Colin Jones

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Accredited Int. Dip. MBACP Reg, Barnardos Adoption Reg
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location_on Maldon CM9 & Colchester CO1
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About me

Personal Profile, Philosophy & Therapeutic Approach:

My path to becoming a therapist began some years ago following a substantial life-changing experience that caused me to completely re-evaluate my existence and future. With compassionate and extensive professional therapeutic assistance, I was able to understand my life, make change and move forward. Embracing the experience, which I then and still highly value, it became the catalyst to commence counselling and psychotherapy training, which now all contribute and continue to inform my practice and bring me to where I am today.

I have extensive experience in Counselling, Psychotherapy and Business sectors working in a variety of wide-ranging environments.

I believe all therapy is personal and must fit in accordance with everyone’s explicit and implicit needs, which are in continuous development. Therefore, my primary focus is to always work with a client’s interests at the forefront to ensure they receive the maximum benefit. This means I work in a very compassionate, conscientious, and respectful manner creating a safe, confidential, and non-judgemental environment of support where my objective is to empower and release a client’s potential.

The value of my work largely lies in the collaborative quality of the therapeutic relationships I build with clients. For me, it is of paramount importance and an essential part of the therapeutic process. Clients evolving trust in my honesty, ability, and character measure my success and I find the experience of witnessing their life changes, thoughts, feelings, and behaviour both rewarding and enriching.

I naturally have an open minded, intuitive, down to earth, and attentive approach where my adaptable style of therapy is interactive and engaging - bringing warmth, strength, energy, passion and a respectful, accepting presence to my work - but I can also be appropriately challenging.

I do not believe one therapy suits all individuals or all the issues within an individual. I believe psychological problems are seldom caused by just one source or situation, so a variety of therapeutic strategies may be useful for achieving the desired outcome. Therefore, I practice from an Integrative Approach, meaning I combine and use several theoretical frameworks; Humanistic (Person-Centred); Psychodynamic; Transactional Analysis; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Experiential and Creative.

What is Counselling & Psychotherapy?

These are terms often used interchangeably. It can be difficult to find an agreed definition for each, but generally are umbrella terms covering a range of talking and listening therapeutic approaches incorporating varying methods of addressing psychological issues.

How can Counselling & Psychotherapy help?

Individuals choose to enter therapy because they are experiencing difficulties and distress in their lives. You may be considering therapy for any number of reasons. Perhaps you are feeling stuck and confused, overwhelmed by your emotions, anxious or depressed, or have experienced something traumatic either recently or in the past. You may be struggling to come to terms with and deal with changes in life.

You may not know what the problem is or that just something is not right. It can be natural to believe that you must keep on struggling with your difficulties alone; trying to effect change by yourself, feeling it would somehow be ‘weak’ or ‘embarrassing’ to ask someone else for help.

Talking about how you feel and being heard is at the heart of therapy. It is a process that can help to take stock of where you are now; it can help to re-evaluate how you live your life; uncover how patterns of behaviour, thoughts and emotions have evolved; gain a better understanding of past and present conflicts, which you may find unacceptable, or to manage painful realities, which continue to constrain you; to recognise, appreciate and use your resources, as well as considering possibilities for dealing with challenging situations. This may involve clarifying choices and opportunities for bringing about change; or, alternatively, may help you come to terms with those aspects of life that you are unable, or do not wish, to change. As you experience different aspects of yourself, your insight and self-awareness increases, which is healing and growth producing.

Therapy is not advice giving; a miracle quick fix or a magic wand treatment - but a process taking place over a period of weeks or months that requires an investment of time to acknowledge and understand the picture of your life - past, present and future.

Couples / Relationship Counselling

In my work with couples, or any relationship combination I see my role, as an active participant in their interaction. My aim is to support each partner, as they work through their difficulties.

I am interested in the couple’s strengths by exploring what has worked well, so they may draw out and build on these. I also explore what has not worked well for them and what they each bring from their personal histories that may be getting in the way of relating to each other in a healthy, supportive, and enriching way.
I facilitate verbal and non-verbal communication by assisting each partner in becoming aware of negative and destructive patterns that have become entrenched in the relationship, so they may begin to break the cycle of these patterns, which gives an opportunity to resolve old disputes, so they are free to make choices about the future of the relationship.

This means the couple being in conversation with each other during therapy. I observe how they relate with each other. I give feedback based on my observations and encourage them to try out new ways of communicating in the present moment. The power of this process is that they experience new ways of being, rather than just talking about them.

