James Elder
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MBACP BA (Hons) Counselling
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About me
Specialisms and experience in:
Addiction counselling
Youth counselling
Relationships
Anxiety
Depression
Generalised Anxiety Disorder
Counselling for men
Corporate Wellbeing
Anxiety Workshops
Offices in Guildford Centre and London
Head Of Wellbeing for an International HR Services organisation
Training, qualifications & experience
BA (Hons) Counselling (University of Greenwich)
NHS Youth Counsellor
Alton College Counsellor
Catalyst Addiction Counsellor
Catalyst Friends and Family Group Support Facilitator
Private Counsellor
Leadership Coach
MBACP
Specialist Training in Addiction and Youth Counselling
DBS enhanced clearance
Safeguarding trained
Member organisations
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)
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
Accredited Register Scheme
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
When I work
9am to 6pm Wednesday to Friday
Further information
James is a qualified counsellor (BA (Hons)) and member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), psychological coach, psychotherapist, NLP practitioner and hypnotherapist.
Work includes Youth Counselling in NHS and Education roles, Addiction Counselling, and Leadership Coaching.
He has worked with anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, managing life changes, phobias, motivation and innovation, relationship issues, blocked writers, and people who are doing just fine, but want to feel better.
