Cigdem Tas
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About me
Life struggles are paradoxical and complex and it sometimes can be experienced very overwhelming. But it is also the opportunity to understand yourself better.
If you are looking for a highly confidential and supportive space to address your life issues that are holding you back, I am here to listen and help you to explore better options to respond them together.
Therapy helps you to observe your approach to your personal and professional relationships and regaining courage to connect them more creatively.
I provide individual and group therapy via face-to-face, telephone and online. It can be short-term or open ended.
I am a BACP registered and accredited Psychotherapist with 20 years experience in the field including NHS and prestige organisations. I am trained in Existential-Phenomenological Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, CBT and Third waves of CBT ( ACT- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
My therapeutic approach is to develop a good therapeutic relationship in which you can feel safe, empowered, ready to explore and reflect what life brings to you. Therapy is for asking some sensitive questions and finding better ways to feel contained and resilient in life. I am here to help you develop kindness and ease on your journey by reflecting, exploring and creative responses whatever you are going through. Isolation always makes it more difficult to tackle life challenges.
What to expect initially
You can contact me via email or telephone.We briefly go through your needs and practical arrangement for the initial session. This session is about to find out what you are looking for, your expectations, what I can offer, how I work and how to plan your therapy journey.
Once we agreed on regular sessions I usually see you once a week. Weekly sessions are the most common and more required frequency. However, I sometimes provide flexibility on that according to what you want.
Training, qualifications & experience
- DPsych in Counselling Psychology (Exited at level 8)
- Prof. Certificate in Supervision and Leadership/Group Facilitation
- PG Diploma in Counselling/Psychotherapy
- PG Certificate in CBT
- BSc in Psychology
Other Trainings
- Debriefing Training (fortnightly for 6 months) by TPA (Turkish Psychologists Association)
- Psychological Support Methods by TPA
- Strategic Family Therapy
- Trauma and CBT Training
- Programme planning and For Homeless people and Drug Users
- Rorschach Exert System
- CBT with Psychosis Module 1 and 2
- ASIST
- MERIDEN (Interventional family support training for Psychosis)
- Problem Gambling Trainings
- Tree of Life Training
- Advance Problem Gambling Training
- Working with the Domestic Violence Survivors Training
- Motivational interview training
- Certificate in ACT (Acceptance and Compassion Therapies)
- Online Counselling
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
Therapies offered
Fees
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Individual sessions costs is discussed with each client per session or a full course of sessions and sessions last 50 minutes.Fees are payable before each session and are non-refundable. Fees are reviewed and I will inform you well in advance of changes. I charge for missed or cancelled sessions outside of agreed notice situations, unless an alternative time during that calendar week is agreed.
When I work
I am available Monday to Friday and day and evenings that arranged subject to demand. I make sure that we find the best time for both of us with flexibility.
