Mabel (Vikki) Barrie
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About me
I have worked in a variety of settings, both clinical and educational, working with adults and young adults. It is my aim to provide you with a safe, supportive, compassionate and confidential space that enables you to better understand your feelings or the specific situation that is making you feel unhappy, lost or unsafe. I see clients face-to-face in the SE3 and SE10 area or online, using Zoom.
Therapy can be very effective in increasing confidence, acceptance and self-awareness. We will do that by looking at your present and past feelings and behaviours, which can in turn help to move towards a better, happier future.
Whether you are going through a difficult time due to a specific reason, or you are feeling low in general, can seriously affect your resilience and make life seem much more challenging. Feeling anxious, stressed, isolated or depressed can have a very damaging effect on our lives and seeking therapy is the first step towards change.
With any counsellor/client relationship, the key thing is the relationship itself. It is knowing that you have that emotional support that can spur you on to change how you feel - for the better. I believe that clients and therapists work in collaboration with each other to improve clients' well-being and quality of life.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified Integrative Counsellor. I use a variety of person-centred, psychodynamic and CBT approaches. This means that I tailor my sessions to each individual client, which is unique to them.
Qualifications: HND, BA (Hons), Diploma in Integrative Counselling
Experience: I have over 10 years' experience of working with young people in a secondary school and as a counsellor in a 6th form college. I have counselled adults for a charity that offers low-cost counselling to adults. This is above a GP surgery in Bickley.
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
£60.00 per session
Additional information
I offer face-to-face counselling at £60 and online sessions at £50. This is for a 50 minute session.
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I can offer Zoom sessions outwith the hours above.
Further information
I work in a safe, secure and non-judgemental way, ensuring that your emotional needs are my priority. I offer you a warm, accepting and safe place where you can explore your issues and talk about what is getting in the way of you living a full and happy life.
Whilst therapy itself can be extremely healing, I believe that it is the work that happens between sessions that is even more important. By working closely together to look at strategies, we can ensure you have the confidence to make lasting changes to your life.
