Faye Hodge
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About me
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or exhausted, reaching out for support can feel like one more thing to manage. I don’t think therapy should be another task squeezed into an already busy week.
My online practice runs from Saturday to Wednesday. I chose these days so I can offer a quieter, unhurried space, at times when life may be a little calmer and you have room to breathe and focus on yourself.
Whether you’d like to make sense of a difficult week on a Saturday morning, or steady yourself at the start of a new one, you’re welcome here. You don’t need to have everything figured out before we speak. We’ll take things one step at a time, in a way that feels right for you.
I came to counselling by a winding route, through a wide variety of jobs and many years working in human rights. My own growth has taught me a lot about change, and how much it matters to be properly heard.
I’ll listen carefully and take you as you are. You won’t need to censor yourself or worry about saying the ‘wrong’ thing. Whatever you bring, we can look at it together, in your own time.
I work in an integrative way, which means I draw on different approaches to counselling rather than following one fixed method. What ties them together is the relationship between us, which I believe is at the heart of what helps.
That starts with working together: agreeing what you’d like from counselling and how we’ll go about it. Above all, it’s a genuine, human connection, where you can be yourself and feel properly heard. Sometimes it can also help to notice how past experiences and relationships show up in the present, including between us. Over time, I hope our work offers a steady, supportive space to build trust in yourself.
During my training I worked as a bereavement counsellor at St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham, which taught me the value of simply being alongside someone in their grief, without rushing them towards feeling better. I also counselled at Care to Listen in Croydon, where I loved the variety of what people brought.
I work online, so you can talk to me from somewhere you feel comfortable, without the travel. If you’d like to find out whether we might work well together, please get in touch for a free 15-minute chat.
Training, qualifications & experience
I qualified in 2022 with a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (awarded by CPCAB), and I’m a registered member of the BACP.
I have two years experience working with adult clients online.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£25.00 - £45.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I want to make counselling as accessible as possible. We can discuss what is realistic for you when you make your enquiry.
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