Lucy Bleasdale
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About me
Hello and welcome. I'm Lucy, a fully qualified and experienced person-centred counsellor and psychotherapist based in Twyford, near Winchester. I offer warm, non-judgemental, empathic counselling and psychotherapy where you can explore what’s going on for you freely in a safe, supportive and collaborative environment.
Person-centred therapy is a refreshing therapeutic method; "walking" with you, employing empathic understanding and non-judgemental warmth and acceptance, respecting and trusting your inner resources, supporting you on your journey towards reconnecting with your personal power, self-trusting and movement, for healing, self-acceptance, change and growth.
I understand approaching counselling can be daunting and therefore offer a free 30-minute consultation to explore what you are looking for and what person-centred counselling and psychotherapy can offer you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified person-centred counsellor and psychotherapist and a registered accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). With experience in the voluntary and private sectors, I have worked with a well known local counselling charity, a bereavement charity and a sexual and domestic abuse charity and now run a successful private practice.
I have also worked as a Group Personal Development Facilitator for Diploma Level Counselling Students at Southampton City College.
Qualifications
- 1st class BA (Hons) Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy, Middlesex University (this is a BACP accredited course)
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Southampton
- Diploma (DipHE) in Person-Centred Counselling (Distinction), Middlesex University
- MBA, University of Southampton
- Certificate in Counselling Skills (Distinction), Southampton City College
- Certificate in Person-Centred Couples & Relationship Counselling
- Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision
- Certificates in Safeguarding Training (Hidden Harm; Protecting Children; Young People and Adults at Risk; Safeguarding Adults; Awareness of Child Abuse)
- Online Therapy Institute “Moving your practice Online”
- BACP online and telephone course / COVID-19 Primer
Member organisations
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
PMDD (Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder)
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Additional information
I offer a free 30-minute telephone consultation as an opportunity for me to share how I work and answer any of your questions for you to decide whether you feel therapy with me is right for you.
Individual sessions
All individual counselling sessions following initial consultation are 50 minutes.
My standard fee for these sessions is £70.
Face-to-face sessions are held at my practice in Twyford, Winchester, but telephone and online appointments are also welcome and available. I also offer 'walk and talk' therapy in and around Twyford.
Couples / relationship counselling
£84 for 60 mins or £122 for 90 mins. Couples therapy is offered face-to-face or online.
Transport Access
- Convenient parking available on site
- Twyford crossroads bus stop 1 minute walk
- Shawford train station 15 minutes walk
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I may have a waitlist for some sessions or times not listed here - please do get in touch to check
Further information
- Registered Accredited Member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP (Accred))
- MBPsS (Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (UK))
- Member of the Hampshire Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (HACP)
- Member of the Person-Centred Association (tPCA)
- Full personal indemnity and professional liability insurance
- Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check
- Registered with the ICO (Information Commissioner's Office)
