Lindsay Riley
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About me
I am passionate about mental health and wellbeing, where my belief is counselling can support most of us make sense of our worlds and share some of the difficulties life brings.
Counselling or therapy enables you to discuss your personal challenges, in a confidential environment and assist you in exploring and understand yourself and support you in building emotional resilience. As a registered member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), I aim to provide the conditions that will support you during these challenging times.
With all that life throws at us; work challenges, relationship issues, stress, anxiety, depression and a global pandemic - it takes a toll on our mental wellbeing. It might be that you are experiencing a difficult time right now or be wanting to move away from the past that keeps holding you back.
Through the counselling that I offer, you are offered a unique space to explore these issues and I will listen, without judgement or prejudice aiming to understand your world. Currently I run my own private practice and work as a counselling trainer in a further education setting. I also work with a service provider supporting adults experiencing complex mental health issues such as borderline personality disorder and neurological conditions such as autism and ADHD both as a therapist and a Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) group facilitator. Furthermore, I have extensive experience working with young people and adolescents aged 11-18 within at different agencies and my own practice.
I offer counselling face to face and online at present, both long and short-term. I've worked with many different issues that people have been experiencing and the areas that I focus my work in now includes:
Depression, anxiety, generalised anxiety, social anxiety, separation anxiety, low mood, feeling sad, family issues, trauma, abuse, relationship issues, loss, work-related stress, stress, self-injury and harm and suicidal thoughts.
Call, email or text me for a conversation about what I can offer, how I work and see if that fits with what you are looking for. Please note my response emails tend to go to JUNK items initially.
My approach (Integrative) allows me to be informed by a number theories and concepts (transactional analysis, person centred, CBT and some psychodynamic concepts) that enable me to understand your world from many different perspectives. I find this provides flexibility to how I work with clients. Personally, I believe in every person's potential for growth, given the right conditions and this person centred approach to being with clients, is at the heart of my work.
Training, qualifications & experience
These are my qualifications relating to counselling & psychotherapy:
Qualifications:
- MSc in Psychology
- CPCAB Level 6 Supervision
- CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Open University - Introduction to Counselling & Psychotherapy
Some of the workshops and continual professional development (CPD) courses I have either scheduled or attended.
- MSc Psychology
- Level 2 - Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
- Counselling in Schools Training and Level 3 CPD Certificate
- Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist – Individual (CCTS-I)
- Trauma Treatment for Children
- Applications of Attachment in Psychotherapy
- TA101 - Introduction to Transactional Analysis
- CAMHS Working with self-injury
- CAMHS Working with attachment issues
- Young People Experiencing Abuse
My experience covers working with older children, young adults and adults. I've worked with many different issues that people have been experiencing and the areas that I focus my work in now includes:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Social anxiety
- Separation anxiety
- Trauma
- Abuse
- Relationship issues
- Autism
- Personality Disorders
- Self-injury and harm
- Suicidal thoughts
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
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I offer hourly appointments.
Following a free of charge up to 30 minute phone call / online appointment to understand your needs, our first appointment will include an assessment to gauge our suitability in working together. Please allow 70 minutes for the first appointment.
Discounts are available on a limited basis for trainee counsellors, under 21 year old and older people. I am happy to discuss affordability with you to support you accessing support.
Some concessions are available for (limited number): Counselling trainees, young people under 21 years old and elderly people.
Payments can be made by Debit Card, Bank Transfer and Cash.
When I work
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My current appointment times run between 8am - 8pm. At present I have limited evening appointments available. Weekends by arrangement.
Further information
As a member of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy, their ethical framework underpins my work and as such, I am responsible to their complaints procedure. The framework provides thorough guidelines to ensure safe and best practice.