Jacqui Roome
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About me
I am currently offering counselling and psychotherapy face-to-face and online.
I am an experienced psychotherapist and clinical supervisor based in Nottingham, where I provide psychotherapy and counselling to adults (aged 18 upwards) - working with individuals and couples. My aim is to offer clients a warm and accepting space where they can learn self-compassion, self-awareness and self-acceptance.
I decided to re-train as a psychotherapist, following a long and rewarding career as a social worker. The main theoretical approaches I use when working with clients are person-centred and experiential psychotherapy and EMDR (eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing). I have a particular interest in emotion-focused therapy, which is one of the modalities within the person-centred and experiential field.
My passion for these modalities began following my own experience as a client. My own life has been rich and insightful, allowing me to realise that it is normal for people to encounter difficulties in their lives, at some point. During these times, intervention in the form of counselling/psychotherapy can create movement for clients. I have a strong belief in people’s individual capacity to implement the necessary changes in their lives, during times of anxiety, stress and depression, if the right support is in place.
I create work-life balance by taking time to do some of the things I love, like going to galleries, running, following sport, practising yoga, reading, watching films, travelling, listening to music and walking in the countryside.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional Membership:
I am a fully accredited member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and a graduate member of the Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute (SPTI), Nottingham. As such, I adhere to their respective codes of ethics and this means that my work is appropriately supervised.
Qualifications:
MSc in Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy (Distinction) (Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute, Nottingham). Post-Graduate Diploma and Certificate in the same modality.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) standard training parts 1 to 4.
Emotion-Focused Psychotherapy Level 1 (University of Strathclyde).
Advanced Certificate in Systemic Practice with Families and Couples (Institute of Family Therapy).
Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision (completed with Mike Worrall & Linda Smith)
Other Relevant Qualifications:
- MA in Social Work (University of Nottingham)
- Post-Qualifying Award 1 in Social Work
- Post-Qualifying Award 2 in Social Work
- Post-Graduate Certificate in Child Care Practice (Social Work)
- BA Honours Social Studies
Areas of Interest:
Key current specialisms include, relationship breakdown; depression, working with social anxiety; anxiety, conflict, fear, in the workplace; redundancy; emotional abuse; parental criticism; depression, bereavement, binge eating; people's relationship with food; trauma; attachment; people's experience of their class background; working with students in higher education struggling with the academic process.
Theoretical areas of interest include:
mutuality/partnership working; working at relational depth with clients; client autonomy; client empowerment; identity; diversity; power; class.
I have a genuine interest in working with difference and diversity, and also actively enjoy working with people from other cultures. [Please note that, regretfully, at present I am unable to provide wheelchair access.]
Research Interests:
I have completed research, drawing on/including the following themes:
Working mutually to support clients to manage anxiety (Case Study)
How clients’ experiences of attachment relationships might impact on the experience of psychological contact in the therapy room (Heuristic Methodology).
Other practice based experience:
Alongside working in my private practice, I also work at Nottingham Trent University as a psychotherapist. Previously, I have worked as a therapist at Nottingham Women's Centre.
Being employed as a social worker for 13 years meant that I employed a number of different therapeutic modalities to work in partnership with adults, children, young people and families. They included, Person-Centred Therapy; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Psychodynamic Theory/Therapy; Systemic Therapy; Solution Focused Brief Therapy; Crisis Intervention; Task Focused methods; Attachment Theory and many others.
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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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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 also work with clients who wish to undertake therapy for personal development and/or life coaching.
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £70.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sessions:
Person-centred and Experiential Psychotherapy, fees per session: £60 for Individuals, £70 for Couples. Concessions for students. I offer a free 15 minute initial telephone consultation. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), fees per session: £70.
Clinical Supervision: £60 per hour.
How to book a session:
Please leave me a message by phone or email with your name and preferred number, and then I can call you or reply to your email.
Availability:
Therapy sessions available all day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Wollaton, Nottingham and online.
Supervision sessions available Monday to Friday in Wollaton, Nottingham and online.
When I work
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Therapy sessions - all day Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. My last appointment of the day commences at 5:10pm.
Supervision - Monday to Friday.
Further information
Free on-street parking is available directly outside the practice. It is also just a four minute walk from the nearest bus stop, which is the Brendon Road stop on the bus lines Trent Barton number 2, and the NCT number 30. Sustainability: I also have safe bicycle storage.