Joanne Hudson
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About me
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My name is Joanne and I am an Integrative Counsellor. Being integrative means that I combine various approaches and tools to meet the individual needs of each client.
I offer a safe space for you to discuss your experiences, explore your issues, and perhaps find ways to bring about change and improve your well-being. I provide support that is confidential, trusting and non-judgemental. I am fully qualified, and also a registered and accredited member of the BACP.
The areas that I have experience working with and an interest in include Autism & ADHD, anxiety, binge & emotional eating, stress, low self-esteem, depression, trauma and life changes & decisions.
I also offer Personal Therapy for counselling students.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience:
As well as lived experience of neurodiversity, I have worked and trained within the field for over 20 years. Other work within the community has included mental health and sexual health; initially working within support work, then training and facilitation, and later progressing in to counselling. This has allowed me to work in various agencies and locations including Childline, Contact NI, Action Mental Health (AMH), primary and post primary schools, and homeless charities. I have been working as a counsellor for over 10 years.
Qualifications:
- University of Ulster - FdSc in Counselling
- Queen's University - Professional Development (Autism, Dyslexia & Learning Disability)
Training:
- Understanding Autism, Asperger's & ADHD
- Working with Binge & Emotional Eating
- Trauma and The Body: Dissociation & Somatisation
- Somatic Therapy
- Working With Survivors of Sexual Abuse
- Understanding Addiction Through a Psychodynamic Perspective
- Working Therapeutically with Children
- Perfectionism
- Exploring Pre-Bereavement
- Concepts of Bereavement
- Applying Theories of Grief to Practice
- Brief Solution Focused Training
- Working with Women Who Choose (Abortion Support)
- Keeping Children & Adults Safe
- Suicide Prevention Training
- Neurobiology and Treatment of Trauma & Attachment
- Trauma and Addiction
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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.
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
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
To help ensure that financial circumstances are not a barrier to accessing counselling, I offer a limited number of spaces at a reduced rate. Please get touch if you would like to discuss.
