Claire Bloxsom
About me
NOTICE: During the current COVID-19 pandemic, I am unable to work face-to-face, and therefore am temporarily working online. My intention is to return to face-to-face work when appropriate.
Training, qualifications & experience
Specific Clinical Counselling and Psychotherapy qualifications:
- Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling (with Distinction)
- Clinical Diploma in Integrative Psychodynamic Counselling
- Clinical Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy
- MSc. Integrative Psychotherapy (with Distinction)
- These trainings add up to 7 years of training in counselling or psychotherapy.
Member organisations
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.
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.
UK Council for Psychotherapy
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.
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- I have past experience working with clients with an HIV diagnosis as a Buddy in London in the 1990s, and have worked with HIV positive clients as an independent counsellor at a local HIV charity between 2016-2019.
- I have many years of experience as a psychology trainer and lecturer with a PhD and Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education. I do use these skills in my clinical work, though please note that my PhD is an academic Doctorate in Psychology for research and teaching and it is not a clinical doctorate.
Therapies offered
Fees
Sessions are for one hour apart for our initial meeting where I offer a longer meeting, in order to get a clear sense of the work required.
- Initial session fee (1.5 hours) £50
- Ongoing session fee (1 hour) £50
I offer a 30 min telephone call/video call at no cost to get a brief sense of each other and for you to ask questions.
Fees by bank transfer or cash.
Cancellation information
- I need 48 hours notice at a minimum for any appointment you cancel please, otherwise the fee is chargeable at the agreed usual rate.
I review my fees annually.
Concessions offered for
Further information
Other qualifications:
I have a PhD in Psychology and a PGCHE in Higher Education. I part-time as a Lecturer at a local University.
