Craig Billington
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About me
Welcome. I’m Craig.
I am an experienced integrative therapist, BACP Accredited Therapist, EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner, Clinical Lead and supervisor. I have worked in practice since 2011 and support adults navigating unresolved loss, grief, trauma, overwhelm, anxiety and significant life changes.
My approach is compassionate, collaborative and grounded in humanistic and relational values. I offer a calm and supportive space where you can feel heard, make sense of what you have been through and explore how your experiences may still be affecting you. We work at your pace, with care for your individual story, strengths and hopes.
Alongside my private practice, I lead a counselling charity within an NHS primary care setting. I specialise in EMDR, an evidence-based psychotherapy for processing distressing experiences that continue to feel painful, overwhelming or unresolved. These may include a single traumatic event, repeated or relational experiences, bereavement, illness or other significant life experiences.
EMDR forms part of a wider integrative approach. Together, we would consider whether it may be helpful for you, and when the timing feels right. I believe emotional pain reflects our capacity to feel deeply and to be shaped by our experiences, a natural part of what it means to be human.
Therapy offers space to develop a clearer understanding of your experience and find ways forward that feel meaningful and manageable. Our work is shaped around your individual needs, experiences and goals.
If you are considering therapy, please get in touch to arrange a free initial online conversation. We can talk about what brings you, what you would like support with and whether my way of working feels right for you.
https://wayfinderemdr.co.uk/
Training, qualifications & experience
EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner and EMDR Consultant-in-Training
1st Class BA honours degree in Integrative Counselling
Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling
Post-Grad Cert Clinical Supervision
Cert Hypnotherapy
Accredited with British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Accredited with EMDR UK
Recent CPD
- Intensive C-PTSD Treatment planning with Suzy Matthijssen
- Roger Solomon presenting Utilisation of EMDR Therapy with Grief and Mourning
- EMDR intervention for adults with childhood insecure attachment and attachment trauma by Arun Mansukhani
- Attachment Informed EMDR with Mark Brayne
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
£65.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Session lengths vary between 60-90 minutes, I am flexible depending on the focus of therapeutic work.
I currently work online only
When I work
I am available Monday to Friday
Further information
I am currently working with clients from around the UK as well as abroad via zoom.
