Jo Bird

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BA(Hons) MBACP Psychotherapist for Adults,Teenagers &Couples
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location_on Great Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23
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About me

Hi there!

I would like to share a little about myself and the therapy I offer to help you decide if I am the person to help you

There is a lot more information on my website so maybe pop over there if you want to know more.

I started out as a Humanistic Therapist, believing that therapy can help heal by providing a caring, listening, non judgement relationship, but over the years I have found that this way alone does not meet the needs of many of the people looking for help in this modern world.

We have different challenges  and societal expectations now that cannot just be addressed by traditional therapy and the uncomfortable 'silence' often adopted to provoke deeper thinking.

We now have greater understanding of the lengths that our psyche will go to protect us in emotionally difficult times. The depression, anxiety  and the other 'symptoms' are responses to  a world that stress' and works many of us to their absolute limits. 

But why do some cope....and why do others find struggle in just daily living?

We are often lead by generational trauma, the stuff that our parents unknowingly pass on to us that drives and debilitates us in unconscious ways. The sense that we make of the childhood that is presented to us, is the template we often follow unchallenged and one which doesn't always suit the person we are.

So part of our therapy together is to findout  what has, and is, happening in your world to cause the challenges you are facing. With awareness we can change and grow towards living how you want to live. I hope you will let us try.

Training, qualifications & experience

BA (hons) Counselling & Psychotherapy,  Greenwich University

Police Firearms Officers Association  PFOA approved counsellor

Foundation Degree in Humanistic Counselling Greenwich University

Relationship Therapy studied with The Counselling Academy 

Qualified to practice Rewind Therapy for treatment of PTSD

Addiction and Mental Health Counsellor at Catalyst Charitable Organisation

Assigned counsellor For The Amber House Project for young people with a history of homelessness and addiction

Fourteen years supporting mainstream and neurodiverse children in primary education.

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MBACP

Member organisations

BACP
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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

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Fees

£60.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session

Concessions offered for

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  • check_circle Students
  • check_circle Trainee counsellors
  • check_circle Unemployed

Additional information

Initial consultation free

£60 per counselling hour (50 mins)

£70 for couples (60 mins)

£120 Rewind Therapy. One session plus one follow up

concessions are available

When I work

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night

Day times, including before work sessions and evenings. Weekends also available.

Great Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples

Key details

DBS check info

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Therapy room is on the ground floor and accessible, but the only bathroom facilities are upstairs.

Online platforms

Skype
Whatsapp
Zoom

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