L. Russell

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location_on Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1YD
Available for new clients
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This professional is available for new clients.

About me

When you embark on your journey it is nice to know who you are traveling with.

Hello I'm Lulu, I look forward to meeting you.

I have been training and working as a counsellor for more than 20 years and I love what I do: building connections, and relationships. Having the privilege of getting to know my clients, understand their internal worlds and journey by their sides.

One of the pleasures of being a therapist is to always be open to learning from life, and knowing that you will never know everything!

An adage that I try to live by is 'More Wise, Less Clever'.

I have lived most of my life in the Brighton area, by the sea, my favourite place to be, in constant motion, moving and changing, but always there, giving me a sense of perspective.

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  • Short term solution focused
  • Open-Ended for those who want a little more time or no set ending
  • Particularly experienced in working with anxiety and depression
  • Specialist training to work with clients who are/have experienced trauma
  • I can work creatively with those clients that would like to try this. Working creatively can often help in accessing our unconscious or what is hidden from us.

More information is available on my website http://www.lulurussellcounselling.co.uk/

Training, qualifications & experience

BACP Accredited Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling

Certificate in Short Term Solution Focused Counselling

Advanced Certificate in Couples Counselling - Time2Relate - Couples Counselling

The Agencies that I have worked for:

Hassocks and Keymer Counselling Service

Possibility People

Brighton Women's Centre

Brighton and Hove Well-being Service (NHS - GP Referrals) 2013-18

I have been working in Private Practice since 2006 and at Brighthelm Community Centre since 2009

I attend regular Continuing Professional Development (CPD), to enhance my practice, the subject of which is linked to my day to day client work.

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Fees

£55.00 per session

Additional information

£30 for our initial assessment session
This will last for approximately 50 minutes however I am happy to discuss this with you

£55 for a 50 minute Open Ended individual counselling session
I am always open to discuss the fee at our initial meeting as well as during our time together should your circumstances change.

£60 for a 50 minute Short Term Counselling (see website)

£125 for a 60 minute couples counselling session with myself
Should you wish to have a 90 minute session my charge will be £100

£150 for a 60 minute couples counselling session with two qualified counsellors.
Should you wish to have a 90 minute session our charge will be £140

Weekday and evening appointments available.

When I work

Weekday Evenings, Tuesday or Thursday daytime

Further information

I work interrogatively and find the best way of working individually with each client.  I will support you to find more effective ways, to address difficult issues and challenges and you will gain tools to help you manage your mood, anxiety or depression. Our time together will lead you to a greater understanding of your wellbeing needs and choices.

Brighthelm Community Centre, North Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1YD

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples