Mary Anne Bostock
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This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Whatever concerns you choose to bring to counselling my approach is to provide a non-judgemental, safe and confidential space whereby you can feel supported to work through whatever matters to you. I can support you to gain a greater understanding which can help in developing a deeper self-awareness and promote our own solutions to problems. When emotional pain hits or something doesn’t feel right then it’s ok to seek support.
I see clients for many different reasons; some may be going through a significant traumatic life event, suffering from the impact of childhood trauma or maybe struggling to manage stressful circumstances which can show itself in many different ways such as anxiety & depression, phobias, panic attacks, eating disorders and many more. Whatever you may be going through my approach is to facilitate you to safely explore and devise personal strategies to help you move forward,
Prior to my training as a psychotherapist, I worked for over twenty years for the NHS working as a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner within primary care and as a Community Mental Health Nurse. My career within the NHS mental health services has motivated me to make counselling more accessible to clients who have a psychiatric medical diagnosis and who want to explore their experiences outside the remit of a medical model. Some clients find diagnosis helpful as a means to validate and understand their distress while others may feel this is misaligned with their experience; I support clients to find out what works for them to enable them to foster personal potential and autonomy over their lives.
Training, qualifications & experience
Relevant Qualifications
- MSc course Person-Centred & Experiential Psychotherapist, PGDip level 7 (The Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute)
- EMDR Qualified
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), NHS IAPT trained
- Advanced Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Skills & Studies, level 6 (University of Derby).
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Birmingham
- Accredited Certificate in Professional Couples Counselling
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction training course
- Regular professional development training.
Relevant Experience & current practice
- Private practice - face to face, online & phone sessions
- Nottingham Counselling Service (current)
- Safe Space counselling, Nottingham
- Nottingham women’s Centre
- University of Nottingham, counselling service
- Mind Nottinghamshire
- Lincolnshire Youth Offending Team
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS
- Home-Start Grantham
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.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
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In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
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
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Individual £50 per hour.
I offer a initial free 20 minute zoom or phone appointment, where we can discuss your needs and my counselling approach. This can be helpful to establish whether I am the right person for you to work with.
I offer reduced rate for low income clients and trainee counsellors; please note that these places are limited.
When I work
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Further information
I offer face to face counselling, online and over the phone counselling.
