About me
I am a British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, (BACP), and NHS Accredited and Registered psychodynamic Counsellor/Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor. I am NHS Accredited through The University of Nottingham in Person-Centered-Emotion Focused Therapy and a provider of therapy with AXA and BUPA Healthcare. I see people a walk away from central St Albans and by video. When asked what I specialise in, my answer is always 'people'. It might sound flippant but no two people have ever been the same, even if they are dealing with the same difficulties. Therapists are privileged to share in their clients' deepest selves so need to feel that they are in experienced hands. That therapeutic relationship is so important. I work to bring insight to you based on years of professional trainings and practice. Awareness through therapy builds strength and changes lives. Unsolicited comments: "I wish I'd done this 20 years ago". "Everyone should have therapy". "My relationships are better than they've ever been". To paraphrase Michael Rosen's Bear Hunt, sometimes you may need to push through some long grass and face up to painful feelings and memories to get there but you don't need to 'cope' alone any more and know that there is another side to this. If it's time, please message or email and I will get back to you and we can chat by phone. 07383 191912 mbcounsellingherts@gmail.com
Training, qualifications & experience
BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist in Psychodynamic Counselling
BACP Accredited Clinical Supervisor
Accredited Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression, (PCE-CfD) University of Nottingham, (NICE / NHS License).
NAPAC qualified. Trauma-Informed Therapist. Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Neglect.
Accredited NHS Psychotherapist working in NHS Talking Therapies
Private Practice in St Albans
Member organisations
school 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.
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
Trauma-Informed Therapy: Trauma in adults resulting from emotional, sexual and physical abuse and neglect in childhood.
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Initial consultation; £60
Fifty Minute Weekly Counselling; £65.
When I work
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Further information
How I work: As a psychodynamic therapist I look for what's beneath playing a part in everyday life, so deeply 'me' that it goes unnoticed. I work with past and present at the same time. Clients usually come weekly and open-ended, but short-term focused therapy is also possible, if you prefer. I am never the expert on you and your life but I do bring new ways of looking at things with you to bring more self-awareness to allow for change. A trusting therapeutic relationship is so important in all this and in the first meeting you will get a chance to assess that. I work with people who might not know why they are feeling troubled as well as those who do. Whatever is troubling you, we can talk. I am happy to talk by phone to help you decide the next step.
- Relationships of all kinds
- Childhood abuse or neglect.
- Trauma and other adverse childhood experiences.
- Bereavement/Grief and loss.
- Eating Disorders
- Family life; coming to terms with a child's behavioural problems, medical diagnosis or educational label.
- Ill health or disability.
Whatever the 'problem', we work together to build strength and resilience.
