Maria Ferguson

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location_on Craigavon, County Armagh, BT62 2LS
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About me

I support children and young people to understand and manage their emotions and mental health. I help young people work out where they are stuck and or what they are worrying excessively about. I meet with individual young people/ adolescents alone or with a parent for a number of counselling/therapy sessions. I am committed to helping young people successfully navigate the turbulence of modern. adolescence and help them recover from or avoid overwhelm, excessive worry, anxiety, panic attacks, anger outbursts, depression and addiction.

Training, qualifications & experience

I am highly experienced in working with young people, children, adolescents and young adults and hold an MSc in Adolescent Psychotherapy. I have over twenty years' experience as a secondary school teacher, combined with extensive experience as a school counsellor and advocacy role for young people in care.

Member organisations

school Registered / Accredited

Registered / Accredited

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BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

49 Tamnaghmore Road, Tandragee, Craigavon, County Armagh, BT62 2LS

Type of session

In person
Online