Mark Rowden
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About me
Is life feeling just too much to cope with right now? Perhaps you are struggling with grief following a bereavement or another form of loss. Maybe you are feeling anxious, depressed or overwhelmed. Could something from your past be impacting on how you are feeling?
Life has many challenges. When we are struggling it is okay to seek help. I am here to listen and support you. I offer a safe space where together we can explore what is going on, assist you gain awareness into what’s troubling you and look at what you would like to be different. My aim is that you will feel heard and understood on your journey of self-discovery.
It is my belief that we all have the capacity to change and that the therapeutic relationship built with the client is key to helping bring about personal growth and positive change.
As I consider each person is unique I work primarily with a person-centred approach which is at the core of my work. However, as a qualified integrative counsellor, I will draw on different theoretical models in order to provide a personalised approach.
I offer a chance to reflect on the difficulties or problems you are experiencing in a safe and confidential environment, with someone from outside your day-to-day life. Together we can explore your situation in a way that leads to fresh perspectives – and perhaps a new understanding of yourself. Counselling isn’t about giving you solutions or advice, but empowering you to make your own changes.
I enjoy working with people from all walks of life and backgrounds, who come to me with a diverse range of problems.
I offer both short – 6-12 weeks and long term face to face, online and telephone counselling. Online sessions are held over Zoom. The sessions are 50 minutes long.
Training, qualifications & experience
Before starting my private practice I worked for two charities Emmaus Counselling (Guildford) and Crossways Counselling (Haslemere). I also worked as a Listening Volunteer for the Samaritans (Guildford).
- Diploma of Higher Education in Counselling - Middlesex University in collaboration with Waverley Abbey College
- Video and phone counselling 2.0: Advancing your knowledge - The Open University
- Trained listening volunteer with Samaritans
- LLB (Hons) - (Law) University of East Anglia
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.
The Association of Christian Counsellors and Linked Professions is a professional body representing and setting standards for Christian counselling and care in the UK. The organisation is made up of various different membership categories, including Counsellor and Accredited, and requires all members working as counsellors to undertake Continuous Professional Development on a regular basis.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£60 per 50 minute session (individuals)
£80 per 50 minute session (couples)
I appreciate it can seem overwhelming when looking for a counsellor especially if this is the first time you have considered counselling. Therefore to help I offer an initial 20 minutes session by telephone or Zoom. In this session, we can discuss why you are considering counselling at this time and how you hope it will help. There will be no charge for this initial session.
Hopefully, this initial session will give both of us an opportunity to get a sense of whether we feel we will be able to work together. It does take time to develop the client/counsellor relationship but it is very important that you feel that I’m someone that you will be comfortable working with.
When I work
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Further information
As a fully-qualified Counsellor, I am a member of both the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions and abide by their code of ethics.
