Frances Connell
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Hello and Welcome. You may have now reached a crossroads in life or seeking a new direction. You may be experiencing relationship problems or navigating a change in circumstances that is difficult to manage emotionally; perhaps you would like to learn more about your sense of self or to talk freely without worry of judgement or misunderstanding and to feel heard.
Taking the first step can sometimes feel quite daunting as life can be a challenge at times, feel a bit overwhelming or confusing. Whatever has brought you to counselling I would like to welcome you.
I will provide a confidential warm & compassionate therapeutic space to allow you the opportunity to explore the issues that are troubling you. Together we can increase your self awareness and work towards effecting positive changes and contentment in your life.
I have regularly worked with issues around health, divorce and separation; relationships and relationship problems, emotional difficulties, stress and anxiety, depression, behavioural problems, trauma and childhood trauma, loss and bereavement, self esteem and workplace stress. I also work with individuals who are childless not by choice or by circumstance as this an area of specific interest for me.
How Counselling works
Counselling is a safe place for you to talk openly about what is troubling you and the subsequent emotions and feelings in order that you feel both seen and heard. Counselling also enables you to speak freely without judgement and to be heard both with empathy and compassion.
We may agree some goals at the beginning and this will be regularly reviewed to ensure we are on the right path.
I am an integrative counsellor and therefore I am trained and experienced in using a variety of different counselling theories and techniques, including transactional analysis; gestalt; psychodynamic and person centred approaches. This allows me to work with different modalities which may be of benefit to you, although I can work flexibly and will be guided by you as I understand each of us is unique and experiences life differently. I may also offer tools and techniques in order to help you manage.
The therapeutic relationship is so important to the success of therapy and therefore I offer a free 20 minute telephone consultation to discuss what you are looking for and to ensure you feel comfortable and at ease to work with me.
If you would like to enquire about having a counselling session with me, please do get in touch. I currently offer limited face to face sessions and also work online via Zoom or by telephone but find these ways of working are usually just as effective as working in-person.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling (Ironmill College)
- BSc (Hons) Behavioural Sciences Leicester University
Additional Continuing Professional Development includes
- BICA (British Infertility counselling Association) Foundation Course
- TA101 (Transactional Analysis)
- Grief & Bereavement
- Telephone & E-counselling
- Speaking as a man
- Ways of seeing the self
- Menopause
- Anxiety
- Working creatively with Nesting Dolls
- Trust and Betrayal
- Disenfranchised grief
- Infertility
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
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Fees
£45.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer limited slots for those on a low income/ unemployed at a fee of £40
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I offer limited face to face appointments
I work Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays
I offer sessions up to 7.30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Further information
I offer limited face to face appointments
