Catherine Thomas
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About me
If you are finding life too difficult to cope with for any reason, talking to a neutral, understanding experienced counsellor can relieve your anxiety and help you find a new way of coping.
I have worked with clients suffering from anxiety, panic attacks, and stress, which could stem from past issues around self-esteem, childhood, traumas or relationships, or things happening now which feel overwhelming - work, health, anxiety over family members.
We often develop unhelpful or unhealthy coping mechanisms to manage our negative emotions - for example, self- medicating with alcohol or other substances, or by over or under -eating, or over-exercising. I have extensive training and experience in helping you understand these behaviours and more importantly, can help you to make the lasting changes you need to restore a sense of wellbeing and control into your life.
Current unprecedented events may have triggered feelings of anxiety or low mood, and I am able to support you and offer ways of managing via online sessions, using Zoom, What's App or telephone .
Training, qualifications & experience
B.Sc. Hons Psychology First Class
Diploma in Integrative Counselling
Certificate in Counselling Skills
Accredited member BACP
Advanced Diploma in Eating Disorders
Understanding Your Eating (Group Leader)
Mental Health and Substance Misuse
Brief Psycho-Social Interventions practitioner (for substance misuse)
Sexuality - working with Sexual Minorities clients
Types of therapy that I have trained in and integrate into my practice:
Compassion Focussed Therapy
ACT
T.A.
Mindfulness
C.B.T.
Solution-focussed therapy
Member organisations
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Emotional eating, binge eating, purging, bulimia, OCD , intrusive thoughts, anger issues - I have successfully worked with all of these issues - you are not alone in your experience of these thoughts, feelings and behaviours, do not struggle alone.
Therapies offered
Photos & videos
Fees
£40.00 - £58.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Current prices -
£40 online video
£40 telephone
£50 online couples
£60 face to face couples
£48 face to face individuals
Reductions may be available in accordance with financial circumstances please ask if this applies to you, don't let the cost be a barrier to seeking help.
When I work
9am - 8pm Monday to Friday
Further information
I am able to counsel face to face in Brynmill, and can see clients from 9am - 8pm Monday to Friday
I can also see you via Zoom or What's app video call
