John Spencer-Davis
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This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I offer a confidential, independent, professional and ethical service.
Come and spend some time with me to decide if I am the right person to help you.
If you are experiencing distress or dissatisfaction in your life in some way, I will listen to you and offer my assistance. I will provide the space and time for you to see and choose how to go forward. I will provide a warm and supportive environment in which you can be yourself.
Here are some issues with which I have experience and which are frequently brought to counselling. This is not an exhaustive list: please feel free to discuss your particular concerns with me, and we can decide together if I am the best person for you.
Relationship or family difficulties; emotional difficulties; sex and sexuality; gender issues; anxiety and / or depression; grief, loss, bereavement; divorce and separation. Substance misuse; dementia; carer's difficulties; career or work stresses.
At present I offer counselling only to adults (18 or over) and I do not offer couples or family counselling currently. Due to other commitments I offer evening and weekend appointments only. I am pleased to consider appointments at unsocial hours.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been working with clients since 2009 and have approximately six hundred hours of direct face-to-face counselling experience.
I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (certificate number 069862, membership number 613787), and I am required to abide by the BACP Ethical Framework at all times in my dealings with clients.
I hold a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Person-Centred Counselling from the University of Middlesex and a Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling from the Metanoia Institute, these courses having been accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
To ensure that I am giving a professional and ethical service of high quality, I attend regular clinical supervision with an accredited and experienced supervisor as required by BACP. I have appropriate professional indemnity insurance in place for my practice.
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
Additional information
Individual counselling £45 per hour. (Initial consultation one hour free of charge.)
Trainee Counsellors individual counselling £35 per hour. (Initial consultation one hour free of charge.)
When I work
Due to other commitments I offer evening and weekend appointments only. I am pleased to consider appointments at unsocial hours.