Louise Dawson
About me
Hello, I'm Louise
As you consider engaging with counselling you will have your own individual and unique reasons for this, and I am here to offer you the space to talk through whatever is troubling or distressing you at the moment. I aim to help you gain a clearer perspective on your issues, and to find a way forward that is right for you.
Areas of work
I typically support clients struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma experiences including childhood trauma, relationship issues, bereavement, stress and low self esteem. I have a particular interest and passion in working with attachment issues and how they can impact our behaviours and relationships.
What you can expect
I tailor counselling sessions to the individual, so you can expect that once I have an understanding of what has led you to seek counselling, we will find a way of working that suits you most. This may include building up skills and tools you can take away with you from counselling, that will help you to manage and cope with situations better, effect change in your life, be more accepting of situations or empower you to find solutions to life's problems.
The space I offer within counselling will encourage you to explore your thoughts and feelings at a greater depth, and as you gain more understanding and perspective on your situation and difficulties, you can then gain clarity on ways you would like to overcome your issues. This can lead to living your life in a more fulfilling way and enhancing your wellbeing.
Training, qualifications & experience
My training as an Integrative Counsellor means I am able to draw on more than one therapeutic approach to suit your needs, and I believe this provides me with an effective way of working with you, and what you hope to achieve from counselling sessions.
My qualifications are as follows;
* Foundation Degree in Counselling
* Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Level 5)
* Diploma in Integrative Humanistic Counselling (Level 4)
* Open University modules - Counselling: Exploring fear and sadness, Exploring psychology, Understanding social change
Postgraduate Training and Qualifications;
* Postgraduate Diploma in Attachment-based Therapy
* Postgraduate Diploma in Couples work
* Applied Neuroscience for treating anxiety, panic and worry
* CBT focused Trauma Work
* Asperger's Awareness training
*Dissociation in Adolescents and Adults
I am an Accredited Counsellor, and a member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). I also hold the Certificate of Proficiency for the BACP Register.
I have worked as a Counsellor since 2012, and have my own private practice where I work with clients presenting with a wide variety of issues. In addition to this, I work as an Associate Counsellor for The Old Surgery in Leighton Buzzard. Previously I worked with clients who had accessed counselling through a busy drop in service, and was part of an agency that worked with gambling addicts.
Member organisations
Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial in-person session
EAP/Health Insurance Providers
Additional information
It is important that you feel we are suited to working together, so I offer an initial free, no obligation session which will last for 30 minutes. This gives you the opportunity to meet me, see where our sessions will be held, and most importantly, give me an overview of what you would like to be focusing on in counselling sessions. If after this you decide you would like to go ahead with counselling, we will make arrangements for ongoing appointments.
My counselling room is situated in a quiet location within Milton Keynes, and there is a free and well lit car park for you to use.
Availability
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I offer early appointments, daytime and evening hours, Monday to Thursday. I also offer short and long term work.
Further information
Please either email or call me to arrange an initial session, where you can ask any questions you may have about counselling, and we can discuss how we proceed with your enquiry.
You can expect me to reply to your enquiry either that day, or the next working day.
I look forward to speaking with you.