Jo Thacker
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About me
I am a qualified BACP Integrative Counsellor who offers a kind, caring, non-judgmental safe space for your sessions. Talking really does help. I am passionate about listening to people and will give you the time and space to talk. I have an interest in grief, trauma, and abuse, with several years’ experience in this area. I have first hand experience of military life and understand the stresses and strains that come with that for serving personnel, veterans, their spouses and families.
My approach is integrative which means that I draw on a variety of different therapeutic approaches depending on what might suit you best. I hope to help you understand yourself better to assist you in making positive changes in your life. Counselling can change your life for the better.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and I am a member of the BACP. This means I work to a set of standards and processes and reflect good practice, experience and continuous professional development. I see a Counselling Supervisor monthly. I hold a current DBS check and professional indemnity insurance.
I have also completed a number of other courses including:
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Certificate in Counselling
- Working with Children and Young People
- Safeguarding children and adults Levels 1 & 2
- Introduction to working with Trauma
- Working with Complex Trauma
- Bereavement and Loss
- Mindfulness for Life
- Understanding Depression and Anxiety
- STAR Coach
- Mental Health First Aider
- Extensive training working with survivors of domestic abuse
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Working with service personnel, their spouses and families.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£35.00 - £45.00
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£35.00 - Student counsellors in training
£42.75 - Defence Discount and Blue Light card holders
£45.00 - Standard session
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Further information
I offer online, telephone or face-to-face sessions
For further information please take a look at my FAQ's on www.jothackercounselling.com
