D. Alex Ball
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About me
I am an approachable and relational therapist working with adults and young people over age 12. I work Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays in my counselling practice, face to face and online. My therapeutic approach is ‘Integrative’, meaning I use skills and theories from across the major modalities of Humanistic, Psychodynamic and CBT. This means I have a flexible approach and can tailor the work to you. I have a background in the charitable sector, working as a counsellor in community settings and in schools and colleges, and before that I worked as a Youth Worker. I really value my clients and I am always accepting and non-judgemental, helping you feel safe throughout our work. I work with a collaborative and relational style, meaning our sessions will be conversational and I hope they’ll feel like teamwork.
I have worked with a broad spectrum of presenting issues and difficulties, and I am able to help you understand your difficulties, accept what you can’t change and make key changes where you can. I will always be reassuring and affirming, and I’ll offer insight, new strategies and new perspectives for us to discuss together.
Training, qualifications & experience
MA Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy from University of Roehampton London - 2017.
Member organisations
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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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £65.00
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£65 per 50 minute session
£50 per 30 minute session (optional for young people under 15)
£60 per 50 minute session for counselling trainees and NHS workers
£75 per 50 minute session for clients using insurance
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