Kirsty Slack
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This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I offer a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment for you to explore worries and any issues that you may want to talk about together.
My aim
My aim, as a counsellor, is to walk alongside you, as you develop your self-awareness and reconnect with your belief in yourself, discovering new positive ways of being ‘you’ and making choices in your life, with which you are happy and comfortable with.
I focus some of my work around loss and bereavement. Loss comes in many forms including bereavement, loss of self, loss of job, motivation, feeling lonely, life changes and many other areas of life where something may just not feel right for you at the moment. You may have also had a significant difficult bereavement, and counselling can be a safe place to work through this.
What I offer
I offer a confidential space where you are able to explore your important worries in your own way, and at your own pace. Whatever personal challenge you are facing, I will be here to listen and to support you. I focus on understanding your life experiences from your own unique individual viewpoint. I will respect your choices and decisions, and if it is important to you, then it is important to me too.
Appointments
I offer flexible appointments including daytime, as well as some evening and weekends, as I understand life can be hectic and sometimes, we need therapy to be flexible and fit in with our busy lives too. I offer appointments to suit you, and I am here to support you in your times of need.
My Background and Counselling Experience
I am a qualified person-centred therapist and a registered member of the BACP. This helps me ensure that the Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling & Psychotherapy guides my practice. I attend regular and on-going supervision / consultative support for my work in accordance with professional requirements and to ensure that I am working with you to the very best of my ability.
A small selection of what clients have brought, and which I have worked successfully with are:
Depression, anxiety, panic attacks
Infertility, baby loss, IVF, miscarriage
Life changes; job, retirement, life after loss
Relationship issues; affairs, divorce, separation
Work issues, work life balance
Struggles around skin and body changes, including pigmentation
Self-image / Self-worth; feelings of loss of self-identity
Isolation / loneliness and sadness; including anxiety and depression.
I hold full Professional Indemnity insurance and an enhanced CRB Disclosure Certificate. I continue to work towards further training and education to update my practice and skills.
What happens next?
Before a first 1:1 therapy session, you can expect a free confidential initial phone call for you to see if you wish to work with myself and to ask any questions.
Fees
Consultation and further individual 1:1 therapy sessions:
Individuals - (face to face) - £50.00
Individuals - (online) - £50.00
Per 50-minute face to face counselling session.
Sessions can be booked in advance and can be a mix of both face to face and online sessions.
Why online?
Online sessions can benefit you should you have time constraints or are unable to travel. You can sit in the comfort and privacy of your own home and not worry about having to attend your session, as your session will come to you. Please contact if you have any questions about how to best get the most out of online therapy.
Why In person?
My private practice is located in a comfortable, private space within a community setting. There are free car parking facilities available on site and around the surrounding area on the road. Accessible toilet facilities and a lift is also available.
Payment
BACS or Invoice payments are accepted.
How to get in touch
If you would like to get in touch for a free initial chat to discuss further, you can contact me via text, call or email, using the details above.
Training, qualifications & experience
Diploma Person Centred Counselling.
(MBACP) Member of BACP.
Experience in delivering Mental Health Awareness courses.
It has been invaluable to my continued professional development to regularly attend further courses/training events, in order to increase my knowledge and skills. Experience of working with a range of mental health issues including; depression, anxiety, loss & bereavement, hoarding, infertility, relationship issues, work issues, self and self worth etc.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Job loss
- Divorce
- Bereavement
- Relationship issues
- Infertility
- Anger
- Guilt
- Feelings of sadness or isolation
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Free initial phone call.
Sessions
£50 per 50-minute session (online or face to face).
When I work
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Flexible including daytime, evenings and weekends.
Shift workers welcome, I can help you work around your sessions and your shift patterns.
Further information
My focus is around loss and bereavement work, having personal experience of working through my own loss as well as additional training in this area to enable me to best help others.
Having worked in different organisations such as NHS, Mental Health, Anxiety & Panic, and Loss & Bereavement charity's, I also have experience of working with a range of Mental Health issues that people may bring.
