Kathryn Dugdale

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MBACP DipCouns (BCPC)
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location_on Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12
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About me

I provide counselling from my private practice at my home in Melksham, Wiltshire.  This is a private room providing a safe and confidential space for our work together.  I can offer various daytime and evening appointments throughout the week.

My training helps me to provide you with a reliable, regular, non-judgmental space where you can begin to talk about whatever is on your mind. I work in what is called an integrative way, using a wide range of therapeutic models, but primarily focusing on humanistic counselling. In essence, that means I start with a basic belief in your potential to heal and grow, and I see my job as a counsellor as being able to help you achieve that potential.

I also work in a very psychodynamic way. This means that I believe that your past experiences can have an effect on your present reality, in a way that you may not even be aware of. I can help by focusing on the relationship between us, to bring the way you relate to others to your awareness and facilitate your understanding of yourself, providing healing and change. 

I also use other approaches in my work such as transactional analysis, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy and motivational enhancement therapy.

Training, qualifications & experience

Since 2010 I have worked as a volunteer counsellor for Swindon and Wiltshire Drug and Alcohol Services and Turning Point on a part time basis, this post has allowed me to gain experience of working with clients of all ages and many different life issues.

I am currently employed by Turning Point in Trowbridge as a Recovery Worker, managing a caseload of clients in recovery from drug and alcohol misuse. I also co-facilitate a parenting group for the service to help clients in recovery to improve their parenting skills.

Training & qualifications

Diploma in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling (BCPC). This qualification is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) UK professional body.

Foundation Certificate from Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling (BCPC)

Induction Training with Swindon and Wiltshire Drug and Alcohol Services (SWADS)

Alcohol – Brief Intervention and Advice Training with SWADS

Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) with Turning Point, Wiltshire.

Model of Psychosocial Interventions (MOPSI) Training with Turning Point, Wiltshire.

Introduction to Change and Recovery Skills Group Training with Turning Point, Wiltshire.

Parenting Group Training with Turning Point, Wiltshire.

Professional memberships

I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in the UK and as such, I abide by their Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.

I’m also on the BACP Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists.  The register is approved by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.  It’s a guarantee that I’ve been properly trained, that I continue to develop my professional skills and knowledge and that I’m in regular supervision with a senior colleague and other counsellors who support me with my client work.

Member organisations

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Fees

£50.00 per session

Additional information

It helps to allow just over an hour for the first session so that I can answer any questions that you may have and you can tell me something about yourself and what you hope to gain from coming to counselling. 

Sessions last for 60 minutes for individuals and are usually once a week, and my fees are payable by bank transfer weekly in advance. 

When I work

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Daytime and evening sessions are available and Zoom enables me to be available nationally. 

Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young people (13-17)
Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples
Families
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

DBS check info

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Online platforms

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Zoom
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Microsoft Teams
Kathryn Dugdale
Kathryn Dugdale