Hilary Heriz-Smith

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Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8BG
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

What makes this moment the time for you to seek counselling? You probably feel some fundamental need for a change in your life, but such a shift needs to be worked out carefully and you may hardly know where to begin.

Clients I work with often suffer from anxiety, depression and self esteem issues. Others want to explore anger and how to manage the things that act as triggers and unsettle their relationships.

My intention is for my clients to find ways of managing their lives more effectively and happily and above all to attend to their own well being.

Often this is a process of learning to live more fully in the present rather than ruminating endlessly on the past or getting anxious about the future. In the West, we spend so much time in our heads, and this can feel like a hamster wheel that leads nowhere. It may be that it is time for you to give yourself some compassionate attention.  Sometimes it helps to look at triggers and self sabotaging behaviours. I look forward to giving you the time and space you need to come into a reflective understanding and acceptance of yourself and find that you can develop more agency to live the life you truly want to live.

I also have experience with couple counselling. I offer couples a safe space to resolve disagreements and develop active listening skills so that each partner can voice their needs and desires and feel heard and understood.

Training, qualifications & experience

Diploma (level 4) in Counselling and therapeutic studies

Experience:

Connect counselling Wells Somerset

New Dawn counselling agency Weston super Mare

private practice in Glastonbury 

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

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Fees

£40.00 per session
Free initial telephone session

Concessions offered for

  • Trainee counsellors

Additional information

£40

£20 for student counsellors

When I work

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night

By negotiation. Clients agree to come at the same time and day either weekly or fortnightly.

Further information

text or email to arrange time and date for first meeting face to face or online

Sessions 50mins. Payment at least 24hrs in advance via BACs or in Cash on arrival. Sessions can be conducted in person or by phone or online via zoom.

sessions take place at the same time and day each week

Off road Parking available.

17 Ashwell Lane, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8BG

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Adults
Couples
Hilary Heriz-Smith
Hilary Heriz-Smith