D Kaye Hamer (BSC Hons MBACP Accred)
About me
Anger,Sadness, Depression, Anxiety, Loss, Grief , Relationship Issues and Illness, can hit us when we least expect it.
Loneliness, isolation and separation can make it all the harder to move forward or find resources to cope.
I am someone who will to listen unconditionally , empathically and work alongside you so that you can explore how you can move forward to find the life you deserve.
I also work with Generalised Anxiety, Clinical Depression, Bi- polar disorder and other long term difficulties. I am qualified to work with long term emotional difficulties and I can support you if you are coping with long term mental health difficulties and you cant find the help you deserve via the NHS.
As an experienced BACP Accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist and NCS Accredited Supervisor in South West Wales- Carmarthenshire
I can cover the following areas;
Llanelli- Bury Port- Kidwelly-Carmarthen-Swansea
I have 22 years experience in the field of Mental health within the Nhs primary and secondary services.
I now work privately to provide a quality of therapy I know can enhance personal lives and promote change.
I believe that a persons life does not get better by chance, Life gets better by understanding how change can become possible, that hope of "potential" that abides in us all., It can be about and how "You" can embrace and harness change that may offer you the wellbeing you seek.
I have a private practice where I can offer evening and daytime appointments, including Saturday mornings.
I offer confidential therapy in a private and relaxed space with free parking available a short distance from Carmarthen and LLanelli.
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I am able to offer face to face therapy, also telephone consultations and Skype, which some clients find useful in busy lives or if face to face therapy seems too intrusive.
I can also offer Consultative Supervision to other Therapists, NCS Level 7 Accredited
(PG Advanced Dipl)
Please do call me for a brief discussion to see if I can be of help to you, Take Care.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a Psychology degree Bsc hons.
Advanced Diploma in Humanistic counselling and therapy.
Diploma in Psychodynamic counselling.
Recent training in Cfd, Counselling for depression as endorced by NICE.
Also DBT regarding emotional regulation.
Level 7 Post graduate diploma in Consultative Supervision 2018
BUPA registered and recognised Therapist/ Find me on the Consultant and Facilites Finder with the SA15 post code under Deborah K Hamer.
22 years working within the Nhs, and 17 years experience working in the Nhs as a counsellor in Primary care, working with long term interpersonal counselling and short term focused therapy.
I have been working full time as a private therapist for the last four years in my own office. I take referrals from EAP companies and private therapy services, and see individuals on a one to one basis regarding counselling and therapy.
Other training I have completed is;
Action and commitment therapy ACT
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy DBT
Solution focused therapy SFBT
Mindfulness and meditation skills
Transactional analysis TA
Cognitive analytic therapy CAT
Cognitive therapy for Depression and Anxiety.
Member organisations
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.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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
I charge £42.00 an hour for therapy face to face and telephone.
I charge £70.00 for 90 minutes of Couples counselling.
I charge £45.00 an hour for counselling supervision and £90.00 for 90.00 minutes.
Student rates on request. Typically £25.00 to £30.00 an hour. I require proof of studentship
