Lisa Jones
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About me
Everyone needs support at some stage in their life. There may be specific issues or life events that challenge us or a more general sense of going in the wrong direction, being stuck, uncertain or unhappy. In an age of increasing busy-ness, it can be easy to experience that our sense of ourself is defined by circumstances beyond our control.
For whatever reason you are looking at this today, speaking with a counsellor can open new perspectives, increase self-awareness and build a stronger identity where problems are faced and alternative strategies evolve. Exploring your concerns in a compassionate space may cast light on habits of thought, behaviour and feeling that have ceased to be useful; once we recognise and understand patterns in which we get caught, we make more of a choice about whether we want to continue them.
Together we can explore what's going on for you, understand more about yourself, your ways of coping and the challenges you are facing. I'm versatile and responsive. It can be enough to talk, hear yourself out loud and be understood by someone else. If it's useful to you, we might work with creative techniques, like drawing or writing, or we might explore how you experience emotion in your body as well as your mind.
I work non-judgementally, compassionately and collaboratively. The most important aspect of my practice is you, as you are and as you would like to be. I believe everyone possesses potential for change and the strength to grow beyond adversity, in whatever form that takes.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified Humanistic and Integrative counsellor (F.D. and PG. Dip. Counselling and Psychotherapy) which means I work in a person-centred way, integrating a number of authorised approaches to inform my practice. I am a registered member of The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and adhere to their ethical framework.
I have particular experience in the following areas:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Stress
- Relationships
- Family
- Bereavement
- ADHD
- Autism
- OCD
- Transitional life events
- Life-altering illness
In addition to my private practice, I am a counsellor with the NHS, based at Sussex Cancer Centre working with people affected by cancer directly and as caregivers or family members.
I have a background of 25 years in teaching English and education which, at its best, is also about connection, relationships, engagement and, most importantly, people. This means I am also keen to support those working within educational institutions with the challenges that both studying, and teaching, can bring.
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
£55.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
It's really important that you work with a counsellor you are at ease with which is why I offer a reduced-fee , £35, for the first session. Here you can ask anything you like about how I work and what I can offer, and most importantly, see whether you feel comfortable talking to me.
When I work
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Further information
In our initial session we will explore what brings you to counselling and what you are looking for. This might be something specific or more general, it may also be you don't want to work towards a specific goal and prefer to work in a more open-ended way. I want to be as useful to you as possible, so at regular intervals, we'll take a look at how you feel our sessions are going and whether it is beneficial to you.
