Claire Dickens

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Counsellor, MBACP

About me

I am a qualified counsellor and a registered member of the BACP. I offer affordable therapy based online and in Cambridge. Sessions start at £50 for 50 minutes.

As a therapist, I’ve worked in schools, charities, private practice and with students from the University of Cambridge, where I was also a tutor and Fellow providing pastoral support to students. Through my therapy work, I have helped clients (adults and children) struggling with anxiety, ADHD, autism, family issues, relationship issues, depression and work related stress.

My approach is friendly and conversational. I believe that by creating a comfortable environment, we can build a supportive relationship built on trust. Humanistic therapy considers your physical, emotional and social well-being. By focusing on the whole self, humanistic therapy allows space for all sides of yourself to be expressed, helping you to reach your full potential. By doing so, therapy can have a positive impact on your general health, relationships and working life.

Counselling can be particularly helpful to individuals who find it difficult to discuss their feelings with family, partners, friends or colleagues. Therapy sessions can provide you with a safe, confidential space where you can learn to understand your thoughts, feelings and behaviours with a trained professional.

Training, qualifications & experience

BA, MA, Dip, MBACP

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Fees

£50.00 per session

Concessions offered for

  • Low income
  • Keyworkers
  • Students
  • Unemployed
  • Refugees

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3

Type of session

Online
Claire Dickens
Claire Dickens