Donna Willsher
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About me
Hi, I'm Donna, and I’m a qualified Integrative counsellor and therapist and registered and Accredited with The British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists (BACP). In practice, this means that I adapt to meet your individual and specific needs to ensure that you receive the best support from me.
Finding the right therapist to work with can feel overwhelming and confusing, and it’s important for you to feel comfortable with who you choose for support. I have therefore outlined a little bit about me, my qualifications and experience and how I work below, to help you decide whether I am the right therapist for you.
I have been working with and supporting children, young people, families and adults for over 20 years in a variety of settings including; schools, colleges, learning centres, specialist educational provision, youth centres, outreach, targeted youth work, young offenders institute, children’s centres, and in people’s homes too.
I am a qualified and experienced counsellor able to work with and support, adults, young people and children.
I have experience in helping and supporting people who have had difficulties in the following areas:
- Confidence and low self esteem
- Anxiety
- Loss and bereavement
- Bullying
- Depression
- Relationship difficulties
- Sexual abuse
- Trauma
- Domestic violence
- Baby loss
- Self harm
- Anger
- Family issues
- Shame
- Stress
- Work related issues
My specialism is in trauma and I have extensive experience in supporting clients with this, and have worked with STARS Dorset for over 5 years. I offer therapy of the highest quality and have been Accredited by the BACP and also work to the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling professions.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling MBACP (ACCRED)
- Diploma in Supervision
- Post Graduate Diploma Counselling Children & Young People
- BSC (Hons) Psychology
- Children & Adolescent Mental Health Level 2
- Certificate in Counselling (Level 3)
- Youth Mental Health First Aid
- Career Guidance & Development – Level 6
- Professional Certificate in Management – Post qualifying certificate (Level 7)
- PTTLS – Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong learning Sector
- Advice & Guidance Level 4
- Youth Work Qualification Level 2 & 3
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
£50 per session for counselling
£60 per hour for Supervision
Further information
I have also completed training in the following:
- STARS Trauma Training
- Safeguarding & Child Protection Level 3
- Play Therapy Awareness,
- Child Sexual Abuse for frontline staff
- Attachment
- Child development
- Supporting bereaved teenagers (Mosaic)
- Unconscious bias
- Equality and Diversity
- Prevent Counter Terrorism
- SEND Awareness
- Self harm
- YGAM – Gaming and gambling addiction
- Strengthening Families by supporting relationships
- Cyber security
- Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Pan Dorset Sexual Health & Condom scheme training
- Mental Capacity Act
- Understanding Eating disorders
- Motivational & solution focussed interviewing
