Clare McLaughlin
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I provide a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings in the counselling room.
I offer individual counselling to all adults, from early adulthood at 18 years old through to older adults also. I provide both short-term and long-term counselling options.
I offer Psychodynamic counselling which means we think about the unconscious by bringing those thoughts and fears into the conscious to help to understand why we are and do the things we do. As part of this type of counselling we explore how you came to be by thinking about your childhood and your earlier experiences and how they can influence your responses and behaviours as an adult. Taking this journey can be difficult and challenging but we can work together to make sense of your experiences and feelings to help empower you.
If you would like to contact me about starting counselling then please get in touch.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a BACP registered Psychodynamic Counsellor. As a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), this means that I adhere to the code and ethical guidelines they set out within their Ethical Frameworks.
I have a diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling and a foundation certificate in Psychodynamic skills and counselling.
I have completed the certificate of proficiency with the BACP and I regularly attend Continued Professional Development (CPD) courses.
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
If you have any questions then please do get in contact with me, we can have an initial conversation for up to 15 minutes free of charge. Once we have had our first call if you would like to we can arrange an initial assessment session together to give you an idea of how I work and if working with me feels right for you.
