Gary Herrington

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BSc (hons), MA, Registered MBACP
Available for new clients
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This professional is available for new clients.

Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DF
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

Welcome:
Are you feeling anxious or depressed? Perhaps you're having problems with anger or aggression, addiction or trauma. Perhaps you’ve suffered significant loss or bereavement or you’re living with a life-limiting condition or illness. Maybe you just want to understand yourself and others better to improve your sense of wellbeing. Whatever your reason for looking for counselling or psychotherapy, it’s the beginning of a journey through which you can grow and develop and make personal changes to benefit you for the rest of your life.

How I work:
I work psychodynamically, seeing clients for 50 minute sessions on a once weekly basis, at the same time and on the same day of the week. This traditional process helps build a sense of security and predictability into the work that facilitates the building of a deeper relationship, within which more difficult experiences can be reflected upon and worked through.

When contacted, I arrange to meet clients for an initial assessment in order that we can agree the basis of our work together, including the time and day we will meet each week from then on. Once we've agreed this, I work with clients for as long, or as short, a period as necessary to achieve their goals, reviewing progress along the way as appropriate.

What is psychodynamic counselling/psychotherapy?
My core training is as a psychodynamic practitioner, which means I believe that experiences in our past (both good and bad) tend to affect the way we experience life in the present. Mostly these past experiences do not interfere with our ability to fully experience the present; however, sometimes, these experiences have a significant and often unseen or misunderstood negative impact upon us.

Working through negative past experiences with a qualified practitioner, examining our emotions and those of others around us along the way, can help us understand ourselves, our history and our context in a way we simply could not do on our own.

Results:
In most cases I have found that working through experiences together with clients, no matter how difficult in some cases, has resulted in benefits for them. These benefits range from simply feeling better in the moment to longer and more deeply felt changes that pervade a client's sense of wellbeing on a more permanent basis. This experience helped them make changes that will help support them through future difficulties and enable them to experience the best of their lives in the present.

My Consulting Room:
My consulting room is a quiet and discreet room based within a larger office building in the town centre of Northampton alongside All Saints Church. This space offers great access whether by foot, cycle or car and is close to local amenities and shopping. There is parking in the street outside the office but this can be quite busy during the day. There is also parking in nearby roads and car parks and even free car parking within a 5 - 10 minute walk.

Training, qualifications & experience

  • BSC (hons) Mathematics
  • MA in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy

My Experience:
I have experience of working with people who were anxious or depressed or suffering from recent or historical traumatic events. This includes working with those who've suffered physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse, in their lives.

I have also worked with people suffering loss or bereavement and people with life-limiting conditions or illnesses as well as those nearing the end of their lives through natural causes.

In some cases, the people I've worked with simply wanted to develop themselves and their understanding of their emotional experiences to improve or maintain their sense of wellbeing, or perhaps to improve their work experiences and/or work/life balance.

Ethical Practice:
As a registered Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, I believe strongly in practicing ethically (Please see the BACP ethical guidelines at: http://www.bacp.co.uk/ethical_framework/).

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).

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

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Fees

Additional information

My fees are £45 per session however, I am able to offer a limited number of concessionary sessions in relevant circumstances (Please contact me to discuss your requirements in this case). All fees are payable on the day by cash or cheque.

When I work

Sessions are available starting between 9am and 11am on Tuesdays and starting between 10am and 7pm on Wednesdays.

Whitworth Chambers, George Row, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DF

Type of session

In person

Types of client

Adults
Older adults
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

My practice is on the first floor of an old building with no lift or other such aid. Being able to climb the stairs is therefore essential to be able to attend sessions at this location.

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Gary Herrington
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