Gavin Hill
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Life can suddenly seem more of an effort. Things may be less enjoyable or the way we spontaneously react is over the top. We may be struggling with anxiety, addiction, obsessive behaviours (OCD), depression, loss and bereavement or finding that abuse or some other past trauma is becoming more and more of an issue for us. This is upsetting and puzzling and we just want to go back to how it was when we could somehow control things or manage better.
Often the way we instinctively deal with something is to bury it or hide it away and to try and get on with life. This takes effort but often appears to work, for a time. But by burying that something we have had to bury a part of ourselves along with it and it is that part of us, with its feelings and need for expression, which is calling out to us. We try harder to keep it buried which takes more effort making us more tired and our behaviours and reactions become more of an issue in our life. When we realise that burying our problems cannot work long-term, we are faced with finding an alternative and that is probably what brought you here.
My way of working
I believe that finding the right counsellor for you, and the relationship that is built and exists with your chosen counsellor, is one of the dependant factors for the success of counselling.
Relations are key in life: We can love or hate our job, a holiday, our neighbourhoods or any life experience, purely down to interactions with others in that setting. Bad relationships can ruin our quality of life and also colour our opinions of ourselves and our feelings of self-worth.
Relationships are hard to avoid. From the moment we are born we are dependent on others, not only for our survival but also for affirmation of our self as a good human being. As we become more self-sufficient and venture further in life, we still need positive affirmations but unfortunately don’t always get them. If we have felt that we don’t fit in we may have, consciously or unconsciously, changed the ways we act, think and feel and inevitably this will have changed the relationship that we have with our self.
Also let us consider the parts of ourselves that we may have buried long ago, as a consequence of burying things we could not cope with: When we do not acknowledge these parts of our self, we deny them all the things that they deserve such as love, understanding, acknowledgement and being listened to. All the things we crave from others yet will not give to a part of our self that is crying out for them. We still instinctively try harder and harder to ignore it.
The relationship that we have with our self is one of the most important, and possibly overlooked, relationships of all. Our relationship with our self affects all our relationships with others more than we may imagine yet it is often the one we spend least time on.
I will bring acceptance, trust, openness and kindness to our relationship. I will share with you my empathic experience of you to help you deepen your own experience and understanding of all parts of yourself.
Training, qualifications & experience
BA Honours Degree in (Integrative) Counselling
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I help you ease your issues by exploring them along with you as well as you exploring your inner self, parts of self or greater self (however you may consider this). I believe that acceptance and learning to embrace your true nature is key in eliminating, reducing or managing your issues.
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 - £50.00
Additional information
£45 per 50 minute session between the hours 10am and 5pm
£50 per 50 minute session starting at, or after, 5pm
When I work
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I have regular weekday and evening availability but, if you believe I may be the counsellor for you, let's discuss requirements and I shall endeavour to provide mutually convenient sessions.
Further information
You are welcome to contact me by email, WhatsApp, SMS or phone call to discuss your first step. I realise your possible urgency and aim to reply within 24 hours. I will send you my terms and conditions and, if you like, we can have a free 15 to 20 minute chat to help you consider working with me.
