H. Cherry Yip
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About me
How are you doing? Anxious? Stressed? Angry? Depressed? Perhaps you feel overwhelmed... Perhaps you have experienced trauma, and just do not know how to move forward... Or maybe you find yourself at a cross-road and needing more clarity...
One thing that I am keen on is to help you to move forward. Counselling is an investment in the current financial climate and so I am here to work WITH you so that things can be different.
What is counselling?
As we talk and explore your difficulties, I work hard to understand you and what it's like to be in your shoes, to the extent that I know exactly how the shoes rub against your feet. Together in a safe and confidential environment, counselling can give you the insight and support you need in order to move forward.
How do I work?
As an integrative counsellor, I will choose from a range of theories and tools according to your unique situation, to work appropriately and effectively together.
I respect you as a holistic being: this means I take into account how your physical, emotional, mental, relational, cultural and spiritual aspects may all have an impact on how you are feeling. Regardless of your background, I seek to understand you as an individual and work with you in a respectful and collaborative way.
I enjoy working therapeutically with creative materials. Sometimes, words are just not enough - a song, a colour, a taste, a drawing, a scent... these can express powerful feelings and thoughts that words cannot. Especially when working online, I am flexible to work with the material that you bring to the session.
About Me
I trained in counselling after having had lots of therapy myself to work through my own trauma, and having benefitted from the process so much, I believe it is my calling to offer this therapeutic space to others. Before training in counselling, I have worked in a charity setting and Higher Education sector.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional membership
I am an accredited and registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Being on the register means you can be assured that I abide by their code of ethics. As an accredited member, I have obtained additional recognition for having a high standard of knowledge, experience, and development in counselling and psychotherapy.
Qualifications
- Dip HE in Counselling (Roehampton University)
- Awareness in Bereavement Care (Cruse Bereavement Care)
- BSc Psychology (Royal Holloway University of London)
- Couples Counselling Certificate
- Solution- Focused Therapy Level 2 (The Association for Psychological Therapies)
- Integrating Mindfulness & Compassion in Professional Practice (Mindfulness UK)
Experience
I have significant experience working with a range of emotional support charities (The Samaritans, The Mix, Cruse Bereavement Care) and with counselling agencies. I have also provided play therapy in a primary school (Place2Be).
Alongside my private practice, I also work for the NHS IAPT service and for Kidney Care UK as a renal counsellor - I have vast experiece working with the impact of chronic illness.
Feedback
People that I have worked with have expressed a greater sense of clarity, more confidence, and an increased ability to overcome challenges in life. 'I have benefited so much from this experience, I feel like a different person', someone has shared as we reflected on the work we have done together. 'I found it very easy to open up quickly even though I had a lot of anxiety starting counselling', said by another person who has never had any counselling before.
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I have specialist bereavement experience to work through all kinds of losses you may have experienced in life. I also have experience with working with clients who have experienced sexual abuse, sexual trauma and overcoming sexual difficulties.
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I charge £55 for a 50 minute session.
I offer a free 20 minute Discovery Call for you to decide if you'd like to go ahead with booking a session.
I also offer concessionary rates if you are a student or unwaged, feel free to get in touch and enquire.
When I work
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I offer evening and weekday sessions online.
Further information
If you would like to work with me then please do not hesitate to get in touch with me on 07720656775 or email arisecounsellinguk@gmail.com. If I do not answer your call it could be I am in session with a client. Please send a text message or email and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
I look forward to walking alongside you.
