Lisa Mason-Gates
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About me
I help and support individuals who are experiencing high levels of anxiety and depression. You may be experiencing this after a life-changing event, such as a bereavement, redundancy or the breakdown of a relationship. Or you may have experienced this on and off over your life and would now like things to change. I have several years of experience and further training in supporting clients with these issues and helping them find a way forward to make positive changes in their life.
I offer online, telephone and outdoor nature-based counselling sessions. I also offer a free initial 15-minute call to discuss your current needs and to see if we are the right match for each other.
I describe myself as a caring and compassionate counsellor, and place an emphasis on the quality of the therapeutic relationship with my clients. I have a keen interest in Mindfulness and Neuroscience, and where it is helpful I incorporate this into counselling sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an Integrative counsellor and an Accredited member of the BACP.
I have trained under Dr Dan Siegel in Interpersonal neurobiology.
I am an associate counsellor for a wilderness-based charity in Essex, offering counselling to children and young people in a natural setting.
I am a qualified Nature Guide with BEES (Biodiversity and Environmental Education Society)
I have worked in private practice for 7 years and in this time have offered in-room, outdoor and online sessions.
I have engaged in additional training to support my outdoor practice, and have also trained many other counsellors taking their practice outside.
I have previously volunteered for 2 years at a local hospice as a bereavement support volunteer.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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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
I offer nature-based therapy, and also support clients experiencing Eco-Anxiety and concerns around climate change. This work can be conducted in an outside setting or online. I am trained as a Nature Guide with an Environmental Educational Charity.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 - £70.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Assessment £40 for half an hour
- Telephone sessions £55 per session (50 minutes)
- Online sessions £60 per session (50 minutes)
- Outdoors/nature-based session £60 (50 minutes)
- In-room (Warley) £70 (50 minutes)
- Trainee Counsellors £45 per session
Concessions are occasionally available. Please contact me for more information.
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I also offer flexible appointments for individuals who are not able to commit to the same time/day each week.
