Iris Gudsteinsdottir
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About me
Hi and warm welcome!
My name is Iris, and I am a fully qualified integrative and relational counsellor and psychotherapist.
I offer a confidential, empathic, and non-judgemental space where we can explore what it is that has brought you to seek counselling at this time in your life.
Counselling can be helpful at various stages in life, whether you want to work through difficult experiences, overcome current struggles, work on managing emotions in a different way, or even as a form of self-care.
I can offer you a space where you can feel heard and validated as we embark on this therapeutic and explorative journey together.
It will be my honour to work with you and support you along the way.
General Information:
- Sessions cost £70
- Sessions are 50 minutes
- Online sessions held via Zoom
- In-Person sessions in Guildford & East Molesey
- Please enquire for up-to-date availability
- Free 20 minute introductory call via zoom
My Opening Hours:
- Tuesdays: 10.00 - 20.00
- Wednesdays: 10.00 - 18.00
- Thursdays: 10.00 - 20.00
- Fridays: 10.00 - 18.00
Training, qualifications & experience
Training:
- BSc (Hons) Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy (Middlesex University)
- FdSc Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy (Greenwich University)
- I attend specialist CPD courses every year, below are some examples:
Treating Complex Trauma, Working with Sexual Abuse, Narcissistic Abuse & Gaslighting, Polyvagal Theory for Anxiety & Depression, and more. - Mindfulness Teacher Training (Mindfulness Network)
Professional Memberships:
- Registered member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and as such I adhere to their Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions.
- Enhanced DBS
Some of the issues I have experience working with: (but not limited to)
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Self-Esteem Issues
- Trauma
- PTSD & CPTSD
- Abuse
- Relationship Issues (family/partners/friends/colleagues)
- Stress or Feeling Overwhelmed
- Personal Development
- Identity Issues
- Cultural Issues
- Feelings of Guilt or Shame
- Bereavement and Loss
- OCD
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
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Free initial online session
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