About me
"DEvans Counselling: For when your mind needs to breathe"
In the midst of daily life, we often forget to make space for our minds to breathe; time to process and understand the goings on around us and the thoughts and emotions within us. My counselling service aims to support individuals who simply need the time, the space, and an impartial, empathic listener to help process their own content. For some this may be mental health struggles and difficulties, for others it may be simply a need to talk, but most importantly... I aim to create space where you are able to talk without judgement and without fear, but openly about your own story.
I work as an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor. This essentially means that I work with a combination of modalities to help support your wellbeing and your route to better health. I start with a 'person-centred' core, which means I offer a warm and inviting environment for you to describe your own story (and/or presenting issue), and use ideas from cognitive-behavioural, systemic, psychodynamic, narrative, and attachment approaches to support the exploration of your story and help you reach the goal of your therapy journey. I have a keen interest in existential therapy and using philosophy to promote change where change is desired.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience:
- Accredited member of the BACP
- 4 years experience lecturing at a UK university that delivers counselling training
- Recent Senior Counsellor at a service for 11-19-year-olds
Experience: A long and considered training journey from psychology to training as a fully qualified integrative therapist, which means that my training is embedded in a practice of compassion and remains academically informed:
- MSc in Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- PgDip in Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- MRes in Psychology
- BSc(Hons) in Psychology
- Level 4 and Introductory Certificate in Counselling
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I believe that clients need to be comfortable with their choice of therapist. My service is inclusive, and I work with any demographic, but am congruent about my expertise with specific client issues, to ensure I am offering you the best support that I could provide. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
- I am: Caucasian, British, English-speaking, female
- Majority of my experience in charity and the public sector is working with females/women as a client base, covering issues women may face/have faced; please contact me for further information.
- I have Level 1 BSL; I am not fluent in BSL, however I am passionate about supporting the d/Deaf community. Please let me know if you have any concerns about access to your online session (e.g. use of hearing devices, interpreter, etc).
- My research in academia focuses on the difficulties 18-25-year-olds face in accessing mental health support, and I am keen to facilitate and offer advice around access to both private and public mental health services.
Therapies offered
Fees
£20.00 - £50.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Please note, appointments are booked for a 'counselling hour', which is 50-minutes.
Standard fee: £50
Student fee: £40
Student supervisor fee: £40 (90 minutes).
Wellbeing sessions: £20 (25 minutes: I offer shorter 'Wellbeing' sessions for individuals who want to ease into therapy or have difficulties maintaining a 50-minute session).
When I work
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I mostly work evenings, however, please contact me for further availability.
Further information
Student counselling trainees:
- I have a variety of experience working in education, with undergraduates and currently work on a counselling training course in a UK university.
11-25-years-old or have children of your own?
- I have experience working as a Senior Counsellor with teenagers and adolescents and have worked in education for over 14 years.
- I have an excellent understanding of the English education system from secondary through to higher education, and some clients find it helpful for their counsellor to be informed in these areas if their present concern centres on experience in schools/education (e.g. exam stress).
- I am currently seeing clients aged 18+ but may be taking on clients aged 16+ soon, so please get in touch if your enquiry is not urgent.
Practical information:
- For online sessions, please ensure you have a good connectivity and access to a private environment. I recommend that you use headphones with a microphone to keep your sessions private.
- After we have had an introductory session, I will send you an information document to help support the rest of our sessions together.
