Elaine Rose Benardout
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Maybe you feel unsettled or a bit sad or depressed. You may not even be sure what’s going on but are experiencing anxious feelings affecting your everyday life. You may want to better understand yourself and make positive changes. It may be that you feel the need to please others, rather than fulfilling your own needs. Perhaps your self esteem or confidence is low and that’s affecting your connections with others.
My genuine, warm, caring and empathic manner will help you to feel comfortable in sharing what’s going on for you, so you feel heard and understood.
“Since working with Elaine, I now catch myself thinking in different ways. I used to try and fit in and do what others expected. In the last few months I have become me."
L.W ( client testimonial)
My approach is soft and conversational and in this way I build trusting relationships. I have a proven track record of helping clients with home or work issues - ranging from low self esteem, self - acceptance, stress, health issues, depression, general anxiety, relationships, life transitions and more.
Together we can help you to grow - to feel more content, accepting and confident of yourself.
Additionally, If you are experiencing traits associated with a neurodiversity including ADHD (diagnosed or not) - for example problems with personal organisational skills or decision making (procrastination), I have experience in offering emotional and practical support.
For many years I worked in business development and skills based training. I encountered a wide range of people and was effective at adapting to different personalities. Clients bring work related issues to my practice (e.g. imposter syndrome/procrastinating/motivational problems). In combining coaching with counselling, we can work with goal setting, proactively finding solutions combined with relieving distress and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviour's.
Practical tools have helped my clients to feel more empowered and cope better. Including - developing coping strategies, ways to identify patterns of behaviour's, dealing with anxiety, challenging beliefs and values, breathing exercises, communication techniques and more.
I offer an adaptable range of approaches to facilitate change: CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy tools for behavioural change), humanistic therapy (self-reflection and becoming your true self) and psychodynamic therapy (link between past experience and current behaviour's).
Expect compassionate, down to earth support without judgement, in a safe and confidential space.
Please email or call me and we can arrange a complimentary introductory call (with no obligation to proceed).
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications & training
- BA (Hons) Govt
- Levels 2&3 Certificate in Counselling Skills - Mary Ward Centre
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Integrative Counselling - City Literary Institute
- Member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP)
- Accreditation status with the BACP which is a nationally recognised gold standard of experience and knowledge in psychotherapy.
- Undergo regular CPD training including adult safeguarding
- BACP certified in counselling using online platforms
- Regular clinical supervision - ensuring my work is professionally reviewed
Experience
- Can draw upon professional background in business development, coaching and training ( sales and management), to help clients achieve potential.
- Long standing volunteer counsellor and helpline support with a domestic violence charity for women.
- I have a number of years experience working in clinical placement with Home-Start UK, where I worked with service users in mental health, relationships and career related issues.
- Special interest in supporting those experiencing depression and anxiety related issues.
- Helped many clients to work through their issues and cope more effectively through support offered in the community as well as one-to-one setting.
Additional information
- Registered and accredited member of the BACP
- Fully insured
- up to date enhanced DBS
Member organisations
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Can also offer Job / career related coaching - combined with personal therapy .
Track record of working with teenagers/adults with diagnosed or possible ADD/ADHD.
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £80.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I offer a 50-60 minute in person session, charged at £75, which includes room hire in the comfortable and dedicated therapy suite (weekly or fortnightly by arrangement).
Remote or online counselling via Microsoft teams, zoom, face time or equivalent. £60-70 per 60 minute session. 'Walk and talk' therapy, charged at £70 per 60 minute sessions.
Concessions available on request. Please do call me to discuss.
I offer a free initial phone conversation to discuss your requirements. There is, of course, no obligation to proceed with counselling following our conversation.
When I work
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I am available for daytime and sometimes evening sessions - either face to face (seeing clients in dedicated luxury counselling rooms in North London) or online or a combination of both.
Further information
You may require short term or open-ended therapy, depending on your needs. I offer face to face therapy which is held in our warm and welcoming dedicated therapy rooms. Virtual therapy (Microsoft Teams or equivalent) or telephone therapy. You may prefer walk and talk therapy (dogs welcome!), which takes place in the outdoors, in a mutually convenient location.
I have some availability on weekdays and limited availability for evening appointments so please contact me to discuss convenient times.
