Nicola Pendregaust
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About me
Easily overwhelmed, stressed & crippled with anxiety? Fed up & frustrated with the fuzzy head, forgetfulness, feeling tired & wired & low mood,
Noticing your self-confidence has taken a nosedive, your self-esteem at rock bottom? A sense your identity, values & purpose have shifted.
I can support you with your perimenopause & post menopausal symptoms, issues & challenges. To explore your current peri or post-menopausal experiences, situation, and problems, understand the impact on your emotional health, relationships, self-confidence, self-esteem, sense of identity, purpose & professional career life.
Together, we can explore the impact of your fluctuating hormones on your thoughts, feelings, emotions & behaviours.
I can help you make sense of your menopausal symptoms so that you are able to feel less stressed, manage your anxiety & overwhelm, feel you can cope better, sleep better, rebuild your confidence & reclaim your identity, so you can re-connect with your strong resilient self.
I can also support you, in looking at how past traumas can raise their heads during perimenopause & menopause, leading to thoughts, feelings & emotions that may leave you feeling like you are going crazy.
I will support you with a ‘toolkit’ of strategies to manage your menopause symptoms & cope with difficult feelings, emotions & anxieties, helping you to better navigate this time of psychological & physical change. And provide time & space too, to consider who you’d liked to be post your menopause.
We'll be using our EMBERS® model which is based on principles from CBT, neuroscience, positive psychology, and lifestyle medicine. EMBERS® is designed to help you get back in the driving seat and start feeling your best. With EMBERS®, you'll discover how to harness the power of your mind, body, and spirit to support your health and wellbeing. You'll learn practical techniques for managing your mood, reducing anxiety, and improving your sleep. And you'll discover the joy of living a life full of love, optimism, and growth.
We will work together utilising my toolkit of counselling, coaching and hypnotherapy to create a bespoke package of help, healing and support to take you to the next level of your life comfortably, calmly and with joy.
Rediscover yourself & ‘thrive’ in midlife. Embracing this ‘different’ chapter in your life.
Working on-line as well as face to face in West Kent – Sevenoaks & Tonbridge and both virtually & face to face at Self Space - Soho & Borough
Training, qualifications & experience
Diploma in hypnotherapy and counselling skills (Dip Hip), Diploma in psychotherapeutic counselling (Dip PC), Advanced diploma in psychotherapeutic counselling (Ad. Dip. PsyC)
- Registered Member of the BACP,
- Accredited Registrant of the National Counselling Society (NCS)
- Mid-life lifestyle & mindset coach
- Therapist working for West Kent GP Surgeries (ACG)
- Embers 'trained'' (Menopause CBT)
Member organisations
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The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
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In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Peri menopause
- Menopause
- Early menopause
- Surgical Menopause
- Childhood trauma
- C-PTSD
- PTSD
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 - £75.00
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£65 for 60 minutes Menopause therapy (CBT)
£60 for 50 minutes - individual counselling for stress, anxiety, grief & loss, relationships & self-confidence
£75 for couples therapy
When I work
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I can be flexible with weekday day time & evening sessions.
This can be face to face in Sevenoaks Kent or online via Zoom (so location isn't a challenge).
Further information
Affiliate member of the British Menopause Society
Impart Menopause training (IMS)
