Gemma Foster
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About me
I am an integrative Counseller based on a small farm, which offers a unique therapeutic experience in a warm, calm, and inviting setting. This space and the therapeutic relationship we establish provide an environment in which you can safely talk, explore, and work therapeutically through your problems and life experiences in order to help you achieve a sense of peace and wellbeing.
Along with traditional talking therapy I offer the opportunity to work creatively if you wish, using sand, art, and eco-therapy to support our work.
I also offer equine-assisted learning and therapy and animal-assisted therapy. In which we work therapeutically with our horses and other animals as part of our work together, should you wish, or as a targeted piece of work to help with a certain issue or difficulty.
Please contact me for more information, either via email, text, or phone. Please leave me a message if I don't answer. I will return your call as soon as I can.
Training, qualifications & experience
- L5 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling.
- Bath Spa University. Master of Arts: Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice.
- L3 Play Therapy Training.
- IACE Certificate in Equine Assisted Learning/Therapy
- Experience of working therapeutically with adolescence in a school setting and within a voluntary organisation.
- Many years of experience working with adults suffering from anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues in various roles.
- Experience working with clients therapeutically with animals, including horses, sheep, dogs, small animals, and reptiles.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Equine Facilitated Learning/Therapy:
Working with horses and a counseller can help towards enabling people to change negative behaviour, become more confident, overcome life's obstacles and challenges, change our thinking and improve our communication skills. If this interests you please get in contact, you can find more information on our web site to www.puddlesnotmuddlescounselling.co.uk.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Counselling Fees: £55.00 per session. Flexible times and days available.
Equine Facilitated Learning/Therapy From: £55.00 per session (Please contact me to discuss your requirements)
Group work: Please see our web site www.puddlesnotmuddlescounselling.co.uk for updated information and costs for group work.
Reduced fees are available for student counsellers, please contact me for more information and to discuss your course requirements.
When I work
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In-person counselling for adults and children is available near Heathrow. Evening appointments are available online.
