Erica Newman
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About me
I offer you a safe, confidential and supportive space to talk about your difficulties and hopes. Sometimes life can seem a real struggle and it can be difficult to ask for help. Counselling is a process of gaining a better understanding of yourself, to enable you to make choices and feel more freedom to find ways to move forward.
As a humanistic counsellor I believe that you are unique, with your own individual experience of life. I will listen without judgement and be open and honest with you, supporting you to find your own best way forward, as you are the expert in your life experience.
I can offer long or short term counselling work.
What to expect for the first session
I offer a free, initial, 30 minute telephone session for you to talk about what has brought you to counselling and what you hope to gain from it. You may wish to ask questions and I will provide as much information as I can about the way I work, the counselling and what future sessions might be like. If we both feel that we can work together then an appointment can be made for a further session which can be as walk and talk, face to face in a private therapy room, by telephone or online.
About walk and talk
Walk and talk can combine the benefits of being outdoors and walking in nature whilst counselling at the same time. It gives you opportunity to see me in person and it offers an alternative method of counselling if you would prefer not to be face to face indoors. All your preferences regarding choice of route, weather and any other concerns will be discussed beforehand.
I also have a private therapy room to use as required. A combination of outdoor and indoor therapy can also be offered.
Contact me for more information about counselling and how we might work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been in the caring profession one way or another throughout my working life, beginning with nursing and midwifery and I bring all this experience in to my counselling. I also bring an enthusiasm for the outdoors and working as a professional gardener and designer for over 20 years, I really appreciate how therapeutic it can be to create and maintain a garden. Research shows that gardening or simply being outdoors can improve physical and mental health and is shown to reduce stress, improve mood and increase feelings of wellbeing. I can incorporate a creative element into our counselling work for you to bring in your ideas and needs regarding your garden space or simply to talk about your experiences of plants, wildlife and gardening.
I have had experience of working with a wide range of mental health difficulties including depression, anxiety, grief, loss, stress, loneliness, relationship difficulties and difficulty coping with significant life events, to name but a few. I also have a particular interest in the menopause.
Alongside my private practice I have been working as a volunteer counsellor at 1-2-1 Counselling in York.
Qualifications
MA Counselling - York St John University (Research on walk and talk counselling)
PG Diploma in Counselling - York St John University
Certificate in Counselling - York St John University
HNC Horticulture (Garden Design)
As a registered member of the BACP I am committed to regular Continuing Professional Development and have attended numerous workshops and training programs including the following:
Ecotherapy and walk and talk module, Online and telephone counselling, Introduction to outdoor therapy, Walking the talk: Exploring how we include walking in our therapeutic practice, Using creative methods in your counselling work, Safeguarding and managing risk through digital media (Practitioners), Grief and bereavement.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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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
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My fees are £50 per session
I offer a free initial 30 minute telephone session
Concessions are offered - please ask for more details.
When I work
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Further information
As a registered member of the BACP, I abide by their ethical standards and have appropriate comprehensive insurance for my counselling work. I am registered with the ICO and comply with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
