Charles Mead PGDIP, NDip, Counsellor/Therapist, Accred, PSI/CBT Cert, BUPA

About me

My long experience as a Manager and Senior Therapist/Counsellor in the NHS Mental Health Services, has enabled me to offer often brief, effective and appropriate therapy, in my successful private practice.

I provide a friendly and empathic approach to counselling and therapy, which is always in complete collaboration with each client. I work toward enabling clients to find happiness by finding positive ways forward, often within a person centered or psycho dynamic framework and often utilizing effective methods which are solution focused. These may include Cognitive Therapy (PSI-CBT) and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) which is a similar approach to EMDR Therapy (used to help reduce some effects of PTSD).

I have gained valuable experience working within professional NHS services for over twenty years, helping people to overcome difficulties which may range from Serious Anxieties, Panics, Phobias and Addictive Behaviours; to Depressions, Losses, Fears, Worries, Relationship difficulties and General unhappiness. I now work exclusively in Private Practice.

I am an Accredited member of BACP and my name is on the BACP/Central Government public listing, which means that I am registered with the Central Government quality register. My training, skill and experience have been approved to the advanced status of Accreditation to British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. This helps assure clients that therapists are trained to high approval standards, work within BACP ethical agreements and are subject to the conditions (including complaint proceedures) of BACP.

I offer a confidential and a friendly experience, with the aim of successfully achieving relief, happiness and management of MH difficulties often within a 'short to medium' period of time. My work is in private and secure rooms in Bedford, which also offer good Disability Access and Facilities.

I have a long experience with all aspects of work on a 1:1 basis, or with couples and also provide Supervision services to counsellors, practitioners and students.

I encourage potential clients to provisionally phone me to discuss briefly and in confidence, their needs and to determine how best to move forward with appropriate and effective help.

After an initial 'meeting session' clients often feel a strong sense of relief and welcome the opportunity to book further therapy sessions, or on rare occassions may be helped, by being sighposted to other professional specialists. My work is normally very short term, always helpful in finding happiness and often very effective in managing more severe and perhaps enduring symptoms. Longer term work is not unusual to suite the needs of other clients.

Telephone or Text: 07724 938379

E Mail: enquiries@charlesmeadtherapy.co.uk

Web site: www.charlesmeadtherapy.co.uk

Practice Address: 120 Tavistock Street Bedford

Bedfordshire MK40 2SA