Jacqui Miller
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About me
Jacqui Miller - Hello and welcome.
I am an integrative therapeutic counsellor and psychotherapist working online in private practice and as a contracted counsellor for a local mental health charity. I am a Registered Member of the BACP and a Graduate Member of the BPS.
Azure Dragonfly - is the name of my online-only private practice. I can provide a welcoming, safe, and professional online space to anyone with internet access living anywhere in the UK. I currently use Microsoft Teams for online appointments.
My aim - is to support you by primarily providing a safe, judgement-free, friendly and professional space in which to explore issues; and, secondly, to draw on my experience and knowledge of psychological theories and counselling approaches to inform our work together, giving you the opportunity to work in a way that feels right for you.
Regular counselling & psychotherapy sessions - provide opportunities for us to discuss the issues you are having, allowing you to reflect on your experiences, thoughts, and feelings, while processing any impact they may be having on your day-to-day life. Whatever difficulties you are going through, I am here to listen with compassion, to support and encourage you, and to guide you through the therapeutic process.
My clients - many of my clients are neurodivergent - either self-identifying, having received a late diagnosis (such as autism, ADHD, or AuDHD), or are curious about neurodivergent traits and what that might mean for them.
This focus on neurodivergence has developed naturally over time and reflects my personal interest and experiences of living with, and being a parent to, autistic people as well as additional training, continuous professional development in this area, and my personal neuro-affirming view of autism. I approach autism as a way of being, not as a disorder or something that needs to be fixed. Human beings are neurodiverse, and I believe that autism is part of that rich and amazing diversity.
Being neurodivergent can be challenging when trying to navigate a neuro-normative world. A late diagnosis can leave people with a lot of questions, and reflections about their past experiences and about their own identity. Clients often come to therapy looking to manage co-occurring issues affecting mental health wellbeing, such as social and general anxiety, dysregulated emotions, panic attacks, and low mood, but they also find a safe place to discuss and explore challenging and traumatic experiences that may continue to impact on relationships and on day-to-day thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
Whether you have a particular diagnosis, self-identify as neurodivergent, or want to discuss and manage the issues that are concerning you, counselling can help you with exploring, understanding, and processing your experiences.
Enquiries - I offer a free initial consultation to help us decide if we might work well together, or you can click on the link to my website for more information about starting sessions. When waiting for a reply to your email enquiry, please check your junk/spam folder as replies can often end up there!
Optional therapy plans available - To accompany sessions I offer optional and free therapy plans for anyone who feels they may be helpful. The '6-step plan' aims to provide additional information, resources, and structure for the duration of your counselling, and the 'Strengths and Challenges' assessment plan aims to help you consider your priorities and decide what you want to work on in sessions (please see the website for more detailed information).
Finally - Everyone is unique, and your counselling should be as individual as you are. I welcome individuality and diversity, am neurodivergent-affirmative, and an LGBTQ+ ally.
Thank you for your interest. Please contact me if you think I could be of support to you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Counselling and Psychology Qualifications:
- Level 7 - MSc in Psychology and Mental Health Wellbeing (Distinction) inc. Social Psychology; Human Development Through the Lifespan; Psychology of Everyday Life; Psychology of Learning; Personality, Ability and Difference; Clinical and Counselling Psychology; Mental Health Online; Research Methods and Statistics; Psychology of Social Interaction; Cyberpsychology
Dissertation - The Association between Social Media Use and Psychological Wellbeing - Level 6 - BA (Hons) First Class with Biological Psychology & Child Development
- Level 4 - BACP accredited Diploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling (cpcab)
- Level 3 - Certificate in Counselling Studies (cpcab)
- Level 2 - Certificate in Counselling Skills (cpcab)
- Level 2 - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression, Association for Psychological Therapies (APT) accreditation
- Level I and Level II (CCTP 1 & 2) Complex Trauma Certification (PESI)
- Certification in Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (PESI)
- Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling (NCPS)
- Counselling Online (BACP/OU)
Membership of professional bodies:
- MBACP (Registered Member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists)
- GMBPsS (Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society)
Continuous Professional Development Courses and Training:
Therapeutic approaches and counselling skills -
- CBT for Depression (APT)
- Developments in Person Centred Therapy (CT)
- Working with children in therapy (CT)
- Gestalt therapy (CT) & Working with Gestalt in the therapy room (DR)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and online CBT (MSc)
- Queering therapy spaces and working with gender diverse clients (BACP)
- Attachment and shame (DR) & Attachment theory (CT)
- Narcissism Course Part 1 & Part 2 (Jenny Hartill)
- Counselling for chronic illness (CT)
- Chronic illness and bereavement as enduring traumas (Cordelia Galgut)
- Suicide in historically marginalised communities: Perception versus reality (PESI UK)
- Providing time limited counselling (CT); Solution-Focused Brief therapy; Single Session Therapy (Windy Dryden)
Trauma-informed therapy:
- Using trauma-informed grounding techniques (CT)
- Trauma and brain plasticity (CT)
- Exploring suicidal parts: Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy to heal traumatic wounds (PESI UK)
- Establishing the foundations for effective trauma healing (Janina Fisher)
- Trauma Informed Stabilisation Therapy (TIST) - Janina Fisher, PhD
Conferences and workshops:
- A Day on Addiction 2023
- A Disorder for Everyone 2023
- Psychodynamic, Neuroscience and Person Centred counselling (Kate Williams) 2024
- Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (Kate Blakemore) 2024
- The Wonderful World of Parts (Kate Williams) 2024
Modalities:
I am an integrative counsellor with experience in Psychodynamic, Person-Centred, Psycho-Educational, Gestalt, Transpersonal, Neuro-affirming Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural approaches to therapy. My work is trauma-informed and I often incorporate Parts-Work into sessions. Psychological approaches include social psychology, cyberpsychology, educational psychology, biological psychology, clinical & counselling psychology and the psychology of human development.
General:
I began working with Wiltshire MIND as a placement student-counsellor and, since qualifying, have continued to work with them as a contracted counsellor alongside my work in private practice.
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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Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
An optional initial 15 - 30 minute phone or video chat (Microsoft Teams) consultation is free.
I also offer 'half-sessions' - (£30 for a 30 minute appointment)
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Further information
I have facilitated several awareness and support groups including positive parenting and domestic abuse courses. I have many years' experience working with adults, children, young people, and their families, supporting them to manage a wide variety of both practical and emotional issues. I also have experience working as a Wellbeing Support Advisor.
