Ian Shaw
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About me
Hello
I’m a qualified, accredited counsellor, trained to draw on a broad range of theories and approaches and put them together in a way that suits you (“Integrative” in the jargon). As an Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (www.bacp.co.uk) you can be assured that I have been trained to a recognised standard and that I work to a professional code of conduct.
I'm a little unusual in the counselling world as I have over 25 years' experience working in finance and technology. I’ve worked at board level in some huge organisations and at the coal face in some tiny ones. And things didn’t always go to plan. So I have first hand experience of the stresses that come from high pressured work environments and the challenges that real life can bring outside of the counselling room.
I work from my private consulting rooms on the outskirts of Sudbury in Suffolk and online.
I work with individuals and couples aged 18 and over.
There are many reasons why people consider counselling. It might be that you're living with a question that you'd like some help resolving or a feeling that you'd like to understand or change. Whatever your reason, I'm trained to draw on a wide range of psychological theories and approaches to come up with an approach to counselling that suits you.
*If you ask me to contact you via email PLEASE check your spam folders for my reply!*
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm a qualified integrative counsellor (FdA) holding a BSc (Hons), DipHE and FdA.
While my approach is applicable to a broad range of situations and challenges I have particular experience of working with:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Bereavement and grief
- Emotional and physical abuse
- Substance misuse and recovery
- Gender and sexual identity.
Before my training and experience as a counsellor, I had a successful career in finance and technology. So I've also experienced a lot of the highs and lows that big (and small) business can bring outside the counselling room.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 - £70.00
Additional information
£55 individual/£70 couples
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