Julia Cooke

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Registered UKCP and MBACP
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location_on Knebworth, Hertfordshire, SG3 6SL
Accepting new clients
Accepting new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

I offer a safe and supportive space to explore issues that may be troubling you and/or which you feel may be preventing you from living your life as fully as you would like. Maybe you feel that you are struggling or that you do not know where to turn. I will invite you to bring your feelings, thoughts and concerns so that we can work collaboratively to understand better what is happening in your life today and perhaps how previous events and patterns may be affecting you. I will neither judge nor direct you but will offer a relationship with empathy and active engagement.

I work with a range of emotional and relationship issues including depression, anxiety, bereavement, loss, abuse, parenting difficulties, work stress, miscarriage, infertility, life transitions, low self-esteem, conflicted relationships with food and discomfort with body image.

In our initial appointment we can discuss your hopes and expectations and also whether it is appropriate for us to work for a fixed number of sessions or in a more open-ended manner.

Training, qualifications & experience

I am a qualified integrative psychotherapist and have an MA and Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling from the Minster Centre in North West London. As a registered member of UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) and a member of BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy), I abide by their code of ethics.

I have experience working with a wide range of clients in a variety of settings and, alongside my private practice, I have worked as a psychological therapist in the NHS.and as a counsellor in the Cambridge University Student Counselling Service.

I am a qualified supervisor and offer supervision both privately and in institutional settings.

Member organisations

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Registered / Accredited

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UKCP
UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.

As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.

UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

UK Council for Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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UK Council for Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£60.00 - £70.00

4 Manor Farm Stables, Old Knebworth, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, SG3 6SL

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Key details

DBS check info

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Wheelchair user access info
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Supervision

In person

Supervision available.

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Julia Cooke
Julia Cooke