Elaine Ashby
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About me
I will help you to improve communication, resolve a crisis and deal with negative behavioural patterns by listening and talking in confidence as we work through the problem together. How will |I do this? I will provide a safe space where you will be able to talk, without fear of being judged. I will give you my undivided attention and truly listen and offer empathy and honesty, for as long as is necessary.
I believe my clients have the resources within to achieve the change they seek. I am not the expert, you are the expert in your world and by putting you at the centre of the relationship I am not looking through the lens of my own understanding but walking side by side with you and viewing things from your perspective. My aim is to show empathetic understanding such that you know you have been heard and truly understood.
I work with both adults and young people aged 13 to 25 on an open-ended basis or for an agreed time period, with the aim of enabling my clients to increase self-awareness and make changes to their life and to live it more authentically.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified counsellor with a diploma in therapeutic counselling. My humanistic approach integrates person-centred theory, existential philosophy and solution focused therapy.
My experience has been developed from working with bereaved and pre-bereaved clients and their families at Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice in Farnham. I worked at the hospice, supporting carers and families who have either lost a loved one or are living with a family member with a terminal illness. My role included offering one to one support at the hospice, over the telephone or using multimedia, such as Zoom or WhatsApp. It also includes the planning and facilitation of support groups for bereaved children and young people. Within my role I have worked with anger, anticipatory grief, anxiety, bereavement and loss, depression, exam stress, family issues, illness, death and dying, loneliness, relationship difficulties and self-harm
I have also gained valuable experience of working with adults from my time at Connect Counselling Services in Camberley. Issues I have worked with included anxiety, co-dependency, depression, eating disorder, grief, low self-esteem, parent support, relationship issues, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and work issues.
Further Training
I have attended a wide range of additional training that includes Safeguarding Adults, Child Protection, Young People: Identity, Bullying and Failure, Working with Suicide Ideation, Existential Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy and An Introduction to Transactional Analysis.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Parenting Support, Exam Stress, Family issues, and Teenagers & Young Adults
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
The session rate for individual clients is £60 (50 minutes).
Concession for Student/Trainee Counsellors £40 (50 minutes)
Fees are payable in advance of the session. All fees are to be paid by bank transfer. I reserve the right to charge for cancelled or missed sessions with less than 48 hours’ notice provided.
When I work
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My practice hours are:
Monday (Online) 2pm to 5pm
Thursday (Face2Face) 5pm to 9pm
Further information
Your sessions will typically last 50 minutes and will be at regular weekly intervals. Sessions will start and finish at the agreed time and cannot be changed if you are late, as I may be seeing someone else following your agreed appointment time.
