About me
When Everyone Relies on you.
Hello, I'm Michelle and thank you for taking the time to read my profile.
You have taken the first step to think about what you need, so well done.
A little bit of information to help you think about if i am the right counsellor for you.
I am an Accredited BACP Counsellor with many years of experience supporting people through difficult times. I currently work as a Senior Counsellor supporting NHS staff and have spent much of my career working alongside people in caring, frontline and demanding roles.
Many of the people i work with are so busy looking after others that they rarely make time for themselves. This included NHS staff, Armed Forces, Veterans, Police officers, emergency service workers, carers, teachers, managers and people working in high pressure professions.
I understand how easy it is to keep going, push things to one side and focus on everyone else's needs. Over time, this can lead to stress, anxiety, burnout, low mood, compassion fatigue, trauma, relationship difficulties or feeling that you're carrying too much on your own.
Counselling offers a chance to stop for a moment and focus on you. You don't need to be in crisis, and you don't need to have everything figured out before reaching out. Sometimes people come because of a specific issue, and sometimes they come because they are overwhelmed, stuck of just emotionally exhausted.
My approach is person-centred, and i also draw on Compassion Focused Therapy. I am also EMDR trained and Solution Focused Therapy trained if these may be more suitable. Together we can work at a pace that feels right for you.
Above all, i offer a genuine, compassionate and confidential space where you can talk openly, feel heard and begin to make sense of what is troubling you.
Please drop me a message if you need any further information or would like a brief chat about the next steps.
Until then go Gentle
Michelle
Training, qualifications & experience
- Degree in Person Centred Counselling
- EMDR
- CBT Trauma Focused
- DBT
- ACT
- Compassion Focused Therapy CFT
- Trauma
- PTSD
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Bereavement
- Domestic abuse
- Low self-esteem/Low self-confidence
- Suicide
- Self Harm
- OCD
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.
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
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My fee is £60 a session .
Student discount offered.
When I work
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Further information
I offer a one off free 15 minutes and this is to explore and see how comfortable you feel talking to me and for us to explore your reasons for coming to counselling. At the end of this session, you have the opportunity If it feels right for you, to book your full 50 minutes paid session where we will identify some goals together.
Thank you so much for taking a look at my profile.
