Chris Shepherd
About me
I am a counsellor who will provide a safe and confidential environment for you to talk about whatever is troubling you, without judgement.
I believe that a trusting, honest, therapeutic relationship between you and your therapist, is crucial in helping you towards self-acceptance and an understanding of what is affecting you. I will do my best to help create such a relationship.
I am based in Brentwood in Essex, I'm fully qualified and registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I have also completed training in online and telephone counselling.
After a career in business, I achieved a BA Hons in Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy. I’ve helped my clients break through many obstacles that seemed to be holding them back and I truly believe that life's too short to be unhappy, unsure, or unfulfilled.
I offer counselling grounded in the Person-Centred Approach. Information about this approach and counselling in general can be found on the BACP's website -
https://www.bacp.co.uk/about-therapy/what-is-counselling/
All Counselling sessions are scheduled at mutually agreed times, last for 50 minutes and are priced from £40. Online sessions are via Zoom or Skype and basic technical support is available.
We will review and reassess our work together at regular intervals
If you think that this may be helpful to you, please don't hesitate to get in contact.
Phone 07513 918949
Training, qualifications & experience
- BA Hons Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Certified in Online and Telephone Counselling
Member organisations
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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
All sessions last 50 minutes and are priced at £50.
