John Soutar
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About me
I am a compassionate and empathetic practitioner and tailor my therapeutic approach to meet the individual needs and preferences of each client. I offer a safe space to collaborate and with an MSc in Pluralistic Counselling can employ a variety of therapeutic techniques such as:
- Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness Based Therapy
- Compassion Focussed Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Person-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Gestalt Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Emotion Focussed Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Solution Focussed Therapy
I prefer to discuss the range of suitable therapies with each client to enable collaborative decisions around which approach would work best for any difficulty or situation. I prefer to work with adults from 16 years onwards. I place great importance on recognising the uniqueness of each individual and take care in building rapport and a warm safe space to engender a supportive relationship to enable therapeutic change.
Training, qualifications & experience
Cosca Certificate in Counselling Skills (2020 – 2021)
MSc in Pluralistic Counselling, Abertay University (2021 – 2024)
ASIST Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (2021)
Counselling people with Sight Loss (RNIB) (2024)
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
An initial consultation by telephone, online meeting or walk and talk is offered free of charge.
Face-to-face, online or walk and talk counselling sessions last approximately 50 minutes and cost £50.00.
Payment is due on the day of the appointment. Cash or bank transfer (BACS), are the payment methods I currently accept.
Low income clients or students discounted fees can be negotiated. Home visits and walk and talk fees can be arranged by negotiation and may involve travel expenses.
Further information
I firmly believe in the compassionate and non-judgemental nature of counselling and honed my active listening skills with 30 years of public service in the emergency services and helped in a range of ways with the difficulties that trauma can bring to families.
For the past 5 years, I have been working with the mental health charity Penumbra supporting families in the field of suicide prevention and worked with the NHS delivering Distress Brief Intervention support through the 111 service. I am keen to support anyone looking for counselling across the range of issues mentioned in the website. I have had my own experience of prostate cancer and would like to offer support to anyone affected by any form of this terrible disease.
