Melanie Kennedy
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About me
Hello, I am Melanie and I understand that life can be challenging sometimes. With its setbacks, traumas, failings and tragedies our life experiences can impact us in several ways. Counselling provides a safe and confidential place where our lived experiences can be explored to provide greater understanding and insight into who we are as individuals.
True strength is not just determined by one’s ability to win or succeed but rather the capacity to persevere through hardships. Knowing that difficult periods or disappointments in life are finite but hope is infinite, will empower one towards their therapy goals. As an Integrative Counsellor I provide warm, non-judgemental, supportive and emphatic therapeutic relationship. I believe my clients are the masters of their own lives and have within them the power to overcome what brought them into counselling. I draw on my training, experience, skills and techniques to work collaboratively with you to get to the underlining root of the issue to bring about clarity, healing and change. Our counselling sessions will allow you to understand yourself and your personal experiences to help bring self-awareness of your thoughts, actions and emotions.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a Master's degree in Psychology (MSc Hons) from the University of East London.
I have a degree in Psychology and Education Studies (BA Hons) from London Metropolitan University.
I have a degree in Counselling and Theology (BA Hons) from London School of Theology.
My objective is to do a Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (DCPsych).
I hold memberships with the British Psychological Society (GMBPsS) as well as the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) and Divisional membership in:
BACP Children, Young People and Families
BACP Coaching
BACP Private Practice
BACP Spirituality
I have completed several CPD training such as:
Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)
Trauma and the Body: Somatisation and Dissociation
Safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
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.
Black, African and Asian Therapy Network
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 - £140.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fees per session are:
Initial consultation £60 (individuals) and £85 (couples)
Daytime sessions (8 am- 4 pm) £85 (individuals) and £105 (couples)
Evening sessions (5 pm-8 pm) £100 (individuals) and £120 (couples)
Early mornings (5 am- 7 am), Late-nights (9 pm-11 pm) and Saturdays £120 (individuals) and £160 (couples)
I offer the concession rate of £65 for students on training courses and those on low-income(daytime sessions only)
INSURANCE: I accept insurance from
Cigna UK, WPA and Vitality Health
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I offer sessions weekly from 8 am-8 pm. I offer early morning (5 am-7 pm), late-night (9 pm-11 pm) and weekends 8 am -8 pm (Saturdays only).
