Ela Lourenco
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About me
I am a qualified psychotherapist (PG Dip), offering one on one counselling and also a safe space for families with wee ones to explore any emotional difficulties and distress they may be experiencing.
I have a particular interest in:
- Childhood trauma
- Eating disorders/self-harm and suicidality
- Self-esteem
- Relationship difficulties
- Loss/bereavement
I am trained in Brazelton and as a Bayley practitioner, I work with wee ones and their families to support secure attachments and if you prefer to communicate in your native tongue, I speak English, Turkish and Spanish fluently.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Edinburgh.
- TIST (Trauma Informed Stabilisation Therapy) training with Dr J Fisher.
- Brazelton qualified practitioner. (to work with wee ones and families)
- Bayley qualified practitioner. (to work with wee ones and families)
I am also a counsellor at the PF counselling service in Edinburgh.
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
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a number of concessionary rates in order to make my service more accessible.
If reaching out please do add your phone number also as we have found emails responses occasionally end up in spam folders
Further information
I speak English, Spanish and Turkish fluently and am happy to work in whichever language is best for you.
For sessions with wee ones and families, I also offer home visits and am happy to accommodate this (within Edinburgh).
