Joanna Marshall
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Are you feeling overwhelmed, sad, anxious, depressed or questioning aspects of your life? Are you feeling low in self-confidence or self-esteem?
Are you looking for someone to talk to, someone who will listen, someone who will ask questions to help you work things through? Someone to help you clarify and start to understand your thoughts, feelings and behaviours and to find a way to move forward?
My name is Joanna and I am an experienced, trained and registered counsellor. I am down to earth and approachable.
I believe counselling shouldn’t be about jargon or complicated, even when life is complicated. It’s about offering you time in your week to talk confidentially to a professionally trained person about what is going on for you. It’s about having someone to talk with who will listen without judgement and who won’t say ‘what you need to do is…or don’t be silly’. Maybe it’s something from the past which is impacting on your life now, maybe it is something in the here and now, or maybe worries about the future?
I am an Integrative Counsellor – this means that I was trained in a number of approaches and using my learning and experience can offer you mixture of these in our work together depending on your needs. One size definitely does not fit all. During a session it might be that we explore your thoughts or behaviours using CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy); relationships using Psychodynamic Theory; feelings using Person Centred Counselling; or potential solutions to a problem using Solution Focussed Therapy. I may offer you some practical tools or strategies to try between sessions, but you are the expert on you and I will not tell you what do or think.
The most important thing in counselling is to feel comfortable with the person you are going to be working with. To help you do this I offer an initial 30-minute phone call free of charge. This gives you a chance to tell me what has prompted you to look for a counsellor and to ask any questions you may have. It also gives me the opportunity to ask you a few questions which helps us both to assess whether I am the most appropriate person for you. The call is completely without obligation to book further paid sessions with me, and I will not expect you to make a decision there and then.
If you think I might be the right counsellor for you, feel free to call or send a message so that we can arrange the initial chat on the phone.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a Registered Member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy) – this gives you assurance that I work in an ethical way, have regular professional supervision and keep up to date with my own professional development and training.
In addition to my counselling qualifications and training, I have a degree in Applied Psychology (First Class).
Alongside my private practice, I work on a self-employed basis as a counsellor for a charity which supports those who have experienced domestic abuse/violence or family violence. I was previously employed as a counsellor in a residential setting where the majority of clients had experienced adverse experiences in their childhood or trauma as adults. As part of this role, I also developed and delivered a weekly self-esteem group.
My counselling qualifications and training include:
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Certificate in Counselling
- Solution Focussed Therapy, Level 2 Accredited
- Certificate in Mental Health Awareness, Level 2
- Transactional Analysis 101
- ASIST Suicide Intervention Training
- Training for Bereavement Counselling
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
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
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Additional information
My fees are £45.00 for an hour session.
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Further information
I offer counselling on-line and by telephone. I work Monday to Friday. In addition to ‘office hours’ I offer early morning and evening appointments.
