Helen Payne-Kumar

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Pewsey, Wiltshire, SN9 5NU
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About me

Helen is a Director and co-founder of SFM (See For Miles Ltd) a company offering Counselling & Psychotherapy. She is a professionally trained and qualified Integrative Counsellor and is a Registered Member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists and is bound by their Professional Code of Ethics and professional practice. She is enhanced DBS checked. Clients are seen at her SFM offices based in the beautiful Pewsey Vale, conveniently accessible to train, road and bus routes with ample free parking on site.

Helen's integrative framework to working with her clients allows for a senstive, gentle approach tailored to each client and their individual needs. Offering an environment which allows the client to truly be themselves, in a non judgemental, safe haven whereby they feel held and accepted. Therefore, allowing them to start their journey into counselling and the self discovery which accompanies it "one step at a time" and at a manageable pace.

With a background in Business Studies, a proportion of her career has been in business development. Helen has worked in a diverse mix of sectors internationally and in the UK, ranging from multinationals to Small & Medium Enterprises. With this background she is well suited to understand the diverse needs and pressures of life within and outside of the workplace and the resilience and coping techniques required to navigate through these times.

Helen's client base is working with adults and young people on an individual basis.

Training, qualifications & experience

Certificate In Integrative Counselling

Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling (BACP Accredited)

Post Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Children & Adolescents

Post Qualifying Diploma in Eating Disorders

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Unit 1, First Floor, Fordbrook Business Centre, Marlborough Road, Pewsey, Wiltshire, SN9 5NU

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Children
Young people
Adults
Older adults
Couples