Claire Bolt
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About me
I am a qualified and experienced, BACP registered Counsellor and Psychotherapist. I offer counselling sessions to individual adults on a long or short-term basis through my private practice in Tooting and outdoors in Wimbledon and Morden. I also offer sessions online.
We all encounter difficult situations, face challenges in our relationships and experience troubling feelings, thoughts and behaviours. Whatever you're struggling with, therapy can help. I have worked with clients impacted by various concerns, including relationship abuse and control, traumatic events, grief and loss, life transitions, chronic illnesses, identity concerns, anger issues, depression and anxiety.
I aim to help you nurture the most important relationship in your life – the one you have with yourself.
My Approach
Using an integrative and relational approach, I draw on different philosophies and techniques according to your individual needs and preferred ways of working. These include humanistic, psychodynamic, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), mindfulness and the mind-body connection. I also work with Internal Family Systems, a way of considering the self as made up of different parts, the distressed part being just one of them.
At the heart of my approach is a belief that our culture, environment, experiences and relationships - past and present - have an impact on who, and how, we are today. By exploring these aspects of the self, we can begin to accept ourselves and open-up to our limitless potential.
I believe that a strong relationship between therapist and client, based on honesty and empathy, is the key to achieving this. Working collaboratively and at your own pace, we will continually adapt the therapy to meet your moment-to-moment needs.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MA in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy - University of Roehampton
As a therapist I have extensive experience of working with the voluntary sector, with a particular focus on those affected by domestic abuse and/or navigating crisis situations.
I also continue to work on my own personal development and am currently taking courses to enhance my knowledge and skills when working with trauma, and in eco-therapy to further develop my walk and talk practice.
With previous experience in differing workplaces such as media, government and international development, including humanitarian work in conflict-affected areas, I appreciate the pressures of balancing personal, work and familial needs, and managing tricky relationships.
Member organisations
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
£70.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Concessionary rates are available upon request.
When I work
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Further information
On Mondays I work from a therapy room in Tooting. The room is a 4-minute walk from Tooting Bec tube station (Northern Line) and close to bus routes 155, 219, 249, 319 & 355. Balham train station, with regular trains to and from London Victoria and London Bridge, is one stop on the Northern Line or an 18-minute walk.
On Fridays I offer outdoor therapy in Wimbledon Common. The Common is easily accessible by public transport and parking facilities are onsite. If you would like to work outdoors, we will have our first session online and then chose an appropriate meeting place.
I offer online appointments on Tuesdays.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) and I abide by their Ethical Framework for good practice in Counselling & Psychotherapy.
