is available for new clients.

Oakham, Rutland, LE15
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

I counsel because:

  • there are always valid reasons for the anxiety, fear, hurt, anger and loss a person  may feel.  These can be met, understood and healed.  With counselling support, we can make sense of our difficulties, emerge and grow; authenticity, peace and happiness await. 
  • left unattended, however, our internal wounds can continue to hurt us and eat away at our true 'selves', our relationships and our aspirations.  With the right support we really can make sense of and resolve our difficulties.
  • whatever causes us harm and damage (leading to anxiety, depression, fear, addiction, isolation, anger, trauma, bereavement, worthlessness, stuckness, domination, etc.), we do have the expertise and capacity within us to unlock, repair and heal and to become who we truly want to be.
  • when a counsellor and client collaborate to work with any difficulties,  the process can be transformative: it is not confined to repairing our wounds - it really is possible to reclaim our true self, to go forward and live our life with much greater ease, security and authenticity.

Training, qualifications & experience

I qualified with a Degree in Integrative Counselling from the University of Leicester.

I work from two locations: Rutland Therapy Centre in Oakham and Crawthorne Rd in central Peterborough. These provide good access to much of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland.  Even before Covid 19, I have always worked as a telephone counsellor so if that suits you better or you wish to explore it, we can use that approach

I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and an Associate of Cambridgeshire Consultancy in Counselling (CCC).

As an Integrative Counsellor I draw on more than one approach.  My professional roots are in 'Psychodynamic Counselling' and 'Person-centred' approaches also feature strongly.  I access other counselling techniques as the work requires.

I bring considerable other professional expertise and experience to the role as Counselling was not my first career.  I am a Master of Public Policy and Bachelor of Social Science.  I bring considerable experience of complex organisational cultures and development (E.g. empowerment evaluation, team mediation work, etc). I am passionate about the natural world of which each of us is a part and we access this in our work together.

I am a mother. 

Clients may expect:

  • professional counselling skills & expertise
  • positive regard
  • ​genuine interest in their difficulty/difficulties and hopes for the future
  • openness and commitment to exploring the root causes of one or more difficulty
  • empathy, kindness, warmth, honesty and integrity
  • clear arrangements about terms of collaboration, assessment, review, evaluation and fees
  • compliance to an Ethical Framework provided by the BACP, where I am a registered member. http://www.bacp.co.uk/ethical_framework/new_ef.php

Member organisations

BACP
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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Concern about climate change and environmental related issues, anxieties about pets.

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Fees

£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone session

Additional information

I offer a 15- 30 minute phone chat before starting any work. I do not charge for this. 

When I work

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night

Face to face or phone counselling on weekdays.  Day & evening sessions at the Rutland Therapy Centre, Oakham; 2 minutes walk from Oakham train station.  

Further information

People may feel hesitant about counselling. Maybe:

  • they did not find it helpful before?
  • they see it as an unaffordable luxury, not an essential necessity?
  • they find it extremely hard to tune in to how they feel and/or share how they feel with another person?
  • they consider counselling to be a last resort when all else fails - what if it doesn't work?
  • they think it is all too much, that it will take too long and/or that it is too late?

A counsellor will recognise such commonly felt difficulties and barriers and assist clients to explore such concerns.  A client may be surprised at how well problems are recognised and understood.  It is never too late to work on any difficulty or to work towards healing wounds that remain from recently or a long time ago and hurt us still.

Oakham, Rutland, LE15

Type of session

In person
Phone

Types of client

Adults
Older adults
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

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Wheelchair user access
Wheelchair user access

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You can contact the Counsellor to discuss the options available.

Under the Equality Act 2010 service providers have a duty to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that individuals with disabilities can access their service. You can read more about reasonable adjustments to help you to access services on the CAB website.

Available in Oakham at an alternative premises by prior arrangement.

Catherine Drury
Catherine Drury