Eimear Diviney

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Registered MBACP - Integrative Counsellor
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location_on Harpenden AL5 & St. Albans AL1
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About me

Hello and welcome. I’m Eimear and as my name may suggest, I'm Irish. 

If you are reading this then you may be about to take a step to reach for support with something you are struggling with or wanting to understand better. Whatever your reason for coming to therapy, I will welcome you in. I offer a warm, holding and supportive space where all feelings, thoughts and experiences are welcome. 

Making the decision to see a counsellor is a big step and it can be transformational. Finding the right therapist is crucial as I believe the relationship that we build together is often the key to therapeutic change and healing. My approach holds you, the client, at the centre of the work. The work we do together will be led by you and we will collaborate to find a way that works for you, be that short term, or longer term, or by using creative resources such as music or art, or whatever works for you. 

I am a qualified integrative counsellor. This means that I have trained in a variety of therapeutic approaches that I can adapt to meet your specific, individual needs.  My approach draws on childhood, inter-generational and wider cultural experiences to make sense of thoughts, feelings and sensations in the present. I believe that paying attention to our bodily sensations can enhance our understanding of ourselves.

I welcome clients from all backgrounds and I have specific expertise working with clients, living with chronic and/or terminal illness, or clients who are caring for someone with chronic illness and bereaved clients. Alongside my private practice, I also see clients at Mind in Mid Herts.  

Prior to training as a counsellor, I worked as a chartered accountant for 15 years in Banking and Professional Service firms. As a result of this experience, I have a direct understanding of the culture of ‘the City’ and similarly highly pressurised working environments.

If it sounds like I may be a good fit for you, please do get in touch. I look forward to hearing from you. 

Training, qualifications & experience

I have a Diploma in Integrative Counselling from The Minster Centre, one of the UK’s leading training institutions for counsellors and psychotherapists.

I am currently working towards an MA in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling with The Minster Centre which is accredited by Middlesex University.

Prior to setting up practice, I worked as a counsellor in the following settings;

  • A low-cost community counselling service, where I worked with a wide range of clients with different backgrounds and presenting issues
  • A local hospice, where I provided counselling support to patients, carers and bereaved family members.
  • Mind in Mid Herts, where I provided counselling support to clients struggling with their mental health. 
  • I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I abide by their code of ethics and attend supervision regularly.

I have received specialist training in various areas, including:

Gender, Sexual, Relationship Diversity; Trauma; Childhood Sexual Abuse; Domestic Violence; Suicide & Self-harm; Death & Bereavement; Eating Disorders; Psychiatric Assessments & Severe Presentations; Working with Adolescents; Family & Belonging

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£70.00 per session

Additional information

Standard rate for in-person and online sessions (including initial session/assessment): £70.

I offer a free 20 minute initial phone consultation so we can explore what you are looking for and if we might work well together. 

I also offer a limited number of concessionary rates for people on low income. Please ask for further details.

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Further information

I was born, brought up and educated in the west of Ireland and moved to London in adulthood.

I am also a mother and I understand the full range of experience this brings from sheer joy and wonder, to stress, challenge and sometimes heartbreak. This understanding is brought into my practice when working with themes such as miscarriage, infertility, transitioning to parenthood, changes in identity, pre and post-natal depression and returning to work after having children.

The Southdown Clinic Ltd, 136A Southdown Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 1PU

The Work Station, 6 St. Peters Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3LF

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

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