Ian Wright


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About me
Since 2003 I have worked in the Public, Private and Third Sector as a Counsellor/ Psychotherapist. I work with individuals, couples and families dealing with a wide variety of personal and professional issues. In particular generalised anxiety, relationships, bereavement and loss, depression, struggles within the workplace, overwhelming life changes, addiction, including but not limited to drugs, alcohol and gambling and trauma (including developmental).
My working style is to provide a safe and caring confidential space for clients to express and explore their thoughts, feelings, behaviours and somatic experience.
Training, qualifications & experience
with over 18 years experience of working with addictions I also helped set up and managed a Berkshire in-house Counselling service for a Borough Councils’ employees, which included over four thousand staff from Social Services, Schools and Education, Local Government Services and Environment and Leisure staff.
I provide Clinical Supervision for Counsellors in training, experienced Counsellors and for organisations and provided Clinical Supervision for a Prison Psychology Team and approved premises for high risk offenders and probation staff.
I have provided training for Social Workers, Foster Carers and newly adoptive parents in Building Attachments and in Risk Assessments.
I’ve volunteered for two Charitable Counselling Organisations in Hampshire and Berkshire
Training, qualifications & experience
BA (Hon) Counselling University of Southampton
BACP Advanced Diploma Integrated Humanistic Counselling, Guildford College of Higher Education
Certificate in Couples Developmental counselling
Body Psychotherapy for couples
Diploma in Therapeutic Supervision (level 6)
Alcohol & Drugs
Anger Management
Safeguarding Children Level 4
Building Attachment
CBT Knowledge & Skills
Certificate Motivational Interviewing
DDP Level 1 &2
DICES Risk Assessment
Disciplinary & Capabilities
Myer Briggs Personality Profile
Problem Gamblers (GamCare certificate)
Relapse Prevention
TA 101
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

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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
As part of my commitment to my continued professional development I am studying a UKCP accredited Post Grad Diploma in Body Psychotherapy (also know as Somatic therapy) with Cambridge Body Psychotherapy Centre and currently in the two year practicum stage of the training which allows me to offer Body Psychotherapy. Please contact me for further information.
Fees
£70.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Free 15min introductory telephone or zoom session.
£ 70.00 - 1 hour Individual session.
£ 80.00 - 1 1/4 hour Couples session.
When I work
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Please contact me for current in person and online zoom availability.
Further information
Client Testimonials
“I have found the whole experience complex, rich and rewarding and have grown and reached a good sense of understanding of myself. Words cannot express my appreciation. Thank you”.
A. Client
“Thank you for helping me communicate with people, so they can have a greater understanding of me, while I get a greater understanding of myself”.
A. Client