David Evans
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About me
October 2024
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
- Carl Jung
September 2024
Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
- Virginia Satir
August 2024
Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.
- Milton H. Erikson
July 2024
Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength
- Sigmund Freud
June 2024
We are our choices.
- Jean-Paul Sartre
May 2024
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
- Oscar Wilde
April 2024
The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals is a basic component of human nature.
- John Bowlby
I am here to offer support and to help you address issues you may be facing, enabling you to explore your feelings and help you to come to terms with what is most difficult in your life.
Welcome to my profile page:
I am here to offer you the time and space to share, and to begin an on-going improvement to your way of life. I can help you to move forward and to help you become more aware of your behaviour, thoughts and feelings.
To be a healthy, functioning human being there is a need for a process of change. I can help you in that process. I work with adults and children of all ages within a Humanistic, Person-Centred approach, working within Mental Health for over 20 years.
I believe in personal empowerment and positive change, which can assist you in coming to terms with what is most concerning. Helping you to become more aware, more open, and enjoying a more enriched life
I will provide a safe and secure environment within my private practice. I am an accredited member of the BACP and practice within their set guidelines. Please feel free to get in touch.
Change is possible. I hope to be able to help you on that journey.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist.
I have a history of experience working couples and one-to-one with children and adults in various settings. This includes students in the field of counselling.
I bring passion, sincerity and openness to my work.
- Accredited Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy - (BACP)
- Autism & SPELL in Higher Education.
- BA Hons – Humanistic Counselling.
- Diploma - INLPTA - NLP.
- Diploma – Humanistic Counselling.
- CPCAB – Counselling skills.
- Accredited Practitioner - University Mental Health Advisors Network.
- Practice Assessor for Graduate Mental Health Workers - NHS
- Reflective Practice facilitator NHS clinicians St Richards Hospital.
- Fully Insured.
- Creative therapy training
- CBT training.
- Person Centred training.
- Gestalt training.
- Psychodynamic theoretical training.
- Enhanced DBS - 6 monthly. (Most recent DBS - Jan 24) Yearly update:
Areas of working experience.
- Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner - University of Chichester
- Student Specialist Mentor - University of Chichester
- NHS - Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team Practitioner
- NHS - Team Lead - (CRHTT) Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team
- NHS - Mental Health Lead Practitioner
- MIND - Mental health support services - Recovery worker
- Stonepillow Homeless Service - Resettlement Manager
- The Royal British Legion - Regional Outreach Officer
- Crime Reduction Initiative - Outreach (High Risk Offenders)
- Arun Counselling Services - Counsellor
- Sussex Probation services - Counsellor
- The Youth Information Services - Counsellor
- Ravenscourt Drug & Alcohol rehabilitation services - Care team worker
- Downview Primary School - Governor
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
Cognitive Behavioural Therapies
Relationship/Couples Counselling.
Stress & Anxiety
Career.
Bereavement.
Managing personal expectations.
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Counselling sessions
£ 50 - Individuals
£ 60 - Couples
50 minute sessions
Tel - 07545859646
Email - devans77@zoho.com
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Available from 6pm Tuesday to Thursday. Subject to availability.
Monday & Friday various daytime and evening appointments available.
Saturday & Sunday - 9am - 1pm.
Further information
Further Training/Courses attended:
- Working with and Understanding - Hearing Voices (Hearing Voices Clinic - NHS ) 2 day course. 2022
- Personality Disorder - 2 day training - 2022
- Trauma informed care Training for Adult Mental Health services - 2021
- Adult Immediate Life Support - Level 3 - 2020
- Domestic Violence & Abuse training - 2021
- Equality, diversity & Human Rights - 2020
- Health, Safety, Risk & Welfare - 2020
- Mental Capacity Act & DoLS - 2020
- Mental Health Act Training - 2020
- PMVA Disengagement and conflict resolution - 2020
- PMVA - Physical interventions - 2020
- Safeguarding Adults - Level 2 & 3 - 2020
- Safeguarding Children - Level 3 - 2020
- Suicide Prevention - 2020
- Safeguarding Children beyond procedures.
- Safeguarding Adults at risk.
- Poverty, Parenting and Social exclusion.
- ITEP Mapping & recovery care planning.
- ITEP/BTEI & Psychosocial Interventions.
- Equality & Diversity.
- Health & Safety.
- Drug & Alcohol awareness training.
- Creative Art Therapies with Children.
- Working with Male Victims of Domestic Violence.
- Working with Female Victims of Domestic Violence.
- First Aid.
- Male Victims of Domestic Abuse.
- Building effective teams with Belbin.
Testimonials:
John - July 2024
"I've struggled to find someone I can really trust before, but within minutes I felt a connection to David. His considered and intelligent insights into complex thoughts has surprised and inspired me, and has allowed me to find solace with thoughts that have stolen my peace for years.
Life is too short to carry unnecessary worries with you, yet David has truly lifted a weight off my shoulders that I could easily have carried for a decade."
Dave - July 2022
Thank you so much in your part in helping my son towards diagnosis. The Psychiatry diagnosis confirms what was discussed and my son has reported he is much happier now which is great to hear.
Joseph - 2021
Thank you for your support during my previous difficult times. My mood has improved and I feel I have better direction going forward.
Karen - 2021
Thank you very much for everything you've been great at helping me since earlier this year. I really appreciate the guidance and support.
Brian - 2020
"David is a very professional practitioner, he assessed my bespoke needs whilst ensuring full compliance with all safeguarding practices and delivered a programme of progressive and pragmatic bereavement support to me and indirectly to my son. I have complex PTSD from combat related military service and was already a vulnerable patient. He established a great rapport with me as a client and really helped me during a difficult time in my life. I cannot thank him enough; he is an exemplar to the profession.
Jayne - 2019
"Your guidance helped me think through so many of my difficult situations. Thank you! I really appreciated your help in making me feel like me again. Helping me get closer to my family and friends. Helping me with toxic situations and stress."
Pam - 2018
"Speaking to you and listening to you was very calming. Thank you for being there for me."
John - 2017
"I feel in a much better mind set since I first met you months back! Thank you so much for all the help feel so much confident / happier person since then!"
Yvonne - 2016
"Since having Counselling with David he has kindly, patiently, and skilfully helped me to heal. With his help I have been able to overcome and deal with life's difficulties much better. I am able to understand myself and others better. I am always made to feel comfortable to talk about anything."
Gary - 2015
"I used David's services for quite some time recently, he was very professional. He helped me through one of the hardest times in my life. Being from an army background he was able to give me clarity of my situation and helped me understand the thought processes that I was going through. He taught me coping strategies to deal with rumination thoughts. I genuinely couldn't recommend David more as he gave me the strength and confidence again to move forward in my life."
