Clare Atkinson

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location_on Ripon HG4 & Masham HG4
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About me

Hello, and a very warm welcome.

My name is Clare and I provide an integrative counselling service, Clare Louise Integrative Counselling (CLIC) from my home in Masham.

As we enter different stages of our lives, new challenges, expectations and uncertainties can sometimes make us feel confused and even stuck.

You may try to make sense of these thoughts and feelings, but the path ahead just becomes more restricted and unclear. 

I ​believe, that effective communication is the key to increasing our own ​self awareness and understanding for navigating these paths of life. Being provided with the opportunity to CLIC with the ​best suited therapist, allows you to communicate safely, ​confidently, un-judged and with complete transparency. This facilitates a secure therapeutic alliance. where past paths and those in the future can be explored together. 

Taking this step, can require courage and strength and for that, you must be proud and also kind to yourself.

I provide a gentle, friendly and compassionate service to people over the age of 18.

Training, qualifications & experience

EXPERIENCE

  • NHS, Community, Primary Care and Charity Sector
  • Long term health conditions
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities                                                                                           
  • Neurodiversity  

 EDUCATION

  • NVQ Level 4 Counselling
  •  NVQ Level 3 Counselling
  •  NVQ Level 3 Adult Education
  •  Bachelor of Science - Occupational
  •  Therapy- 1st Class Honours 
  •  Postgraduate Module s - Sensory
  •  Integration / Neuroscience

TRAINING / COURSES

  • Trauma, the brain and recovery   
  • Working with bereavement and complex grief                                                                     
  • Working with self harm in a therapeutic setting                                                                   
  • Prounouns and gender diversity 
  • Disability, autism and neurodiversity
  • Sand Tray and Creative Therapies
  • Neurological impact of complex
  • trauma
  • Polyvagal theory and sensory processing
  • Mental health first aid
  • Sensory
  • systems in dementia care

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

Therapies offered

Fees

£40.00 per session

Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4

Masham, North Yorkshire, HG4

Type of session

In person
Online
Home visits

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Groups
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

DBS check info

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There is a small step to the front of the property Private parking is available Toilet available

Additional languages

BSL (British Sign Language)

I am able to communicate with basic BSL I also use intensive interaction communication skills

Online platforms

FaceTime
Microsoft Teams
Whatsapp
Zoom