Margaret Meyer
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About me
Thank you for viewing my profile. You may have been considering counselling for some time or you may be at a crisis point in your life.
I am currently offering online sessions via Zoom (couples and individuals) and also provide WhatsApp and telephone counselling.
- I provide short and long-term therapeutic counselling for anxiety, depression, bereavement and loss, low confidence or low-self-esteem, suicidal thoughts, relationship issues, family issues, trauma, and stresses arising from major life change including the loss of a relationship or a professional identity.
- I support couples who are experiencing some of the many challenges that can occur in a relationship. It's common for couples to experience conflict during times of change or crisis – such as moving in together, financial pressures, illness, disagreements over children, a career change, losing a parent or uncovering traumatic family history, or dealing with the aftermath of an affair.
- I offer specialised support for older people adjusting to the opportunities and challenges of this life-stage.
I am an experienced and qualified therapeutic counsellor with experience of working in the public, voluntary and private sectors. I am fully insured for practice, hold a current enhanced DBS for my work with vulnerable adults, and am committed to ongoing professional development. As a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, I am required to attend regular supervision, as well as practising within their Ethical Framework.
My approach
My approach is integrative, which means that I draw on several different counselling styles in order to adapt and tailor therapy to each individual or couple. I blend relational counselling with interventions that are evidence based and therefore proven to be significantly helpful to clients. My practice is principally informed by Schema Therapy, Imago Therapy (a specialised form of couples counselling), humanistic psychotherapies, attachment and systems therapies. I also have specialist qualifications in creative approaches, for example working with found objects, drawings, poems and song lyrics as part of the therapeutic process.
Individuals
In our sessions you will find a space to talk openly, giving you the opportunity to express and explore beliefs, feelings and fears. Whether you are in crisis or grappling with a longer term, deeply embedded psychological problem, I undertake to help you strengthen your self-compassion and your ability to cope and grow.
Couples & relationships
Becoming a couple is easy; keeping the love and trust alive over months and years is, for most people, much more challenging. Very commonly, couples experience conflict during times of change or crisis – such as moving in together, financial pressures, illness, having a child or children leaving home, a career change, losing a parent or uncovering traumatic family history, or dealing with the aftermath of an affair. Couples who have been together for a long time often experience times when communication is the issue; your communication has become stale, mundane and lacks meaning. This is when couples counselling can provide real support, because it provides a space for you to review your relationship, deal with difficult feelings - especially anger and loss - and to hear each other in fresh ways.
Initial Consultations
I usually suggest that we arrange an initial session so that we can talk through in a bit more detail what you hope for from counselling. This first session is also an opportunity for us both to decide whether or not we would like to work together.
If you think I can help, give me a ring on 07977506997 or email me here.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BA, MA
- PG Diploma in Gestalt Counselling
- Trainings in Schema and Imago Therapies
- Certificate in Couples Counselling
- Certificate in Supervision (ongoing)
- Child Play Therapy training (The Place2Be)
- PG Diploma in Therapeutic Hypnotherapy
- Certificates in Groupwork
- Certificate in Clean Language & Symbolic Modelling
- Qualifications in Mindfulness
- Qualifications in creative writing for therapeutic purposes.
I chose to train initially in humanistic counselling because this approach prioritises the client’s experience, promotes personal insight and self-compassion, and encourages people to experiment with fresh ways of thinking and behaving. I then gained further qualifications in relationship counselling. More recently I have completed training in evidence-based therapies, principally Schema Therapy, which now forms the backbone of my approach, and I have recently completed training as a clinical Supervisor.
I have been practising for over 16 years. My previous experience includes counselling in schools, addiction recovery centres and in prisons. Before training as a therapist I had a successful career in publishing and international cultural relations. My work brought me into contact with people at all levels of business, across many countries, doing very different roles sometimes in extremely challenging environments. To be effective in my work, I had to learn how to listen without judgement, observe with an open mind, and form empathic, respectful relationships. All of these qualities I bring to my work as a therapist.
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
£50.00 - £75.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I provide short and long-term counselling for both individual clients and couples.
- My fee for individual clients is £50.00 for a 50-minute session.
- My fee for couples / relationship counselling is £75.00 for a 70-minute session.
- Payment at the end of each session by bank transfer or cash.
Initial Consultations
I offer a free initial consultation of 30 minutes for individuals and 40 minutes (at a small charge of £10) for couples . This gives us an opportunity to talk through what help you are seeking, find out more about my approach and ask questions about it, and for you to explore any issues you wish to bring to counselling. If you decide my approach is right for you and we agree to continue, we would arrange a time and day to meet for your next session. There is no obligation to book further sessions and you will be free to go away and think things over before committing yourself to future work.
Getting in touch
The best way to contact me is to text or email. I undertake to respond as soon as I can and within 36 hours.
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Further information
- I hold specialist qualifications in creative approaches, for example working with found objects, drawings, poems and song lyrics as part of the therapeutic process. I'm especially interested in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes (CWTP)and have undertaken a number of trainings in these fields, with the Orchard Foundation and with Lapidus, the UK's organisation for writing for wellbeing. A growing body of research shows that CWTP and other arts-based and creative approaches can be highly effective for people with longstanding conditions, including depression, chronic fatigue and pain, and anxiety.
