Melanie Daw
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Welcome to my page.
I can support you through difficulties with family, friendship or work as well as other life problems. You may be struggling to verbalise your needs, or perhaps feeling lonely or dissatisfied with life. This may have led to experiences of anxiety and depression which may be impacting your daily life. Perhaps life doesn't feel quite right or you're struggling with low self worth and feeling a little lost.
Counselling can enable clients to open up and share their feelings and emotions in a non judgemental space. This could be the first time you have taken that step to release those thoughts and feelings that you have been carrying. As you begin to trust the relationship, difficult emotions and life problems that are blocking a chance of living a full life, can be explored and unpicked leading to improved wellbeing and a stronger sense of self.
Sessions are short or long term depending on what the presenting issues are, but we can check in to see how things are feeling. It's important that it's a kind and understanding relationship in the counselling room.
I offer face to face counselling in Worcester city centre. My room is near to Worcester Foregate Street station for clients travelling into the city centre. I also offer counselling over Zoom.
As an integrative trained counsellor I work using a range of approaches which match the problems of the client. This could include a psychodynamic approach to unpick difficulties formed from childhood. The core to my practice is working from a person-centred approach which means the client is at the centre of the work. This can enable clients to create change and reach their potential.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). This is an ethical organisation which ensures I am practicing safely with my clients.
If you feel that counselling may be something that could help, please email me and we can discuss what you would like to work on.
Then, we can arrange an assessment session where we can explore your presenting issues. It needs to feel right for clients and I must ensure I am working within my professional competency.
If we agree to work together we can then begin our sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and continued my studies by achieving a Masters degree in Counselling where my research examined the psychological effects of the menopause in women.
I have volunteered for Cruse supporting people experiencing grief and also Frontline 19 working with people in the emergency services. I also have experience supporting parents with children with additional needs after working for Nurture Hub Therapy Services.
I undertake continued professional development through further training, reading, podcasts and lectures on a range of counselling subjects.
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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Fees
£60.00 per session
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