Louise Moss
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About me
I am a fully qualified humanistic counsellor and supervisor with 15 years of experience who offers individual, couple and group therapy in a safe and trusting environment. My approach is trauma informed and relational with an aim to empower individuals to connect with themselves, trust themselves and build a more fulfilling life. Counselling can bring a growing awareness and understanding of our behaviours and help us to find alternative choices.
I am trained in EMDR which is an approach that seems to 'unblock' the brain's processing so that traumatic memories become ordinary ones. It can also be helpful for a variety of emotional and behavioural problems. It is one of the treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
I currently run a private practice seeing client’s face to face or online, I also work for the NHS addiction teams and You Trust domestic violence teams providing their reflective practice/supervision. Prior to this I have worked as a therapist in the Substance Misuse hubs in Hampshire as well as an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Men's Prisons, Doctors Surgery and Private Sectors. This experience has given me the knowledge and understanding that enables me to work effectively with depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, PTSD, personality disorders, childhood attachment issues, as well as low self-esteem and relationship issues.
I offer a free 20-minute phone call for us to explore what you need. Please feel free to contact me for an informal discussion or to arrange an initial session.
There is no obligation to commit long-term. Sometimes it helps to talk in confidence to someone outside of your immediate environment about important and difficult personal and professional decisions.
Training, qualifications & experience
I use an integrative approach including a variety of techniques, depending on the individual client;
- BA (Hons) Humanistic Counselling based on Transactional Analysis University of Middlesex
- Foundation Degree Humanistic Counselling based on Transactional Analysis (BACP Accredited) University of Winchester
- BACP Accredited Diploma in Humanistic Counselling
- Diploma in Clinical Supervision
- Certificate in Clinical Supervision
- TA 101 Peter Symonds Ace College
- Integrative Couple Therapy
- Group Process Therapy
- Emotional Eye Movement Desensitisation
- Training in Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling
- Working with and understanding Personality Disorder
- ACT Acceptance Commitment Therapy (Based on Mindfulness)
- DBT Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (Based on Mindfulness)
- Understanding Relationships Relate Training
- Addiction Training
- Mindfulness Training
- Addiction and Brain Chemistry
- Sexual Desire and Brain Chemistry
- CBT
- Domestic Violence Training
- Brief Solution Focused Therapy
I currently run a private practice alongside providing individual and group supervision for an NHS Substance Misuse Centre, and other organisations such as You Trust/Paragon Domestic Violence Teams.
My counselling experience includes:
- GP Surgery (NHS)
- Drop in Centre for Homeless
- Substance Misuse Centre NHS (current)
- Kingston Prison Portsmouth NHS
- Parklands Psychiatric Hospital MOD Department NHS
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£70.00 per individual session EMDR £80.00
Couples £90.00 per session.
When I work
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Daytime early evening appointments
Further information
I hold an enhanced DRB check.
Evening and weekend appointments available.
There is free parking.
