Claire Shepherd
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About me
If you are in crisis and need support to calm or unclutter your thoughts so that you can see a way forward when life has become overwhelming, counselling is a solid option with good research to support its success. Picking the right counsellor for you is the tricky bit, as we all have different ways of being, characters, and learned modalities to offer therapy. This is why I offer a 30-minute free assessment, where we spend a little time getting to know each other before committing to a healing journey together. My background is 20+ years as a therapist and 4+ years as a tutor, teaching counselling.
I have a neurodiverse brain. I come from a family of Dyslexics with Dyscalculia, ADHD, and AuDHD. I am drawn to support people who struggle with some of the distressing characteristics of neurodiversity, such as anxiety, poor timekeeping, overachieving, overwhelm, sensitivity to comments, noise, smells, light, etc.
I feel like I've lived a life of embarrassing missteps and mishaps that really leave me no room to judge others' lives. Supporting you, judgment-free, confidentially, in a safe space where you can be open to understanding yourself, those around you, and how you might move forward is what I'm trained and very much want to do.
Training, qualifications & experience
- 4+ Years teaching an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling Course in Exeter.
- 2+ Years working in the NHS as part of a wellbeing team in Devon.
- 14+ Years working in private practice in London and the Home Counties.
- 1 Year as a school counsellor 11-16yrs
- 3 Years as a community counsellor 11-25yrs.
- Diploma in Person-centred counselling, 2006.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Long-term health conditions
Living in pain
Supporting terminal illness
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 per session
Additional information
Online - Video & Audio (video with camera off).
30-mins - £22.50
60-mins - £45.00
90-mins - £67.50
120-mins - £90.00 Crisis counsellin
Further information
I offer creative therapy to those who find talking difficult, who need an activity to talk around, are stuck in their process, or who have insights on the edge of their awareness that they just can't access. Please see my website for more info.
