Gina Chelton
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About me
Hello, my name is Gina,
Life can be challenging, and everyday issues can soon become unmanageable when we are not feeling ourselves. We all need some help and support at some point in our life's and part of being emotionally healthy is knowing when to ask for help.
Knowing who to choose and where to go can be difficult, so here is a little about me and how I work. I am a Client Centred Counsellor/Psychotherapist with over 17 years of post qualified experience, as a therapist.
My training and experience allows me to work alongside you and match my style to yours whilst adapting to your needs, supporting you and helping you to make sense of and cope with the difficulties you are experiencing, we will then explore together the best way to help you to heal and to work towards you reaching your full potential.
I offer you a safe, confidential secure space to be heard and to explore what's going on for you, respectfully and without judgement.
I also work as part of an integrated team of therapist at Serenity Self Care & Wellbeing. I can if we feel it is the better option for you allocate you to a lead counsellor. As a team guided by your allocated lead counsellor we work together to offer you the very best mix of therapies and therapist that is unique to you and your needs throughout the support.
What to expect: I offer a free initial telephone assessment in which we will explore, what's going on for you, what support you may need and how I may be able to offer that. Feel free to call, text or email me to set up this meeting or to find out more. Within the centre there are a team of counsellors and therapists that can also offer you support if our availability doesn't match or we felt that was a better option for you.
Practicalities: I work from Serenity Self Care & Wellbeing in the centre of Darwen, based on the first floor of Holker House (Darwen Heritage trust are on the ground floor), there are stairs to the therapy rooms so please check with me if you have any disability.
Serenity also has a base in Penwortham, our Penwortham base is in one level with disabled access.
I additionally offer sessions by telephone or video calling.
Payment: I accept payment by Cash, Bank transfer or PayPal
Getting there:
By Car: Darwen - Free parking is available outside, across and at the back of the building, the market roof top offers further free parking.
Penwortham - has its on car park on the grounds
By Bus: Directly across from Darwen Town Centre bus station.
By Train: Darwen train station is a couple of minutes walk away.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Graduate Diploma in Professional Counselling from the University of Central Lancashire, since qualifying in 2008 I have gained experience of working with adults, families, couples and children & adolescents in various settings such as schools, businesses, third sector, hospitals and private practice
I am trained and experienced in working with clients with PTSD, Trauma and Complex trauma, and specialise in this area.
I am a trained Clinical Supervisor and supervise a range of client/support work across various sectors.
Clinical Supervision sessions are usually an hour and a half and cost are £65 for individuals (paying on the day or £75 for businesses (invoiced)
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
£55.00 - £85.00
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
Counselling sessions -
Initial telephone assessment session free
1hr in person session £60
1hr telephone/online/video £55
(Block bookings of 4 or more sessions paid in advance are requested, we can discuss alternative options in the free consultation if this is a problem for you)
Extended sessions required for some cases such as Trauma, PTSD and Complex trauma therapy sessions £75
Home Visits or Exposure Therapy session costs are dependant on the distance and support needed (contact to discuss)
Couples/Family £70
Clinical Supervision £65 individuals (paid on the day) or £75 businesses (invoiced)
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I work in a team of counsellors that have varied availability. so if my availability doesn't match yours we can explore other options
