Esther Goulding

Verified Professional Verified Professional
Verified Professional

Every professional displayed on Counselling Directory has been independently verified by our team to ensure they have suitable credentials to practise.

Registered MBACP
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

Newent, Gloucestershire, GL18
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

Sometimes life is not easy. We may need support at times to understand and make sense of these difficult, uncomfortable feelings and circumstances which can be hard to walk through. I am here to offer a safe, confidential, and compassionate space for you to be fully heard with no judgement. I am a qualified integrative, person-centred counsellor and registered member of the BACP, based in Newent, Gloucestershire.

It may be that you are experiencing loss, bereavement, anxiety, depression, impact of trauma, relationship problems, work-related stress, unresolved situations, or dissatisfaction with life. Current or past experiences can overwhelm us and cause distress. When we feel stuck and unsure of the way ahead talking to someone at a deeper level outside of our situation can help.

The Counselling Journey 

Counselling is a journey which can support you to gain fresh insight, grow, heal, and find a new way forward with empathy and care. It takes real courage to start counselling, I look to provide a calm, welcoming space where you can feel safe to explore whatever is troubling you.

I use an integrative approach, using person-centred, psychodynamic, and trauma-informed approaches. I offer both short-term and long-term individual counselling to adults and young adults (16+). Every counselling journey is unique as we work towards what is best for you as an individual.

We begin our journey by talking about what you would like from counselling and how we can work together towards this. This forms the basis of our therapeutic relationship which is central to the process.

Together, we can help make sense of what you are walking through and help find those inner resources that enable you to discover new avenues of thinking and being with greater awareness, self-compassion, acceptance, confidence, and authenticity.

During these times we are living in with the effects of coronavirus, I offer carefully assessed face-to-face counselling as well as online counselling.

Training, qualifications & experience

PG Dip Therapeutic Counselling and registered member of the BACP.

In addition to my counselling qualifications, I have received further training in the following:

  • Attachment Aware and Trauma Response
  • Trauma informed approaches
  • Bereavement and complex grief
  • Working with Shame and Guilt
  • managing stress and anxiety
  • Depression
  • Emotional distress

I seek to continually be learning and attend regular CPD training to develop myself so I can give best to my clients.

Experience

I was a counsellor at the Well Counselling in Malvern for over 3 years and have remained an associate member. During my time at the Well I worked with a broad range of ages, backgrounds, and situations, offering support to those experiencing grief, loss, stress, relationship problems, work-related stress, identity, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and self-harm.

I have over 14 years’ experience in community, charity, church and school settings in various listening roles from children to adults.

I have experience and interest in working with people around themes of faith and spirituality, particularly from a Christian faith background, and for others who may be searching meaning and direction. I am also part of the BACP Spirituality division.

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Other areas of counselling I deal with

I have experience in working with childhood and recent trauma.

Fees

£45.00 per session

Concessions offered for

  • Low income
  • Students
  • Trainee counsellors
  • Unemployed
  • Refugees

Additional information

Sessions either in-person or online.

£20 for an initial session

£45 per session thereafter 

I have limited spaces where I am happy to negotiate a lower rate for those that are unable to pay the full fee. 

When I work

Currently on maternity leave until January 2024. Happy to explore sessions to begin from January onwards. 

Further information

I accept cash and card payment or via BACS. Sessions are payable before or on the day of the session.

Newent, Gloucestershire, GL18

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Young people
Adults

Key details

DBS check

In England and Wales, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS, formerly known as CRB) carry out criminal records checks for individuals working with vulnerable groups, such as children. To find out more, visit gov.uk , or contact this professional directly

Accessibility - I have a small step up into my counselling room.

Online platforms

Zoom
Esther Goulding
Esther Goulding