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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Hi,
Thank you and welcome to my profile.
I am John Downey and I have been a self-employed therapist/counsellor for around 18 years. In this time. I have been an accredited BACP therapist for around 10 of those years.
I am an integrative therapist and work with a main focus on dynamic theory and application and work with a keen awareness on the presenting past.
Currently, I work as a remote therapist for the largest private provider of mental health care in the UK.
Previous and most recent experience in local community organisations providing counselling for the NHS in South and North Belfast as well as working as a therapist for The Victim Survivors Service.
I have worked as a therapist in a residential inpatient stay for drugs and alcohol for 3 years and IAPT in South West England for 2 years.
All this experience is great and has obviously informed my practice as a therapist. However, I would encourage you to take the time to talk with me if you have any queries.
I think that without a brief conversation, it's difficult to assess whether I would be someone that you would like to work with. So please call me and if I`m not available, please leave a message and I will return your call.
Training, qualifications & experience
- February 2023 20 Day DIT training. Anna Freud Centre
- May 2015 EMDR Training Part One/Part Two
- December 2013 Exeter model Couples for Depression Training
- September 2012 Supervisor Training, CPCAB Supervision Level 6
- April 2009 Interpersonal Psychotherapy Training
- February 2007-February 2009 Dip /Therapeutic Counselling
- September 2005-June 2006 Certificate in counselling skills/Certificate in counselling studies
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I have specialised and extensive experience of working with psychological trauma. For example survivors of childhood sexual abuse, intergenerational trauma.
I have specialised and extensive experience in working with addictions.
I have specialised and extensive experience in working with interpersonal issues. Completion in Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy. Please note that this is a short term 16 session focused psychodynamic approach which is not usually available in this area.
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Additional information
Please call me directly for information on concessions.
Further information
What to expect. I will work with what you bring and I will provide a confidential safe space for you to work through whatever you wish.
As an ethically minded therapist, I would encourage you to engage in a clinical assessment. This will aid us in creating a formulation and subsequent treatment based on the outcome of the assessment.
It will also help for you to decide if I will be suitable to work with you. If not I will assist you in signposting for more suitable services.
