Helen Willoughby
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About me
Hi, to hold onto issues whether from childhood or a few years ago can keep us in a place that is painful and confusing and seems impossible to move on from. This can lead to mental health problems such as anxiety or depression or some form of addiction that keeps you stuck.
By starting to talk through these issues with a counsellor can lead to a freedom and understanding about yourself and then you are able to move on with your life and have new tools to deal with things.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Counselling skills. Lewes College 1999
- PG Diploma Brighton University 2003
- Supervision Diploma Wealden Institute 2005
I am an integrative counsellor with 21 years experience of working with different agencies and my own private practice. I offer long or short term counselling or psychotherapy in a environment that is safe and non-judgemental. I adapt my style of working to the needs of each individual person.
Before counselling I was a Nurse for 12 years.
Member organisations
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The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
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In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. 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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 per session
Additional information
I do have a sliding scale for a lower payment.
Further information
For you to talk about what has been upsetting you I offer a warm and safe environment where you will be heard and not judged. This will enable you to build trust in our therapeutic relationship and for you to see that change can happen and the feeling of being stuck begins to leave.
