Cliona Vaughan
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About me
I am a qualified, trauma informed, relational integrative counsellor with over 13 years experience of working with children, young people and adults who may be experiencing issues such as alcoholism, anger management, anxiety, autism, bereavement and loss, cancer, depression, domestic, emotional, sexual abuse and violence, drug addiction, loneliness. low self-confidence. low self-esteem, redundancy, relationship problems, stress and trauma.
If you or your loved ones are experiencing difficulties in life and need to speak to someone I can offer a non judgemental, caring and confidential environment where you can speak about situations, difficulties and experiences that are causing you pain and distress.
I have worked with MIND, Age Concern, in school settings such as with Place2Be, Caerphilly Council and Monmouthshire and Cwmbran youth services and am trained in various modalities including IEMT, Rewind Technique, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Somatic Release Therapy and fine art.
I’m passionate about helping people to accept and relate to themselves, others and the world in the fullest possible way.
I draw upon my own personal experience and journey in combination with my counselling experience and training to help me provide guidance and support to individuals as they explore the obstacles that prevent them from moving forward with their lives.
It is really important to find a therapist you feel you can build a good working relationship with, and who provides a type of therapy that suits you. For that reason I usually suggest that we arrange an initial consultation session to see whether or not we feel like we will work well together. You are obviously under no obligation to commit to therapy with me moving forwards.
Please call or text me on 07309 573241 or send an email to arrange an initial consultation.
Note: I believe in equality/stamping out inequality and racism.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 7 BACP accredited Postgraduate Diploma course - Relational Integrative Counselling at Newport University South Wales in 2010. The core of this counselling training was a Person Centred and Integrative approach to therapy with elements of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
- On-line Counselling Certificate with the OCST.
- ASSIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training).
- Carolyn Spring: Working with Suicide and Self Harm, and Child Sexual Abuse.
- The Rewind Technique: An internationally recognised treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) developed by David Muss.
- Solution Focused Hypnotherapy for Emetophobia with The Clinical School of Hypnotherapy in Cardiff.
- The Clearance Protocol - Graeme Harvey - Hypnotherapy for Self Esteem Building
- Walk and Talk Counselling/Therapy with www.CreativeCounsellors.org.
- Anxiety Support via the SPACE Programme - Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions, developed by Eli Lebowitz from Yale Child Study Centre. This requires working with the parent(s) instead of the child, to achieve successful results in eliminating debilitating anxious childhood behaviours.
- Parent Coaching for Childhood Behaviour Issues (0-8yrs.) - Personalised Individual Parent Training (PIPT), which is an intensive parenting program designed to promote a positive attachment relationship between children (0-8years) and their parent/carer. This training was undertaken with clinical specialists Caroline Bengum and Dr. Matt Woolgar from the National Adoption and Fostering Team at King's College London.
- Parent Coaching with the Jai Institute for Parenting. This method of coaching helps to bring harmony into your home and deeper connection with loved ones, whilst also healing patterns of generational trauma. https://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com
- IEMT - Integrated Eye Movement Therapy with creator Andrew J. Austin. IEMT is a rapid change process that can be used with great effect as a content-free tool for dealing with trauma and other negative emotions. It can also be used as a generative tool for identity level change.
- Somatic Release Therapy ~ Certified Practitioner. Via Shane Haron. A bottom up approach for helping people to release stored trauma/anxiety from the body.
- Fine Art - I like to offer clients the medium of art and creativity as a means of expression and communication in sessions if this comfortable for them.
- I am a member of the BACP and I abide by a strict code of ethics outlined by the BACP’s professional body.
I strive to keep up to date with current research and I attend regular training and CPD.
I have over 13 years experience of working with children, young people and adults, and I love what I do. I feel passionate about connecting and helping others find happiness and to reach their highest potential. I feel grateful for the process of sharing and I recognise the courage it takes to open up with others.
I have worked with MIND, Age Concern, in school settings such as with Place2Be, Caerphilly Council and Monmouthshire and Cwmbran youth services. I also work in Private Practice face2face, on-line and on the phone.
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
Perinatal Depression
Postnatal Depression
Antenatal Depression
Adverse Child Hood Experiences - ACE's
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Fees are from: £55.00
I offer a free no obligation initial 15 minute telephone consultation where we can look at the challenges that bring you to therapy, this is also a chance for you to ask any questions, to get a feel of how I work and if I’m the right therapist for you. The hope is that if it feels right, you will feel more at ease when you have your first counselling session.
If you feel it isn’t right for you I would be happy to recommend another therapist that would suit your needs.
All fees are due within 24 hours of booking. Cancellation fees apply if giving less than 24 hours notice
Per 50 minute session either online or in-person:
£55 - individuals (£65 after 6pm)
£45 - counselling students as part of mandatory training counselling hours (£50 after 6pm)
£75 - for parents wanting to attend the SPACE Programme (Supportive Parenting for Children with Anxious Childhood Emotions)
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Free initial 15 minute telephone consultation.
Further information
Modalities:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
- Mindfulness
- Parent Coaching
- Online counselling
- Person Centred Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Relational Integrative Counselling
- Rewind Trauma Therapy
- SPACE Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions and for Older Children
- Somatic Healing
- Transactional analysis
Type of clients:
- Children
- Young people
- Adults
- Parents/carers
- Older adults