Therapeutic Support for Professionals



Through my extensive business background, I am aware that it can be difficult for professionals within certain occupations to access appropriate and confidential support because of their role in the workplace.

I work in confidence with individuals within several professions including Teaching Professionals, Police, Fire and Ambulance services, Medical Staff, Directors and Business Owners. I work to assist and facilitate everyone to maintain their effectiveness at work whilst supporting them to overcome their challenges.

Training, qualifications & experience

  • BACP Accredited Diploma in Therapeutic (Integrative) Counselling
  • Certified Barnardo's Adoption Counsellor
  • Certificate in Couple / Relationship Counselling
  • Certificate in Counselling Skills & Theory
  • Certificate in Creative Therapy
  • Certificate in Gestalt & Psychodrama Group Training

I work with Individuals and Couples from all cultural backgrounds, presenting with a diverse array of issues and personal challenges.

I have experience and special interest in: Anxiety, Abuse, Adoption, Anger Management, Anxiety, Career and Employment Related Issues, Depression, Inner-Child, Mental Health, Relationship Issues, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Road Traffic Accident Rehabilitation, Self-Esteem, Sexuality and Stress.

I work in alliance with Insurance Companies, Solicitors and Intermediaries to counsel clients presenting with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder resulting from Road Traffic Accidents. I provide reports as requested by the Courts, Social Services and for personal and occupational reasons.

I work independently and in alliance with Barnardo’s providing counselling to clients involved in the Adoption process both past and present.

I work in alliance with Employee Assistance Programmes EAP providing counselling to clients referred by their Employers in compliance with UK Employment Law.

I work in alliance with The Ministry of Defence Army Welfare Service in providing Military personnel with both Individual and Couples counselling.

I work in alliance with GP surgeries providing counselling to patients within the scope of their individual care plans.

I was for 15 years until December 2021 a Senior Course Tutor at the Life-Force School of Counselling in Colchester delivering a BACP Gold Standard Accredited Counselling Training Programme.

I work therapeutically with students in training, as part of their counselling course programme requirements

Professional Standards:

I am a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), bound by its Ethical Framework for good practice in counselling and psychotherapy.

I attend monthly clinical supervision with a Senior Qualified Supervisor in accordance with the guidelines and requirements of BACP to maintain therapeutic standards of practice.

I hold an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) disclosure certifying me as suitable for work with vulnerable adults and children.

I maintain Continued Professional Development to update my skills, broadening my experience by regularly conducting research, attending courses and seminars.

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

Fees

£48.00 - £75.00
Free initial telephone or online session

Concessions offered for

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Additional information

Fees: £48 to £75 - The duration of each session is 60 - 80 minutes.

I operate a flexible appointment system – available weekdays between 8.30am – 10pm.

I am able to offer a limited number of reduced rate therapy slots, therefore please ask if cost is preventing you from accessing therapy when you may need it the most. This is strictly dependent on availability. Please ask about this when you make your initial enquiry.

My main practice is based on the Maldon / Colchester district border and is easily accessible from outlying areas including Braintree CM7, Clacton CM15, Halstead CO9, Kelvedon CO5, Manningtree CO11, Sudbury CO10, Tiptree CO5 and Witham CM8.

When I work

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I operate a flexible appointment system – available weekdays between 8.30am – 10pm

Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp, FaceTime, and Telephone sessions available for UK, and Worldwide

Further information

What Next?

Sometimes it is hard to pick up the telephone, but getting professional help could make the difference to your life and give back the control you yearn for. Even if you are not sure whether the time is right, or if therapy will help you, please feel free to telephone, message or e-mail me in total confidence. I will be happy to discuss any part of the process, hopefully putting your mind at ease.

If you feel ready for therapy please contact me by telephone, or email and we can arrange an assessment session.

At the assessment I will gather background information about you and explore what has brought you to therapy, finding out what you hope, expect and want to achieve. You will have the opportunity to ask anything you may not be sure about, at which time we can establish whether we feel comfortable working together. If we decide to continue, subsequent sessions are normally on a regular weekly basis and available on either a short or long term contract - but ultimately the frequency of sessions is based on what you feel is right for you. The duration of each session is 60 - 80 minutes.

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young people (13-17)
Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples
Families
Groups
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

DBS check info

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Additional languages

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Online platforms

Skype
Whatsapp
Zoom
FaceTime
Colin Jones
Colin Jones