Claire Hands
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About me
Hi, My name is Claire.
I qualified as a Relational therapist in 2008. I offer therapy to both Individuals and Couples. In our therapy together I will help you to move from surviving to thriving, from adapted self to authentic you, to move towards your potential and feel happier and more secure.
Our therapy together will be informed by -
- relationships, relational patterns, communication, feeling seen
- attachment patterns and how they play a part in our relationships all the way into adulthood
- Transactional analysis and transactional versus relational communication
- the adapted self and the authentic self/wise adult
- the mind body connection, the vegus nerve, the central nervous system, our chemistry and intelligent biology which interplays with our emotions and physical world
- breathwork, mindfulness, being in flow, yoga, belly breathing
- our truth, reaching our potential
- saying no, holding boundaries
- gut instinct, intuition, trust
- guilt, forgiveness, the language of apology
- anger and letting it go
- compassion and love
- Shame and moving into the light
To give a flavour of my interests and influences which support my therapeutic approach, here's a few of the books on my bookcase at the moment:-
- The Highly Sensitive Person - How to thrive when the world overwhelms you - Elaine N. Aron
- When the Body says No - Dr Gabor Mate
- Daring Greatly - Brene Brown
- The Whole-Brain Child - Dr Daniel Siegel and Dr Tina Payne Bryson
- You Mean Im not lazy, Stupid - Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo
- The Relationship Cure - Dr John Gottman, Joan DeClaire
- The Body keeps the Score - Bessel Van der Kolk
- Hold onto your Kids -Dr Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate
- Untangled - Guiding Teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood by Lisa Damour
- The Myth of Normal - Dr Gabor Mate
- Scattered Minds - The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Dr Gabor Mate
- Loves Executioner and other tales of psychotherapy - Irvin Yalom
- Staring into the Sun- Irvin Yalom
- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts - Dr Gabor Mate
- Games People Play - Eric Berne
- How to Talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will Talk - Faber and Mazlish
- Why Love matters - Sue Gerrhart
- The Man who mistook his wife for a hat - Oliver Sacks
I'm an experienced, enthusiastic and curious integrative therapist Accredited with BACP. I love to work with Individuals and Couples. I help people coming to my practice in all kinds of ways and the language to describe peoples experiences usually falls into the following - anxiety, stress, relationships, self esteem, confidence, depression, loss/bereavement, trauma - big and little 'T', work issues, loss of direction/purpose, sense of self, belonging, differences, finding tolerance/acceptance, anger and how to let it go, how to forgive and move forwards, feeling stuck, feeling lost, cultural challenges, life decisions, family dynamics, life dis-satisfaction and more.
Everyone is welcome. Please feel free to get in touch and we can have a casual conversation to find out if I can offer you what you're looking for right now. Or equally to help to point you in another direction.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BACP Registered and Accredited
- HE Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling in Relational Psychotherapy (Integration of Humanistic and Psychodynamic approaches)
- BSc Hons Psychology
- Couples Therapy for Depression, Tavistock
- Interpersonal Therapy, IPT UK
- Mindfulness
- Solution Focused approach
18 Years Experience:-
- Short term, Long Term, Open ended therapy
- Wide ranging client base comprising Private, EAP, NHS
- Telephone, Teams video, In person
Member organisations
school 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.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Additional information
In person, Telephone and TEAMS (or equivalent secure online/video mode), Facetime/whatsapp video Therapy
£55 individuals
£70 couples
50 -60 minute sessions
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