Helen Bowes
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About me
Hello
I am trained as an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor, which means I draw on a range of theories and concepts in our work together.
Underpinning my work is my belief that we all have a human desire to feel whole and connected, with ourselves and with others. Yet, this can seem unreachable. I will help you explore those parts of your experience that may prevent you feeling this way, and always hold in mind how difficult this can be.
I am open to exploring any issue that you bring to counselling.
I will:
- Listen to you in order to understand your experience of the world.
- Provide the opportunity to form a therapeutic relationship in which you feel safe to explore aspects of yourself and your relationships, which may not be safe to talk or think about in other parts of your life.
- Encourage discussion of our relationship, to check in on how you are experiencing the process, but also to help us unravel what might be happening in other relationships and areas of your life.
- Work creatively with, and remain open to, what emerges in our sessions.
Trust and safety are essential to this process, and I work with honesty and openness, both to your experience and about mine in our work together.
Our process together can be short or long term, and this is something we decide together, depending on individual needs.
You are welcome to contact me by phone or email if you have any questions or would like to set up an initial appointment.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a BSc Degree and Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling.
Before setting up my practice, I worked as a counsellor for two organisations: St Barnabas Counselling Centre and MIND (Norfolk and Waveney region).
I have experience working with specific conditions, such as BPD, and also a variety of more generalised issues, such as anxiety, depression, bereavement, identity, unresolved trauma, and low self esteem.
I also have a background in education. Before becoming a counsellor, I spent 16 years as a teacher in secondary school settings.
I am a member of the BACP and am bound by their code of ethics.
I have full professional indemnity insurance.
Member organisations
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. 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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
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
Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial in-person session
Additional information
Sessions are 50 minutes long.
When I work
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I offer in person counselling sessions Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm.
I also offer online counselling sessions.
