Lisa Adams
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About me
I'm an open-minded experienced therapist (psychodynamic and IFS Level 3) offering sessions for adults.
Perhaps you find yourself often 'stuck in my head' and overthinking. You might feel consistently low with depression or overwhelmed with anxiety - perhaps you're not even sure what it is and why you struggle but you know you need support - please feel you can get in touch, my practice can help.
I offer a very compassionate and dynamic therapeutic approach to help you process the unprocessed so you can unburden and deepen the relationship ultimately with yourself, with others and towards life.
I welcome all enquiries and offer open-ended therapy.
More about my Practice
In session we often focus on the existing issues you are facing. You are encouraged to talk about whatever is disturbing for you or upper most in your mind. I listen intently and seek to help the unique parts of you feel validated and understood. We identify emotional patterns and behaviours, inner conflicts and any 'blind spots' that are playing a role in the challenges you are facing.
How my Practice can help
My intention is to help you to empower yourself. Together we explore your experiences to gradually resolve how they affect you so you can function more freely and become more Self aware of your own resourcefulness.
Although at times it can feel painful and confronting to address the challenges which present to you, I will be emotionally engaged and available to support you.
When we pay attention to our 'inner' world and permit ourselves to witness our thoughts and feelings in all of their expression, to heal from the inside out, our 'outer' world can shift to reflect the changes we have made within. This can be a very powerful realisation and life-changing when we live this experience through our healing.
The content of our work together is confidential.
Training, qualifications & experience
BACP and BPC Accredited Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling.
UK Qualified Level 3 IFS (Internal Family Systems) Therapy Practitioner
Registered member of BACP (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy)
Member of Wessex Counselling and Psychotherapy in Frome, Somerset.
I have full professional indemnity insurance.
I hold a Government Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Certificate.
I am experienced in working with individuals in organisational and private practice settings.
I attend regular supervision and adhere to the BACP ethical code of practice.
I am committed to ongoing learning and development in the field and incorporate a minimum of 30 hours Continuing Professional Development (CPD) per year beyond my initial training.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
The First Meeting
I charge £60 for an initial meeting and consultation.
We would need to allow up to 90 minutes for this first meeting. Together we can explore the why's and what's that you are bringing and whether my practice is likely to support you and if we would like to work together. It is also for you to discover more about my practice and what else the therapy might involve.
My Practice Fees
The fee is £50 per session.
I can on occasion negotiate and offer concessions for those who have reduced means.
Fees are paid monthly in arrears.
When I work
Sessions are arranged Mon-Fri between 7am-7pm depending on availability. We usually meet once or twice weekly for a duration of 50 minutes at a mutually agreed time in my private room.
