Michelle Chand-Aubry
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About me
Would you like to arrange individual counselling or couples counselling?
Finding yourself struggling with your situation, thoughts and feelings?
Let me help you to find understanding and support you.
I am an experienced Integrative Counsellor (Post Graduate/ level 6), using many approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Humanistic and Psychodynamic approaches to suit each individual as appropriate. This allows me to explore the past and current matters with you effectively and as appropriate. I have over 25 years experience successfully supporting individuals, couples, families and polyamorous relationships go on to lead more fulfilling lives. My current practices are in Iver, Buckinghamshire , Uxbridge, Middlesex and a newly added practice in Stockley Park, UB11 for face-to-face work. I also provide counselling sessions using phone, Face Time, Zoom, Whats App platforms.
I have a core belief that we all deserve to be happy, lead meaningful and fulfilling lives and that we have the ability to do so with support, motivation and circumstances favouring this... though at times it may be hard to see this. I am very experienced in working with a wide variety of difficulties including anxiety, panic attacks, depression, addictions, abuse, trauma and PTSD, low self esteem and low-self confidence, relational issues, family issues, mental health conditions and ADHD. The above are just a few of the areas I can support you with.
We can all benefit from some professional, external support at some stage in our lives to invest in our own well being. We may have friends and/or family who are genuinely supportive but may need that space away from all that is familiar to have a clearer perspective in areas of our lives.
As we are all unique individuals, my training and experience enables me to create a bespoke experience using the appropriate counselling approaches to what your goals are. I am very culturally and spiritually aware and can draw upon this for an enhanced holistic counselling experience.
I always maintain an honest working relationship with you and encourage you to do so with yourself. Counselling does evoke a range of emotions at times through this journey. I will support you through this journey in a safe, respectful, confidential and non judgmental space. I appreciate the effort and courage required at times in this journey but believe, through my own experiences, that the rewards are so worth this.
Benefits of Counselling
If you can identify that one or some of these mean something to your life then it may be the right time for you to start counselling.
- Someone to talk, support and motivate you in an unbiased, safe, non judgmental and confidential space.
- Stop feeling stuck within yourself
- Develop an empowered sense of yourself. Improve how you manage yourself, problem solving, decision making, conflict resolution
- Get to know yourself better- why you do things, the origins of thoughts and behaviours, what triggers you
- Improved relationships and experiences with others.
- Improved mental health and well being- be happier!
- Process and make sense of past traumatic experiences
About Me
My life experiences, academic development and work experiences have lead me into private practice.
I studied a BSc Psychobiology degree and as this ended, I commenced my work in the field of substance misuse addiction in 2002 in a drugs and alcohol community treatment centre. Shortly after, I completed my Post Graduate Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling. I have worked within the substance misuse field itself , mainly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Solution-focused work, for over 15 years in various roles. I more recently work with couple relationships and work, non romantic (friends and familiy), and polyamorous relationships.
In my last role I managed the Richmond borough-wide substance misuse treatment service which consisted of many teams and functions including a counselling service, 1-2-1 and group work, parenting programme, prescribing clinical team, outreach services, women and men's specific work, family and carer's support, work in police stations, prisons and courts. Through this I have the confidence and experience of working with a wide range of counselling topics (as listed below).
I work with working with individual adults and couples (18 years +). I offer face-to-face, online and phone counselling. There are more details on my website www.MichelleChandAubry.com
Areas of counselling that I can suppo
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- Abuse (financial, sexual, neglect, physical, mental, emotional)
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Adult safeguarding
- Alcohol misuse
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Bereavement and loss
- Body dysmorphia
- Carer support
- Child safeguarding
- Criminal justice related issues
- Couples Counselling
- Cultural issues
- Debt
- Depression
- Domestic Violence
- Dual diagnosis (mental health & using drugs/ alcohol combined)
- Exam and education support
- Feeling sad
- Family issues & support
- Hoarding
- Housing issues
- Human trafficking
- Loss
- Low self- esteem
- Low confidence
- Mental health
- Miscarriage
- Panic
- Parenting support
- Perpetrators of domestic violence and abuse
- Phobias
- Pregnancy & birth
- Rape & Sexual Assault
- Relationships
- Relationship issues- general, affairs, betrayals, divorce, separation
- Self harm
- Stress
- Suicidal feelings, thoughts and ideation
- Sleeping problem
- Self harm
- Spiritual issues
- Stress
- Trauma
- Trichotillomania
- Work- related issues
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional training:
- May 2024- Bipolar Disorder Awareness- Online CPD
- April 2024- Hoarding Awareness- Online CPD
- March 2024- Borderline Personality Disorder- Online CPD
- May 2021- Mental Health in the Workplace- BACP
- May 2021- Intercultural Couples: Clinical Interventions for Working With Difference - Tavistock Relationships
- 2021- Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self Knowledge: The Unconscious- online certificate- University of Edinburgh
- 2020 Certificate in Working with Couples and Other Relationships Therapy (including polyamorous and non- romantic). The Grove Counselling Practice, London, Level 5
- 2003- 2006 Post Graduate Advanced Diploma In Humanistic Integrative Counselling, CPPD Counselling School, London, Level 6
- 1997 -2002 Studied BSc Psychobiology , North London University
Additional training:
- May 2019 Diversity Symposium- CPCAB & BACP
- 2018 Anger & Creativity : The dynamics of aggression in intimate family relationships
- 2017 Data Protection & Information Security Awareness
- Values, Behaviour & Cultures Workshop
- Naloxone training
Medication in Recovery - Leadership and management training (part2)
- Hoarding training
- 2016 Leadership & Management training (part 1)
- Training for Disciplinary Chairs
- 2014 Care Quality Commission (CQC) training
- 2013 Foundations for Recovery Programme training
- 2012 ITEP mapping training
- Strengths- based Assessment & Recovery Tools
- 2011 Management Learning Development Programme- Strategic & Open-minded Thinking
- Emotional Intelligence, Leadership & Influencing
- Diversity, Courage & Personal Impact
- Coaching
- Disciplinary & Grievance training
- 2010 Managing Safeguarding within Projects
- 2009 Management Development Programme
- 2006 Working with Survivors of Abuse- Understanding the abuser
- 2006 Working with Survivors of Abuse- Intimacy and sexuality
- 2005 Working with Survivors of Abuse- Rage and anger
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Training and workshops available:
I can provide bespoke training or workshops for the areas listed above. Please contact me to discuss details and check website for more details.
Business Development support available:
If you would like some support on how to enhance or develop your own business, implement changes, marketing & promoting services, management related matters then please contact me.
Fees
£80.00 - £100.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Prices apply to all 3 locations- Iver , Ealing & Uxbridge
If you feel that we could work well together and would like to discuss the price please contact me as I will consider particular financial circumstances.
INDIVIDUALS £80 per session online/ phone
£90 per session face to face
COUPLES £90 per session online/ phone
£100 per session face to face
* discounts available when purchasing session bundles. £5 off each session if you purchase a bundle of 6 and pre pay- see website for more details.
When I work
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Monday- Friday 8.30am- 10pm,
Saturday 10am-5pm occasionally
Please contact me if you would like to meet outside of these hours as there is some flexibility. I work on bank holidays.
Further information
Specialist Areas:
- Anxiety
- Relationships- individual and couples
- Trauma
- Drugs and Alcohol Misuse
- Criminal Justice- related issues
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dual Diagnosis work- with mental health
* Main practices in Iver and Uxbridge.
* Phone, FaceTime, Skype, Zoom and telephone counselling service available.
* Some work available in Ealing on request- Ealing Address- The Space, 12b St Mary's Rd, London, W5 5ES