Julie Gates
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About me
I am a qualified Adult and Young Person's Counsellor. I am trained as an Integrative counsellor and use a number of strategies to compliment this approach sometimes incorporating mindfulness, art and imagery. Whilst I find adults mainly prefer talking therapy, young people love to work creatively and I have lots of experience combining these approaches. Many of my clients have experienced mental health issues, parenting concerns, relationship and money worries as well as parenting issues and teenage anxieties. I feel I am able to provide a warm and welcoming environment in which we can work at your own pace to explore your issues and look at potential areas for growth or change. If this is your first time to counselling, why not give me a call and I will be happy to discuss your needs in more detail and let you know what I can offer you. Be this a one-off session, a short block of 6 sessions or more long term. Whatever your needs, I am happy to be flexible.
Training, qualifications & experience
My background has been both in education and training as well as childcare . I qualified as a Counsellor 5 years ago having completed 3 years training to a Level 4 Diploma and then went on to work with 'Teens in Crisis' a local organisation working with 9-18 year olds. Here I completed my Children's & Young people's Counselling qualification ( Level 5).
As well as this I work for The Listening Post in Cheltenham as an assessor and tutor ( Level 2/3 Counselling Studies).
I am a registered member of the BACP , fully insured and registered with the Information Commission for GDPR.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 - £45.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I sometimes have same week appointments so please contact me direct. if you are struggling with a mental health crisis , please contact your GP or go to A & E.
When I work
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Please contact me for availability
Further information
I am able to provide face to face, telephone or video counselling. I also offer a Walk and Talk service for those local to the Cheltenham area.
I work from The Garden room at my home in Bishops Cleeve. There is plenty of parking and a separate business entrance to my Therapy room. For those that are dropping off, there is a nice coffee shop 2 mins walk away.
I am usually avaialble for appointments Mon-Weds, for other times pleaase enquire.
