Leicester Centre For Psychodynamic Counselling
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Leicester Centre for Psychodynamic Counselling aims to provide services on a number of levels:
- a counselling service for the local community, with subsidised fees for clients who are unemployed, low waged or students;
- a training centre for those wanting to become a psychodynamic counsellor;
- a provider of high quality psychodynamic CPD and training courses for qualified counsellors and psychotherapists;
- to develop a community of psychodynamic practitioners
- to support and promote a public program of events to increase awareness of counselling and psychotherapy
Training, qualifications & experience
The founder and manager of LCPC is Jason Hughes, a psychodynamic counsellor and organisational therapist with over 20 years experience working therapeutically - initially in a Northamptonshire Therapeutic Community, and for the last 10 years in and around Leicestershire in various organisations such as Leicester University, Leicestershire County Council Youth Service, Open Door and in private practice.
Jason has most recently been working as a tutor and group facilitator on various courses at Leicester University. He is also actively involved in various roles with APPCIOS, the Association for Psychodynamic Practice and Counselling In Organisational Settings, including being a senior mentor to associate members and sitting on the Professional Development, Accreditation and Website committees. A member of BACP, senior member of APPCIOS and member of the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), Jason has also recently become a member of the BPC Professional Standards Committee.
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Registered / Accredited
Accredited register membership
Areas of counselling we deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- ADHD
- Affairs and betrayals
- Alcoholism
- Anger management
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anxiety
- Asperger's syndrome
- Attachment disorder
- Bereavement
- Binge-eating disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Career
- Carer support
- Child related issues
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
- Dementia
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug abuse
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Gambling
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Hearing voices
- HIV/AIDS
- Hoarding
- Infertility
- Internet addiction
- Learning difficulties
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriage
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Panic disorder
- Passive aggressive behaviour
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Physical abuse
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal depression
- Pregnancy and birth
- Psychosis
- Redundancy
- Relationship issues
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Separation and divorce
- Sex addiction
- Sex problems
- Sexual abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Tourette's syndrome
- Trauma
- Work-related stress
Fees
Counselling Fees
- ranging from £5 for those who are unemployed, low waged or students, and rising to £40 based on income
Training Courses and CPD
- Individually priced
Membership
- £10 per year, giving 10% discount on CPD and an opportunity to suggest / deliver CPD to peers
Further information
LCPC is interested in developing a community of psychodynamic practitioners, which will hopefully be a supportive and sustaining group for each other, for trainee counsellors, and for the local community as a whole. Membership and attendance at CPD and training events is not limited to psychodynamic practitioners, all are welcome, but events and trainings will be psychodynamically orientated.
Maps & Directions
Leicester, LE1 6TP
Type of session
| Online counselling: | No |
| Telephone counselling: | No |
| Face to face counselling: | Yes |
Practical details
| Sign language: | No |
| Other languages: | None |
Accessibility
| Wheelchair access: | Unspecified |
Availability
Open from 9am - 8pm for appointments, Monday to Friday
Types of client
| Young people |
| Adults |
| Older adults |
| Couples |
| Families |
| Groups |
| Organisations |
| Employee Assistance Programme |
