Neil Muir
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About me
Hello, I'm Neil, I am an experienced Counsellor based in Newbury working with adults and young people, in-person and online.
If you're struggling - with life, with relationships, with work/study, with distressing experiences, with your own thoughts or feelings - it can be a lonely experience. I will be your ally who will walk alongside you as you face your challenges, go through ups and downs, enjoy breakthroughs, progress, and success.
Working with me, you can expect to feel respected, heard and cared for in a confidential, safe and non-judgemental space. We will move at a pace you feel comfortable with. From our sessions, you will begin to experience a stronger sense of yourself, your resilience and your own inner-wisdom.
I provide immediate short-term support when life seems overwhelming. Or we can use longer-term work to explore complex issues in more depth and bring about lasting change.
I have experience working with a wide range of life-affecting experiences such as:
- anxiety or self-doubt
- low mood or depression
- addictive thinking and behaviour
- abuse or trauma
- neurodiversity in a neurotypical world
- issues within relationships and families
- navigating transitions and change
- teenagers adjusting to adulthood
If any of these resonate with you and you’re tired of ‘putting on a brave face,’ then contact me for a free, no-obligation 30-minute chat to find out more about how I can support you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a registered Member of the BACP and hold a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling.
I qualified as a Counsellor following a career in Hospitality, where looking after and supporting people was at the forefront of everything I did. It provided me with invaluable life experience that I believe now compliments and enhances my approach as a Counsellor.
As part of my ongoing personal and professional development I have attended various short training courses focusing on Relationships, Neurodiversity, Self Harm, Anger and Depression and Loss and Bereavement.
With a particular interest in Transactional Analysis I have completed the TA101 qualification and so can further support my clients explore issues of conflict within relationships
As well as a private practice with my own Counselling room in central Newbury I also provide Counselling sessions for young people and adults at a local Charitable Practice in Newbury.
I am EMCC Level 5 Qualified Life Coach Practitioner, so when it feels right for you we can also bridge the past and present with the future and explore your goals,ambitions and a journey towards positive change.
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
£55.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
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Additional information
I offer a consessionary fee of £45.00 to my clients under 18.
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Further information
I offer a free 30 minute Introductory call so we can find out a little about each other and decide if we would be a good fit.
If you are reading this and under 18, just to let you know I will need permission from your mum, dad or primary care provider before progressing your enquiry. Equally if you are mum or dad then I am happy to also chat with you about how I work and the safeguarding precautions I take with my younger clients.
I am currently based at my own Counselling Room in the centre of Newbury where free parking is available
