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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Hi, I’m Lucinda - a Counselling Psychologist who has worked in adult mental health care for twelve years. I have worked across NHS primary care, secondary mental health services, acute crisis care and inpatient settings. Counselling Psychologists must also undertake their own personal therapy during training, so I have experience of sitting in both chairs...
I offer a trauma-informed approached to therapy. Trauma (which can take many forms) and distress are universal and something every human experiences, albeit unique for each of us. Responses to trauma, subsequent coping mechanisms and associated thoughts, feelings and behaviours are often natural, common and understandable. I find the issues people want to address in therapy usually make sense when we understand the person and their experiences. Life can be difficult and human emotion is complex, so it’s not surprising that our mental health can suffer. Our ability to experience and respond to a wide range of emotions is key to self-care and therapy can equip us with the awareness and tools to feel more confident in the face of distress and challenge.
My aim is to instil hope and connect as human beings first and foremost. The relationship is the ‘intervention’ for the most part, and I believe people deserve therapy that validates, supports, explores, listens and challenges them.
I can work with a broad range of issues including:
- Stress
- Depression
- Anxiety (including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Social Anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
- Complex Trauma
- Self-harming behaviour
- Low Self-esteem
- Anger management issues
- I also have a special interest in supporting women during the perinatal period (before, during and after pregnancy).
Training, qualifications & experience
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
- Level 1, 2 & 3 Certificates in Counselling Skills
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Doctor of Counselling Psychology
- Registered member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Registered Counselling Psychologist - Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Member organisations
school 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.
The HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
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
£100.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Individual therapy (50 minutes) £100.
