Jenny Ryder
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About me
About me:
As a psychodynamic Psychotherapist, I have over 10 years experience in working in a variety of settings including: the NHS as a senior counsellor, working as a counsellor for a charity organisation and in private practice. I understand how emotional difficulties can affect every aspect of your life; in relationships, work, and the way you feel about yourself. This can lead to irritability, anxiety, depression and general dissatisfaction in life.
For many people, the thought of meeting a counsellor or therapist can be daunting. It might be the first time you really open up to anyone about how you feel. You might be worried that your problems or feelings are not serious enough or can find no obvious reason to understand why you feel this way, or you may feel that you have a clear idea of why you are struggling and of knowing you had to cope with difficult experiences, but having this knowledge has not prevented you from suffering or behaving in ways which you find unhelpful, but keep repeating.
My role is to provide a confidential, safe and secure space to help you explore these difficulties and the feelings that could arise as you tell me about yourself. These feelings may be confusing and frightening or they may be new feelings that you did not know you had. Understanding these feelings and their underlying causes can provide a sense of relief, enable changes to be made, and give you a greater sense of control over your life.
Who comes for counselling and psychotherapy?
People come for many different reasons. These can be due to a crisis point, or that things have just got to change. There may be a particular issue or problem that you would like to think about, a pattern of things that keep going wrong, or a general dissatisfaction with life that you cannot quite explain to yourself.
What happens in the initial consultation?
The first meeting, the initial consultation, will be an opportunity for you to tell me about yourself, to discuss what has brought you to therapy, to get a sense of the way that we might work together, and for us to explore whether what I offer feels right for you. We will also think about whether short term work focusing on a particular issue or longer-term open-ended therapy is more appropriate. This is also a time for you to ask any questions you may have.
At this first meeting, we will have up to one and a half hours to give you time to tell me about yourself and the difficulties you are struggling with.
What happens after that?
We will meet once a week. We will find a time to meet that suits you and we will meet at that time each week. Each session will be 50 minutes. I work weekdays and some early mornings and early evenings.
Where will this take place?
My consulting room is located between Blandford Forum and Shaftesbury.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling (Trained at Wessex Counselling and Psychotherapy) Psychodynamic Psychotherapist
- Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling (Trained at Wessex Counselling and Psychotherapy)
- Counselling Certificate in Integrative model AQA (Trained at Salisbury College Wiltshire)
- Attended Supervision Training (Severn and Thames 1 year course)
- Certificate in Supervision (Trained NHS)
- Short course in working with Children and Adolescents (Salisbury College Wiltshire)
- Short course in CBT (Salisbury College Wiltshire)
- DIT Qualified Therapist (Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy) Trained at Anna Freud Centre, London
- Currently Training: DIT supervision training - Ongoing (Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy training at Anna Freud Centre, London)
Experience/Practice
Private Practice - Referrals from BPC register, and Counselling Directory
NHS Senior Counsellor – Referrals from GP’s, and self-referrals within the service
Supervisor of counsellors training on a Psychodynamic Counselling Diploma (WCP)
Supervisor of students and qualified colleagues in NHS
Supervisor of qualified counsellors
Registration/Membership
- I am a registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)
- I am registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP)
- I have full professional indemnity insurance.
Member organisations
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 British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). 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
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
Fees
Additional information
My fees are:
Initial meeting - Up to 1hour 30 minutes £70
Weekly meetings - 50 minutes £50
In certain circumstances fees can be negotiated.
Further information
I have extensive experience in working both short term and open ended therapy.
