Claire Duff
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About me
Claire has extensive experience dealing with trauma and bereavement, having been a Registered Midwife and Registered General Nurse for over 35 years. She can offer specialist support to those who have experienced miscarriage, pregnancy loss, obstetric complications, IVF, menopause, anxiety, depression and life-limiting illnesses.
Claire has specialist bereavement training with the National Counselling Society and also works with couples.
By bringing together different elements of counselling therapy, she is able to treat clients from a wide demographic, working both short and long-term.
Training, qualifications & experience
Claire has been a Registered Midwife and Registered General Nurse for over 35 years. In that time, she has worked with people who have experienced:
- Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Trauma, Bereavement and grief
- Family-related issues, Relationships, Sexuality Issues
- Pregnancy and IVF, Pregnancy loss/ Miscarriage
- Life limiting illnesses
- Menopause
- Obstetric complications
Qualifications
- Advanced Specialist Bereavement Training with the National Counselling Society
- BTEC Level 5 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (RACC) 2020
- Certificate in Counselling Skills 2017/18 – CPCAB Level 2 & 3, Richmond Adult Community College
- CRUSE Bereavement Support Foundation Course 2021
- IARTT International Association for Rewind Trauma Therapy 2021
- Complete Couples 2021/22 – Couples Counselling
Registration/Accreditation
Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy – (MBACP)
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
£60.00 per session
Further information
My first session
I will arrange a phone call or Zoom call so we can have a brief chat. Following this, I will book an initial assessment with you to see how we might best spend our time together. After 6 sessions we will have a review to see how we are doing and whether you want to continue. This gives me an idea whether our goals are being met for you.
