Elizabeth Bennett
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Reaching out for help can be hard to do. You may be struggling with things in your life and not sure where to go.
I offer a confidential and safe space where you can be who you are without the fear of being judged.
Making the decision to reach out and ask for help is the first step to discovering and understanding more about yourself.
Counselling is a talking process to enable you to speak about the difficulties in your life and find ways to manage and reduce them.
We will have an initial assessment to talk about the problems and issues that are affecting you.
This gives you the opportunity for you to ask me any questions you may have about counselling and how it works.
Thank you for reaching out.
Training, qualifications & experience
BA (Hons) Degree in Integrative - Relational Counseling.
Level 2 and 3 in Counselling Skills.
I have a private practice in Surbiton which offers affordable counselling for individuals age 16 years and above. I am however not affiliated to the church.
I worked at the Release/YMCA agency in Surbiton for three and a half years. I worked with such issues as addiction, bereavement, sexual trauma, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, anger management, abuse: emotional, physical and verbal, domestic violence and Pure "O".
I also offered Brief Therapy of six to twelve weeks at Canbury Medical Centre in Kingston with such issues as depression, anxiety , trauma, such as: mental, physical, emotional and sexual. addiction for two years.
I am a Registered Member of BACP, adhering to their code of ethics and my work is regularly supervised by an Accredited supervisor.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Addiction: The Kindness Method.
Dream Therapy
Pure "O"
Narrative and Systemic Approaches to working with people.
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Initial Assessment fee is £60.
50 minute session is £60
I do offer a reduced fee for those on a lower income and on benefits.
When I work
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Monday - Friday 9 am - 7pm
Saturday - 9 am - 6 pm
Further information
I have Counselling rooms at New Life Church in Surbiton. I am not affiliated to the Church.
After the initial assessment we will agree to a set time and day every week for Counselling.
If weekly sessions are not an option for you I am happy to offer sessions every two weeks or 1 per month.
I have both a downstairs and first floor counselling rooms. There is disabled access and bathroom.
There is free parking outside of the Church.
