Maaike Beech, MBACP & NCS Accred., Trauma Specialist, Clinical Lead & Supervisor
About me
Hello and welcome to The Beech Practice!
Are you struggling with sleeping difficulties, concentration problems, anxiety, depression, nightmares, feeling weary or teary? Have you experienced loss, trauma, or maybe you don't quite know why you feel the way you do? It doesn't have to be like that.
With 13+ years experience I provide counselling and safe trauma therapy for young people and adults who may be struggling. I find it important that we work in a pace that suits you, rather than going too quickly (or too slow). I work by the ethics of the BACP's Ethical Framework,(British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and am an MBACP Accredited member, as well as a NCS Accredited Member (National Counselling Society).
I am experienced and trained in providing one-to-one integrative counselling, as well as trauma therapy. This includes working with Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Trauma-Focused CBT, the Rewind-Technique, and Solution-Focused Therapy. I also deliver a range of counselling training and supervision for trainee counsellors, as well as to experienced qualified counsellors. I am a Clinical Lead for a London-based charity, and coordinate a Therapeutic Service for young people who have experienced extensive and complex trauma.
I believe it is very important that you feel comfortable with your counsellor or therapist. We can therefore use a first appointment to get to know each other better, and to spend some time figuring out how counselling or trauma therapy might be helpful for you.
With the current lock down in place, all sessions right now take place over the phone, online or through messaging. This ensures your safety, whilst still being able to work through everything that is going on for you right now. It can be such a step to reach out for help, picking up the phone and start counselling or therapy. Sometimes it's difficult to know when to ask for help. I believe that no-one should have to struggle alone. I believe that there is always hope! Hope to recover, hope for feeling better, hope to get out of a place of feeling stuck. Whatever it is, or whatever you are going through, you don't have to do it alone.
Training, qualifications & experience
My qualifications are:
- 2022 - EMDR - To be started
- 2021 - Post-Graduate Certificate Clinical Supervision - Ongoing
- 2021 - Advanced Diploma Trauma Treatment of Complex PTSD - Ongoing
- 2021 - Diploma Gambling Counselling, with distinction
- 2020 - Certified Cyber Therapy - Young People & Adults
- 2019 - Advanced Diploma Psychotherapy
- 2018 - Certificate Counselling Supervision
- 2018 - Practitioners Diploma Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- 2017 - Diploma Therapeutic Counselling
- 2009 - BSc (Hons) Degree Social Work, Considered Dutch equivalent of a Degree Counselling
- 2006 - BSc Degree in Teaching
Aside from qualifications, I have completed much Continual Professional Development Courses (CPD), which includes:
- Infant and Pregnancy Loss Training (accredited by the Foundation for Infant and Pregnancy Loss)
- Working practically with Dissociation
- Body awareness in Psychotherapy
- Somatic Psychology as integrated into Evidence-Based Trauma Treatment
I specialize in working with any form of trauma, including domestic abuse, sexual abuse (including CSA/ CSE), car accidents, traumatic bereavements, complex PTSD, dissociation difficulties (including Dissociative Identity Disorder), FGM, sudden illness, trafficking and torture. I am trained in the Rewind-Technique by Human Givens College. The Rewind-Technique is a gentle trauma-technique which allows you to process the traumatic memory whilst feeling safe and present.
I have also been trained in Trauma-Focused CBT by the Anna Freud Centre in London, which is a gentle way to increase a sense of safety, working to manage your post-trauma symptoms such as re-living, avoidance, hyper-arousal and negative views of yourself or the world. We can look at processing some of the feelings or traumatic experiences as well. Some people find that very helpful, for others it may not be necessary. The sessions will always be tailored to your wants and needs.
Aside from specializing in trauma, I also specialize in working with bereavement and loss. I worked for 4 years for a Hospice in Chelmsford, and have provided bereavement counselling through the years in both the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. A loss may include a loss of a person, a job, marriage, contact with family, house or a pet. If you feel you are struggling, please don't hesitate to contact me.
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.
National Counselling Society
The National Counselling Society
This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations.
In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. 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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Online Counselling
Telephone Counselling
Therapies offered
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Fees
Concessions offered for
Additional information
One-to-one counselling and Trauma Therapy:
If you live in the boroughs of Southend, Rochford, or Castlepoint, you can access one-to-one counselling and trauma therapy for the discounted rate of £50 for a 50-minute session. There are further discounted rates available for students and people facing financial difficulties.
If you live in any other part of the United Kingdom (including London, Birmingham and Newcastle), or any other part of the world (including the Netherlands and Belgium), the rates of counselling are £65 for a one-to-one session, and £45 for the discounted rate for students and people struggling financially.
One-to-one Clinical Supervision:
* Qualified counsellor/ therapist: £70 for 1.5 hours, £50 for 1 hour
* Student counsellor/ therapist: £50 for 1.5 hours, £40 for 1 hour
Both one-to-one counselling/therapy and supervision is now also possible through telephone/online sessions.
Availability
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I am available on: Mondays between 8am - 8pm Thursdays between 3pm - 6pm Fridays between 8am - 6pm
Further information
If you would like a bit more information about how telephone, online or messaging counselling works, please send me a message. We can talk about whether this might be a better (temporary?) solution and option for you.
