Keith Baker
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About me
Thinking about counselling can be daunting task!
Are these the questions you are asking yourself, to work out what would help you or someone you love?
Your Questions
1. What’s the right kind of counselling for me?
2. Is the person good enough, strong enough, have enough experience?
3. Do they look like a person I could grow to feel safe with?
These are the most common key questions that are probably going through your head.
My Answers
One.
Most importantly is that you feel safe, and the therapists way of working is flexible in meeting all of you. What I mean by that is we are complex. How we think, feel, behave with ourselves and others, is often complex and contradictory. Navigating this in my experience is best done with a combination of empathy combined with a range of approaches that can be tailored to you.
Two.
As a counsellor working with adoptive families, I have often been there to help with the consequences of abuse, violence and much more while helping children and families, navigate and process their own trauma. I have supported a great deal of children and adults with Autistic spectrum difficulties, ADD/HD, PTSD, addiction, anxiety and depression. Over 24 years as a social worker and counsellor, I have learnt and adapted to a large variety of groups and individuals. One size doesn’t fit all, which is why over the years, my therapeutic tool bag has become well developed, so I can adopt to you not the other way round.
Three.
This is a surprising common question that people think about when they are looking for a counsellor, and one that’s hard to answer, my advise is speak to them as well as get a sense of them from their picture. This is why I offer a 30 free consultation, so you can get your questions answered about any aspect of the way I work, but also get a feel for me and if that’s potentially a good fit for you.
My personal therapeutic journey has been eclectic, and this diversity I have brought to my work as a counsellor and neurofeedback therapist. I have developed skills in person-centered counselling, Focusing, Thought Field Therapy (TFT), therapeutic play, behavioral and cognitive approaches, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, As well as various neurofeedback approaches. This is supported by the understanding and experience of using systemic approaches while I was a social worker.
What this means in practice is I can adapt to you and the way you think and feel, in a variety of way.
I have been qualified as a counsellor for 13 years, and a neurofeedback therapist for 8 years. I came across neurofeedback from reading “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel Van Der Kolk, and his highly successful experiences of using it in his trauma center in Boston MA. At first I thought neurofeedback was weird and to good to be true, but my research and personal experience proved to me this was an amazing way of working.
When I use neurofeedback with counselling, I use a system called LENS which due to the short time it needs, means that the counselling part of the session is usually about 45 minutes.
Neurofeedback can make you feel a bit tired, as we are taking your brain to the gym. So it's good not to plan anything that requires you to do complex cognitive tasks for the rest of the day.
Reviews:
"Has helped not only our son, but our whole family."
"We were really struggling with our adopted son's behaviour. Keith's patience and enquiring, empathic approach has unlocked how the underlying impact of early life trauma has manifested itself in our son's ability to cope emotionally. His persistent search and trial of holistic techniques and strategies has helped not only our son, but our whole family."
Adoptive parent
"Has really helped me re-gain my life"
"I was struggling with drinking and feeling low, Also my family noticed, which also had an effect on them. Since having my sessions with Keith it has really helped me re-gain my life. Having Neurofeedback and counselling sessions along with tapping [emotional Acupressure] has taught me coping strategies, but most of the time I don't need them, as I'm feeling much better. My family is also doing much better - I can highly recommend and have done so to other friends who are also making a recovery."
Alex
Training, qualifications & experience
Additional Training
- Professional Brain Health certificate (Amen Clinic)
- EEG Clinical Applications Workshop (Stens & BCIA)
- LENS Neurofeedback Practitioner Training
- Thought Field Therapy (TFT) TFT Boot Camp
- Advanced Safeguarding Children (Level 2)
- TRE (Tension Releasing Exercises) Level 1
- Practitioner training in Non-Violent Resistance
- Positive Behaviour Support & Restrictive Physical Intervention (Instructor course)
- BTEC Level 3 in Education & Training (QCF)
- DDP Level 1 (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy)
Core Professional Training
- BTEC Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Level 5); City of Bristol College (2010-12)
- Diploma in Social Work; Cheltenham & Gloucester College of HE (1999-01)
- Diploma in Remedial Massage (Northern Institute of Massage) (1986-87)
- Parcels, Drama therapy Project (1985)
I work within the BACP code of Ethics, and work with both a psychotherapy and neurofeedback supervisor.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Brain Health using multi-System approach
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 per session
Additional information
FREE 20 minute phone consultation.
The Initial session will take up to 2.5 hours. This is so that along with time to talk, we can complete a questionnaire and a brain mapping process. This will cost £160 for private clients and £200 for organisations.
Subsequent sessions are £80 for private clients and £100 for organisations. for a 50 minute face-to-face session.
As a Neurofeedback provider and counsellor I integrate the various methods that I use within a session there are no additional fees within the session.
If a report is needed or attendance at a meeting then I will charge £80hr for private clients and £100hr for organisations. Short catch up over the phone or quick emails won't be charged for.
Mobile: 07483821864
Email: Email form
Website: www.keithbaker.co.uk
When I work
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Further information
I will see children, adults and families
You can find my practice in Stonehouse, GL10. I work from home on a Tuesday and Thursday. There is parking in front of the house.
