Heather Southall
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read my profile. I work from home in my garden room in the centre of Bristol, close to the BRI. I offer in person, online and telephone counselling. I currently have a few daytime spaces available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
I'm here to help you overcome issues around valuing yourself so that you have greater self-confidence, better well-being and a more positive outlook on your life using a variety of counselling approaches.
Please email if you would like a free introductory session. At the introductory session you'll be able to talk about what you want to get out of counselling. If you're happy to continue, we can arrange the day and time to meet weekly. I look forward to hearing from you.
I'm committed to offering a service which is welcoming to people from all backgrounds in a supportive and non-discriminatory way.
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm a qualified integrative counsellor and trained at UWE and the University of South Wales. I'm a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). As well as private practice, I work as a volunteer counsellor at Newport Mind and worked for 2 years at Knowle West Health Association in Bristol. I have also worked for the past 12 years as a volunteer listener with Bristol Samaritans.
I have worked in previous jobs supporting students in universities in Birmingham and Reading followed by a number of secondary schools in Bristol.
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
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Fees
£30.00 - £45.00
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Free 15-minute introductory session
£45 per session (50 minutes)
Block of 3 sessions paid in advance £120
A few concessionary spaces on request
When I work
I'm currently not taking on any new clients
Further information
If you are interested, please email or phone me to set up an initial free session, either in person, on the phone or via Zoom - whichever suits you best. This will give us a chance to talk together and for you to tell me about what you want to get out of counselling. If you're happy to continue, we can then arrange to start your counselling sessions.
