Five Bridges Counselling and Therapy
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About us
We offer confidential counselling and therapy for anxiety, fibromyalgia, depression, historic abuse, domestic violence, driving phobia, birth trauma. In fact whatever you have been through we are here to help.
Caroline is an accredited CAT and EMDR therapist and Chris is a Person Centred Counselling and Flash Technique practitioner.
It doesn't get worse before it gets better; it just gets better.
We use evidenced based techniques which reduce trauma symptoms and process trauma memories without activating your triggers and trauma memories.
Training, qualifications & experience
Caroline Rice-Varian: Practiced for over 30 years as an Occupational Therapist in mental health, acquired brain injury and pain management. ACAT Accredited CAT Therapist & Supervisor, EMDR Europe & UK Accredited EMDR Therapist, Mindfulness Instructor, MBSR & MBI, MBACP 00990412.
Christopher Rice: 38 years as a social worker in mental health and children's safeguarding. Level 4 Diploma Therapeutic Counselling and Practitioner of Phased Trauma Therapy and the Flash Technique, MBACP 00950351.
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.
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Fees
£45.00 - £75.00
Additional information
Counselling starts at £45 per 50 minute session. EMDR is £75 per session.
Further information
We offer concessional rates for public employees and trainees. Please ask.
