Margaret Lyon
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About me
I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor based in Carmarthen. I have 13 years counselling experience and for 10 years I have provided group and individual supervision to other counsellor practitioners. I have extensive experience in the caring professions, formerly working as a nurse and health visitor.
I have a particular interest and counselling experience in working with clients who:
- are experiencing conflict in relationships
- wish to explore personal development
- are experiencing difficulties with life transitions/losses
- are bereaved
- have postnatal depression
- are carers
- have health challenges
- are experiencing anxiety and depression
I use a range of approaches and interventions and adapt these to a person’s individual needs. I aim to provide warm, supportive environment, in which clients can gain greater insight and awareness, bringing them the possibility of change and growth.
I place an importance on keeping my professional knowledge and practice up to date, and have completed training in;-
- mindfulness in counselling
- working with anxiety and depression
- using creative approaches in counselling
- bereavement through suicide
- re-wind training for trauma
Approaches and Interventions used:
- Mindfulness
- Transactional Analysis
- Solution Focused
- Systems approach
- Creative approaches inc therapeutic writing
- Person centred approach
- Psychodynamic
Training, qualifications & experience
RGN, RSCN, Registered Health Visitor
Higher National Diploma in Integrative Counselling,
Diploma in Counselling Supervision
Certificate in Bereavement Care (Cruse)
Registered Member MBACP (Accred)
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Counselling: £30 first session, £40 thereafter for 60 minute sessions ( concessions available)
- Supervision: £40 for 1 ½ hour session
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Further information
Availability: Daytime and late afternoon appointments available
