Heather Kavanagh
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About me
My name is Heather and I am a qualified therapist with a PGDip in Integrative Counselling. I offer a humanistic and relational approach, but what does that mean?
I am humanistic, which means I believe that you are the expert in your own life, you have the potential for growth and change, but sometimes we just need a supportive hand to guide us.
I am relational, which means that we are shaped by the relationships that we have throughout our lives, from beginning to end. Understanding the impact of these relationships can help you to understand the person that you have become today.
I am also Integrative, which means I work in a flexible, collaborative way. I use a range of techniques to suit you.
You can click the link on my website to check my availability and to book.
Please be aware that I am only available on a Wednesday for face to face sessions. I have flexible availability for online or telephone sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
I work for a mental health charity, which has allowed me to experience many of the following issues with the clients that I work with. I am experienced in running groups around these topics, and have also had training to develop my skills. My specialised areas of work are:
Family issues, Trauma Bonding and Attachment: The relationships that we have throughout our lives, from the day that we are born, impact our attachment. Talking through your life journey can support you to understand yourself, and to heal.
Self Worth: I use a Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) approach to explore your 'inner critic'. This will help you to understand your thoughts and develop a more understanding internal dialogue.
Anxiety: There can be many reasons behind anxiety. You may be able to identify the root, but it may also feel unknown, and often quite scary. I offer a holistic approach to enable you to understand what is happening in your mind and your body.
Supporting Survivors of Domestic Abuse: Exploring the impact of abuse, and removing the blame, shame and anxiety involved in being a survivor. I also offer a programme of work around understanding perpetrator behaviours.
Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships: You may struggle to recognise 'red flags' and 'green flags' in relationships. You may struggle with boundaries and feel that they may often be overstepped.
The Impact of Neurodivergence: I offer a space for you to explore the impact of diagnosed or undiagnosed neurodivergence, after a lifetime of feeling confused, misunderstood or judged.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Stress
Grief and Loss
Panic
Working through Shame & Guilt
Understanding Menopause
Parental Alienation/being apart from children
Family issues
Therapies offered
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Fees
£45.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
The sessions are £45 per single session, and the introductory assessment session is also £45. The sessions can be on a weekly or fortnightly basis.
