Keith Elgin
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I work with both individuals and couples in relationship.
Life and relationships can be tough and challenging. In our current world we are bombarded by society's expectations of how we "should" be. This can put pressure on us and result in us feeling less than perfect and sometimes inadequate.
This unrealistic view can lead to poor self worth and even depression.
We are all good enough. We live our lives through our previous experiences, our present relationships and our future hopes and longings. We are often only aware of this when things are not going so well. Finding someone to share this with can be challenging.
I offer a safe and confidential space for you to explore your life at your own pace. We can find out together how you have the natural ability to make choices and decisions in your life and what might be holding you back. Our relationships can often leave us feeling challenged, angry and rather lost and lonely. We know that they are important to us but we do not know which way to turn. We begin to doubt who we really are.
We can explore what might be causing anger, confusion, grief, loss, or just a general sense that life has lost meaning and what methods you have already developed to cope with this.
I appreciate that reaching out for help leaves us feeling vulnerable. This is especially true for men, in my experience. I have worked in men's groups over several years and can facilitate group sessions.
I work with individuals for an hour.
With couples I work with my wife Mandy for an hour and a half. Working as a couple with a couple is a very efficient and effective way to work.
Phone for details and prices.
Training, qualifications & experience
My training is through the Institute of Psychosynthesis and I am a member of and hold to the code of ethics of BACP.
I have worked with couples in relationship for many years, after training with the Centre for Gender Psychology. I can see couples individually or together with my wife who is also a couple psychotherapist.
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 sessions are £50 per hour.
Couples - Please contact me to discuss your needs as fees vary.
