Helen Bardsley
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About me
Hello, thank you for taking time to look at my profile I am a person centred trauma informed therapist with 18 years experience.. I am a EMDR practitioner and have experience of working with trauma, please find more information on EMDR in the further information section.
I have worked for a local charity Beacon Counselling for 18 years and worked for the NHS IAPT service. I offer my clients a non judgmental, safe place to unpick my client's issues at their own pace. My aim is to establish trust so my clients feel comfortable to express their emotions.
I offer brief and long term therapy for adults and couples, my areas of expertise include: relationship issues, anxiety, depression, identity issues, self-esteem, confidence, communication issues, bereavement and loss, PTSD, trauma, domestic violence, abuse, anger management and work related issues.
Are you struggling to cope with pressures of the present, memories of the past and fears for the future, finding it difficult to challenge and break limiting patterns of thinking/feeling/behaving. I offer impartial support and working together I can assist you to gain a deeper awareness of yourself. Through this process, my clients gain new insight into their issues, increased self acceptance and new, effective ways of thinking and responding. The aim of my work is to empower clients so that they can make changes that improve their lives.
Sometimes it can be difficult to have a clear understanding/goal of what you want to work through in therapy. I can assist you in identifying your goals and what issues you wish to focus on and explain how we can work together.
I create a safe and empowering space where individuals feel encouraged to explore themselves at a deeper level.
During each session, I will always check out that our work together has a positive effect.
I adhere to the ethical framework of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, I am accredited member and hold a diploma in counselling. I am passionate about my work today as I was when I started my training in 2003.
Please contact me to check out for yourself if I am a counsellor who you wish to work with.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience
I qualified as a counsellor in 2006 and have been in practice for 18years for a local charity Beacon Counselling. The base of my practice is built on humanistic person centred conditions of acceptance, genuineness and unconditional positive regard. I draw upon elements of solution-focused therapy and I am a EMDR practitioner with experience of working with trauma.
Qualifications
- Certificate in Couples and Relationship Therapy (Maccelsfield Counselling & Training Centre)
- ABC Level 4 Diploma in the Theory and Practice of Counselling (MANCAT College)
- BACP Accreditation
- ABC Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills
Training
- Concepts and skills in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Beacon Counselling)
- Solution Focused Therapy (Beacon Counselling)
- Bereavement and Loss (Beacon Counselling)
- Flash technique. (Philip Mansfield)
- Critical Incident training (International Critical Incident Stress Foundation)
- Inital assessment training (Beacon Counselling)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 - £80.00
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I am happy to discuss your needs and queries over the telephone or via email. Initially, I offer a free consultation over the phone for 30 minutes. After that ongoing sessions, I charge £55 each session lasts for 50 minutes, couples counselling is £65.00 and EMDR I charge £80.00
EMDR for 50 minutes I charge £80.
I am open to reducing this fee if your circumstances make this difficult for you. Each session lasts for 50 minutes.
When I work
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Mondays face to face 1.30pm till 5.30pm.
Fridays remote working from 9am till 5pm.
Further information
I believe clients are the experts in themselves, I will assist you in outlining your own goals, look forward to use your own strengths to achieve your goals. I offer brief therapy which is more focused, sometimes just a few sessions may be enough to help you move forward and achieve clarity and a more positive way of being. I work with clients at their own pace which might require longer term counselling.
EMDR eye movement desensitisation reprocessing is a way of processing traumatic memories. When you have had a traumatic event it may not have been processed, so your brain goes back to the trauma causing you distress as you may feel it is happening again. You are fully in control throughout the process and you don’t need go into the trauma details with me for you to process the memory. It is approved by the World Health Organisation and the National Institutes for Health and Care Excellence.
More information is available on the website of emderassociation.org.uk
What happens after you get in touch?
I strive to respond to all enquiries within 24 hours. I will contact you to book you in for a free 30 mins consultation. The consultation allows me to understand your needs and for you to check if I have the skills and expertise to work with you. To see if you feel comfortable speaking with me about your issues.
If we both feel that working together would be of benefit for you then we will discuss a day and time that works for you. Appointments are for 50 mins, I offer face to face, microsoft teams and telephone.
