Gabrielle Lake Mitchell
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About me
Thinking about starting counselling and looking for a counsellor, can feel daunting. So I warmly welcome you to my profile and hope that you get in touch to see if I am the right counsellor for you.
There are many reasons why people seek counselling. Perhaps you are feeling lonely or disconnected from the people around you? Perhaps you would like to talk to someone about making changes in your life? Maybe you are feeling stuck, anxious or depressed, and would like a little extra support to help you through a difficult time? Perhaps you can't quite put your finger on what is wrong, and would like somewhere to express yourself and make sense of your thoughts and feelings?
Whatever brings you to counselling, I will endeavour to offer you a confidential and safe space, where you can talk and explore all of your thoughts and feelings, and express them freely without judgement or opinion.
Counselling can be useful in helping you to gain insight and a fresh perspective. It can help you to gain understanding about yourself and others, or help to make sense of a problematic situation. It can help you move towards acceptance, emotional freedom and healthy psychological growth.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified integrative counsellor, which means I use a range of approaches from Person Centred, Transactional Analysis and Gestalt therapies. I tailor my approach to your needs, as I view you as a unique person. I will seek to understand you, from your frame of reference as you begin to share your thoughts and feelings with me.
A counselling relationship is unique and unlike any other relationship in your life. I will be right beside you and work at your pace, with whatever you wish to bring to our sessions, and I will endeavour to meet you with honesty, openness, respect and unconditional positive regard.
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
£50.00 per session
Additional information
I can offer you a free 20 minute telephone consultation. This is an opportunity for us to get to know each other a little, and an opportunity for you to ask questions about how we may work together and what to expect.
If you are new to counselling or looking for a new therapist, this session is a chance for you to get a feel for me, and to see if I am the right therapist for you.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Further information
I offer long term and short term face-to-face counselling at The Drive in Hove.
I offer online sessions.
