Guy Banyard
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About me
There are lots of counsellors and it can be hard to choose, so a bit about me.
I see counselling as a really collaborative experience, where together we explore what’s brought you to therapy, building trust in a safe and supportive space. You might have been thinking about counselling for a long time, or something might just have happened and you need a place to talk and gain perspective. You have taken the first step and found this site.
My training is integrative, which means that I have a range of different skills and techniques that we can work with together. The session is yours, and it is for me to be present with you, hearing you and understanding you, sometimes challenging you, helping you to find some answers.
In so much of our lives we can feel judged, unheard, misunderstood. I aim to create a space for you to feel heard and understood, without judgement.
How often do we present a face to the world, to our friends and families, that hides what we are really feeling? The counselling relationship can offer a place where we can start to be ourselves, and I aim with trust and openness to create that space for you. Perhaps you've always been there for others, but have wondered who's been there for you? This counselling space is yours; finally you come first.
Follow the link to my website where I say some more about how I see counselling and the experience I can bring to our work.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have worked in mental health for many years, with clients bringing a huge range of different worries, anxieties and concerns face to face, over the phone, by email and text.
Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Courses in Trauma Awareness and Mental Health Awareness
Course in Transactional Analysis
Course in working with dissociation
Training in working with addictions and addictive behaviours
Training in working with trans clients
Training in working with LGBTQ clients
Introductory training in imagery re scripting
Member of the BACP
ICO registered
Samaritan for over ten years
BA (Hons) not counselling related
MA in Philosophy
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
When I work
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Fortnightly sessions available
Further information
I work face to face at Lombard House, and online over Zoom, FaceTime and WhatsApp. Face to face sessions are on Monday late afternoon/early evening, all day Tuesday and Wednesday from mid afternoon. Online sessions are Wednesday morning and evening.
I also offer individual walk and talk sessions on Wednesday daytime. For some clients, this is a great way of working; the rhythm of the walk and the natural environment, side by side, allows the client freedom to open up. If this interests you, contact me for more information.
