Debra Gilbert
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About me
I am an experienced Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counsellor offering a safe, supportive, non-judgemental space to help you explore your anxieties, difficulties, feelings and behaviours.
My therapeutic practice is humanistic and I therefore value your individuality and unique experiences. My role is to help you to explore your thoughts, feeling and behaviours so that you are able to better understand how you relate to yourself, others and the world around you. By creating a strong, trusting therapeutic relationship I can support you through your difficulties and help you along your journey towards becoming more self-aware and self-accepting. My approach is pluralistic which means I am also informed by other theories and methods to best suit your individual needs.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am fully qualified and hold a BA(Hons) Degree in Humanistic Counselling. I have specific training in bereavement and loss, expressive arts, existential counselling, working with men in therapy, ex-pats, culture shock and counselling in a diverse society.
I practice within the BACP ethical framework and hold an Enhanced DBS certificate. I value diversity and individuality, and my practice is non-discriminatory.
Member organisations
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 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Research shows that the relationship between the counsellor and client significantly impacts therapy outcomes. Therefore, I offer an initial chat in person, over the phone or online. It is an opportunity for us to meet, discuss how therapy works, talk about your hopes for therapy, and for you to ask me questions.
Weekly 50 min individual session - from £65.00
Weekly 50 min couple therapy session - £85.00
Limited concessionary slots are available upon request.
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