Lucy Bello
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About me
Is it difficult to know how to make decisions because you have a critical voice in your head constantly putting you down and questioning your abilities?
Are you feeling overwhelmed with sadness or stuck in the fog of grief after a medical diagnosis or the death of a loved one?
Are you scared and worried about how to deal with a particular relationship?
Do you have work-stress?
Life can bring many different challenges, and counselling can provide a fresh perspective, reducing anxiety as well as enhancing and promoting self-compassion and self-awareness leading you to new-found growth and acceptance, one day at a time.
Get in touch online today and we can discuss what's happening. www.counsellingwithlucy.co.uk - +44 7787 283895
Equally, you don’t need to be at crisis point to see a therapist. Talking to a therapist can help give shape and voice to any general feelings of discontent or unease and hopefully give you the comfort that you are not alone.
In our confidential sessions, we'll look at what brings you to therapy. At the same time we will explore how events and emotions in the past have influenced your feelings and your behaviour. By looking at both the past and the present, we can gain a better understanding of your current needs and how to meet them going forward.
I have a particular interest in working with change, whether it is because you feel stuck and may not know what to do next or because you have had change thrust upon you. For example, job loss, career change, retirement, bereavement, living with illness, a relationship split, family and friendship rifts, expat life, health issues, anxiety, depression or loneliness.
Get in touch now and let's talk about it! +44 7787 283895
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified integrative counsellor and psychotherapist with a CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
I am also a qualified careers coach with a Post Graduate Diploma in Career Guidance and am a registered member of the Career Development Institute (CDI).
I have worked with Young Minds, Princes Trust, Positive Pete and most recently working as a bereavement counsellor at the The Mulberry Centre supporting cancer patients, their families and carers, as well as the recently bereaved.
I have regular supervision in line with BACP recommendations.
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Free initial online session
Additional information
Free 30 minute initial online or phone consultation
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I will do my utmost to be available for a free initial 30 minute consultation within 48 hours of making contact during the working week.
Further information
If you agree to start counselling with me, I will send you a contract to fill out and sign.
After this, we will have our first session. I will ask you a series of questions about yourself so that I have a better idea of who you are. E.g. family life, friends, health, what is bringing you to counselling - these are a few of the questions I will ask you.
We can now start on what you want to bring to the counselling sessions.
I generally recommend 6 sessions to start with and then we can decide how to take things forward from there. We can discuss this in our session.
