About me
I am a Registered BACP therapist with over seventeen years of experience. I work in a relational, person-centred way, creating a safe confidential space and bringing together a range of training and therapeutic models to suit each client's preferences, needs and goals at the time of coming to therapy.
I offer fifty minute sessions at a frequency to suit you on Zoom, Teams or Telephone and I have a number of face to face appointments each week for those who would prefer to meet in person and can get to the Bradford on Avon area.
I have many years of experience working with adults, young people and children. I offer a warm, facilitated space for people to explore their experiences in a confidential and non judgemental, interactive way. Issues I can support with include depression or low mood, anxiety, panic, anger, loss and grief, pain, feelings of loneliness or isolation, career or relationship challenges or changes, parenthood or family issues.
In our first session, we will explore what brings you to seek support at this time and what you would like to achieve from therapy. We can then discuss the most appropriate approach for you at this time, talking therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, coaching, or a blended approach.
Training, qualifications & experience
I originally qualified with a Diploma (Level 5 training) in therapeutic counselling at Leeds Beckett University using an integrative person-centred approach. I have since gone on to qualify as an NLP Practitioner with a Foundation Certificate in Contemporary Psychotherapy, I have a Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Oxford University, and I am a qualified Coach through training with International Teaching Seminars. I have worked therapeutically in diverse settings including a crisis centre, women's refuge, domestic abuse support agency, primary school, employee assistance programme and youth centre, as well as several agencies offering counselling on site and as outreach in community settings. I have a Diploma in Counselling Young People aged 8-18.
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.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Current fees are £50 per fifty minute session. I offer a free initial call or online conversation to find out a little more about your goals for therapy or coaching and what brings you to seek support at this time. If we think I might be able to support we would then arrange an initial session.
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