Gavin Demurger-Jones
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Are you struggling with depression, anxiety, or other mental health conditions? Are you going through a major life transition? Are you struggling in your relationships? Are you looking to improve your self-esteem or develop your coping skills? Have you experienced trauma, addiction, grief, or loss?
I can help.
I help people to manage relationships, process the abuse they've suffered in the past, grapple with existential issues about the future, manage anger, process grief, understand their sexuality, their emotions, deal with depression as well as tackle their anxiety.
Searching for a therapist is difficult. How can you differentiate between one therapist and another? This is a question I’m asked regularly, and I feel that the best approach is to find a therapist that you click with. Someone that you can talk to openly, honestly, and that you feel that you have a connection.
I am a middle-aged man living in West Sussex. I'm a father to two children who are both growing up fast and a son to parents that are adjusting to retirement life. I'm also a husband.
I spent the first half of my career within the corporate/agency world and after a decade I realised that I wasn't getting much out of my job. I enjoyed the people and the environment, however, something was lacking from what I was doing. That’s when I discovered counselling and then subsequently retrained.
I offer a free 20-minute appointment, this is an opportunity for you to decide if you feel that you can work with me. After that, we find a time that works for you every week.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a Accredited member of the bacp (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists) and adhere to their code of ethical conduct
I spent the first half of my career within the corporate/agency world and after a decade I realised that I wasn't getting much out of my job. I enjoyed the people and the environment, however, something was lacking from what I was doing.
I trained at the Minster Centre, one of the leading Psychotherapy schools in the UK, as an Integrative Counsellor and this means that I use several different approaches in my practice that I adjust depending upon how each client responds.
As part of my studies, I covered Existential, Psychodynamic, Person-Centred, Body Psychotherapy together with a Relational approach with diversity at its core. In laymen's terms, it means that I've covered a broad range of different theoretical approaches combined with an understanding of what make's us all different.
Member organisations
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
£70.00 per session
Free initial online session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I charge £70 for a 50-minute session, however, this is subject to location, day and time. Concessionary rate are available.
I offer a free 20-minute appointment for you to see if you feel that you can work with me. https://www.onyoursidetherapy.com/free-appointment-form
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Further information
Looking into the world of counselling can be very confusing. What am I looking for? What's the difference between Counsellors? What's expected of me in Counselling?
Probably the most common question is ‘will I like my counsellor?’
This is why I'm offering a Free 20-minute appointment to allow you to meet me, get a feel to whether you think that we can work together and ask me any questions you might have.
https://www.onyoursidetherapy.com/free-appointment-form
