Clare Ducker
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About me
Do you or your young person feel stressed, anxious or overwhelmed? Are you finding it hard to cope with the demands of everyday life? Coming to see a counsellor is a brave step towards making a change. What if you felt calmer and more in control? What difference would that make? If any of this sounds familiar you may benefit from counselling.
I believe the potential is within you, but sometimes hard to find or access. Counselling is a form of healing and I believe the relationship between a therapist and client can help you move towards better ways of coping, improving self-confidence, self-worth and living a more fulfilling life.
Talking things through and being heard can often help, sometimes strategies and tools can also be helpful. Being creative is another way that I can offer a way to support you. Making sense of thoughts and behaviours can increase self-awareness, self-confidence and help to realise your potential.
I have experience of working with students and adults, navigating life’s challenges, helping to improve their sense of wellbeing. As a relational therapist, I aim to provide a safe space where clients’ past and current relationships can be explored, understood and improved. Key areas in which I work include concerns about depression, feeling sad, anxiety, difficulties with anger, self esteem and relationship problems.
Text or email to arrange an initial meeting.
If you would like a 15 minute call. please book an Introductory call.
Training, qualifications & experience
My degree BA(hons) was an Integrative Relational Psychotherapeutic course. Integrative meaning I can draw from many theoretical perspectives and experience, from a psychoanalytic train of thought to brief solution focussed work. I also have a Post graduate diploma in Working with Young People.
I have worked for Relate working in secondary schools and colleges. I also had a private practice seeing adults. Other experience has been for the Samaritans, supporting callers and volunteers. After the pandemic I worked for a third sector charity working with CAMHS referrals, including many neurodivergent young people and families. After moving to Dorset, I now work in private practice again with adults and young people.
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
£50.00 per session
Additional information
- I offer the first session at £25.
- Thereafter a 50 minute session is £50.
- Some concessions are available.
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