About me
Hello, I'm Helen and welcome to Calm Giraffe. I'm a MBACP counsellor and psychotherapist offering in-person and online counselling to clients in Hampshire.
I work with clients on a range of issues including anxiety, low confidence, loss and bereavement, relationships, depression, trauma, abuse, redundancy and unemployment, stress and burnout.
My training as an integrative counsellor means I tailor my approach to your specific needs and circumstances. I help you explore your situation, your feelings and thoughts with empathy and understanding and without any judgement. By working in this way, we build a trusted working relationship where you can move at your own pace.
It's important to spend time choosing a counsellor that is right for you. I offer a free initial telephone conversation for you to ask me any questions you may have about the way I work.
Please call, email or visit my website via the link at the top of this page for more information about me and my Calm Giraffe practice.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience
I have worked in a variety of settings including counselling charities, primary health care, redundancy consultancy and university well-being services in both London and Hampshire. I currently run my own private practice, Calm Giraffe in Winchester.
- 3 years’ experience with Hampshire based Life Changes Counselling charity working with a variety of mental health issues including domestic abuse and trauma. Part of this work involved working as a self-employed counsellor in a busy GP practice.
- 5 years’ experience working in a redundancy counselling and career change consultancy.
- 3 years’ experience in University Well-being and Counselling services and a Centre for Better health charity in London.
Qualifications:
- BACP accredited Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy
- CCS Core Skills Career Counselling Certificate
- BRIEF Solution-focused Coaching
- NLP Practitioner Certificate
- Qualified MBTI Practitioner
- Accredited Strengths Profile Practitioner
- Master of Science degree, Lancaster University and Bachelor of Science degree at University of East Anglia.
Continuing Professional Development
I am committed to continuing my professional development and have completed the following additional training:
- Suicide Awareness and Prevention
- Trauma and working with traumatised clients
- Responses to Domestic Abuse
- Bereavement
- Counselling online
- Eating Disorders & Body Awareness
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
£55.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
When I work
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Further information
I work with clients who are aged 18 and over. I have a current full DBS check and am fully insured.
My counselling practice is based in Winchester where I offer face-to-face, online or telephone appointments on Mondays and Tuesdays.
The location has easy access from the motorway and by public transport and there is free parking. The premises has a waiting room, is accessible for wheelchair users and has a disabled toilet.
