Cathy Orchard
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About me
I am an experienced psychotherapist and counsellor, offering a safe, non-judgemental place where you can make sense of where you are, develop self-understanding and build compassion for yourself, to work out a way of moving more comfortably into your future, and building the life you want to live.
I am an Integrative Therapist. This enables me to draw on a range of approaches to tailor the therapy to each individual client. Building a strong, trusting, co-creative therapeutic relationship with you is the foundation for exploring what troubles you, and for changing behavioural patterns and healing past trauma. I will support and guide you to discover and draw on the wisdom and strength of your body. This way of working enables us to transform our own processes, as well as how we relate with others, in order to find emotional freedom.
In my private practice, I work both long-term and short-term, although most of my clients stay for a while, as it takes time to heal trauma. I have experience of working long-term in NHS Secondary Care, and low-cost community settings, and short-term in University counselling and community NHS primary care settings. I work with a range of presentations, including: anxiety, depression, trauma, low self-esteem, family issues, low-confidence, shame, relationship, childhood relational trauma, issues of identity, obsessional thinking, addiction, and loss and bereavement. I also work with Boarding School Syndrome, Adult Children of Alcoholic Parents, childhood sexual abuse, and chronic pain.
My approach is tailored to each individual client, drawing on a range of modalities to enable us to work deeply and relationally to build understanding and awareness, and shift patterns of relating to self and others, and to life situations and challenges. We can learn to use our bodies as well as our minds to support this self-discovery and growth. I draw on theory and technique from Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Attachment Based Psychotherapy, Body Psychotherapy and CBT and Mindfulness techniques. In line with Humanistic Principles I recognise, value and work with the whole person, in the belief that each person contains within them the potential for growth and transformation, which I facilitate by creating a nurturing, supportive therapeutic environment. We will use our relationship to explore and change ingrained patterns which no longer serve. I believe strongly in the healing power of compassion, and incorporate self-compassion teaching into my work.
I am trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and integrate this into my work to expedite insight and healing.
I am accredited by UKCP and senior registered with BACP. I abide by the principles of their Ethical Frameworks. My practice is a short walk from Folkestone West station, with off-street parking. Confidential messages can be left on the phone number provided, or you can email me. I offer a free brief phone consultation before meeting.
Training, qualifications & experience
I undertook my Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy training at The Minster Centre, in London, awarded by Middlesex University. This is one of the UK's leading Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling Institutions. I hold a Diploma, an Advanced Diploma and MA in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy. I have completed Internal Family Systems level 1 training, and will soon attain level 2. I completed my Foundation Certificate in Psychodynamic Psycotherapy at WPF, in London.
I am a registered member of the BACP and UKCP, and abide by the principles of their Ethical Frameworks.
I have experience of working in University and NHS Community counselling and psychotherapy services, as well as working in Private Practice.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 - £120.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fees range from £85 - £120 a session, depending on location and circumstances. We can discuss this when we meet. I have a limited number of concessionary spaces.
When I work
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My practice hours are from 9.00 am to 4.00pm, Monday to Thursday.
