Lis Sinclair
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About me
The search for a therapist is deeply personal, and the success of therapy is shaped by the quality of the relationship between therapist and client, along with the client’s commitment to change.
I offer a compassionate, empathetic, and confidential space where you can safely explore the thoughts and emotions that are troubling you.
Through therapy, you can uncover the path to becoming your true, authentic self. Counselling and psychotherapy provide an opportunity to release past conditioning, explore important relationships and foster personal growth and deeper understanding, all whilst empowering you to create meaningful change in your life.
As an integrative psychotherapist, therapies I practice include CBT, a holistic approach that examines the interplay between thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and behaviours, and how they contribute to challenges like anxiety and depression. CBT equips clients with practical tools to move forward and create positive change in their lives. Alternatively, EMDR facilitates the processing of traumatic memories through bilateral brain stimulation, promoting emotional healing, alleviating distress, and helping integrate past experiences for healthier, more adaptive responses. For more information, please visit EMDR Association.
I have extensive educational experience working as the Head of Learning Support Centres, Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), and Head of Inclusion. My career has included international roles in Thailand, France and Malaysia, where I collaborated with staff, parents, and students to provide support for individuals with learning difficulties, as well as those experiencing stressful or challenging circumstances.
In the UK, I have worked as a SENCO and an inclusion teacher with the Community Hospital Education Service in Cornwall, further expanding my expertise in supporting diverse student needs.
From a counselling perspective, I have worked with agencies specialising in addiction, domestic abuse, coercive control, trauma, and men's mental health. My experience also includes providing therapy through Employment Accessibility Programmes (EAP), where I worked with police officers using trauma-focused CBT.
With a wealth of experience working with teenagers and young people, I have also provided mentoring and support to families. Additionally, I have worked with adults facing challenges such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, agoraphobia, relational difficulties, and bereavement. My experience extends to working in agencies dedicated to supporting individuals who have experienced sexual abuse and trauma.
I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), working within its ethical framework. I offer both long-term and short-term face-to-face therapy, as well as time-limited counselling, video, telephone, and walk-and-talk sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BA Hons
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
- Level 4 CPCAB in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 5 CPCAP in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Europe Accredited EMDR Part One
- CPD Certificate Working with Depression and TA
- CPD Certificate A Brain-Friendly Diet:Promote Positive Mental Health through Nutrition
- CPD Certificate A Gestalt Approach to Transition
- CPD Certificate Ego States and Parts Work for trauma
- CPD Certificate LGBTQ+
- CPD Certificate A matter of Death and Life-Irvin Yalom
- CPD Certificate Life After Loss Project Training
- CPD Certificate Suicide Awareness Training
I have several decades working in Education as the Head of Learning Support Centres and as a Special Educational Needs Coordinator and Head of Inclusion.
I have worked with agencies dedicated to clients suffering addiction, domestic abuse and coercive control, trauma and men’s mental health.
Many years of experience working with teenagers and young people.
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
Fees
£55.00 - £65.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
The sessions last 50/60 minutes and cost £65. Potentially I can make concessions for students and those on low incomes.
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