Heather Staines
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About me
Well done for getting to this stage of looking for someone who will listen impartially and without agenda or judgement. I will focus on the whole you - helping you become aware of your mind, body and emotions.
Counselling can help you explore your unique life story, gain more self awareness and develop a better relationship with yourself. This can in turn lead to more fulfilling relationships with others: but it does take courage to embark on this new journey. You might be experiencing the impact of loss in your life - because of a death, illness or traumatic life event. This might be making you feeling anxious, numb or just different from people around you who don’t seem to get it. I work with adults, young people and couples and can help you move through the sense of being "stuck" that can often be felt in the face of grief, relationship difficulties and other life losses and changes.
I offer attachment informed, integrative counselling and psychotherapy, which means we will work collaboratively in the way that is the best fit for you and your unique life situation. We usually start by making some goals and we will check in with these every few weeks to review our progress or revise them . This keeps us mindful of the bigger picture in your life story.
Alongside my counselling Private Practice, I work in education with neurodivergent young people. I am also a volunteer bereavement counsellor with a national charity.
Training, qualifications & experience
Diploma Integrative Counselling
Certificate Couples counselling
Post qualifying Diploma in counselling Children and Young People
Specialist Support teacher working with young people with dyslexia, ADHD and ASD.
Member organisations
COSCA is the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland, and seeks to advance all forms of counselling and psychotherapy and the use of counselling skills by promoting best practice and through the delivery of a range of sustainable services. COSCA Counsellor Accreditation is a pathway to entry onto the UKRC. It is a requirement of all individual and organisational members of COSCA to abide by its Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice and be accountable to the Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial online session
Concessions offered for
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