Costa Costi
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About me
Do you feel that you have more questions than answers? Do you ever feel the need that you want to reach out and speak to someone without the fear of being judged and not taken serious?
At times, life can be tough. It can present us all with different challenges along the way, which can cause difficult periods. This can lead to feeling alone and isolated. Counselling means that you do not have to struggle alone. It can allow you to gain insight and understanding. Furthermore, sharing can give you a sense of relief.
Taking the initial step can feel like an enormous challenge, but every journey, whether long or short has to start from somewhere.
My approach
It is the core of who I am as a person, and I like to be there for others when they are faced with a challenge. I believe that there is always an outcome after a struggle, and it does not have to be a negative one.
I offer a warm, empathetic, respectful, and trustworthy approach. My background in Humanistic Integrative prioritises, and focuses on the client-therapist relationship, which is central to a successful therapeutic bond. Within your own pace, we can gradually begin to uncover & explore your thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
I have previous experience working for the charity MiND, where my primary role was to offer support to individuals with a wide variety of issues which included addiction, bereavement, anxiety, depression, loss, stress & more.
Working for the charity also provided me with the opportunity to become familiar with The Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) service & give support to people who were seeking short-term work in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
Please feel free to contact me to arrange an initial session. Here, we will be able to talk about what you would like to explore in counselling, and whether you feel we could work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training:
- Abuse and dysfunctional relationships
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Bereavement and loss
- Depression
- Issues with addiction
- Issues with unhappiness
- Low self esteem and confidence building
- Relationship issues
- Stress management
- Suicidal thoughts
Qualifications:
- A BSc Psychology completed at LSBU
- A National Diploma in Sports and Recovery completed at CONEL
- An Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling completed at CPPD
To deepen my practice and to further expand my knowledge and skills, I regularly attend professional development courses, and ongoing supervision. This enables me to offer my clients practice of effective standards.
Experience:
- Completing introductory sessions to ensure that people are provided with tailor made, suitable care for their needs.
- Supporting others through short and long term therapy, face to face, and online.
- Working together with individuals from a variety of different ages, backgrounds and cultures, who are new to, and familiar with counselling.
- Experienced in working with individuals with learning difficulties and Autism.
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
Free initial telephone or online session
