Nikki Patten
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
It takes great courage to consider looking for some professional help. I have a background in trauma, abuse, PTSD, bereavement, and ADHD. I’m here to help with whatever is causing you concern in a warm, safe, non-judgmental supportive place.
Firstly, from one human being to another, I would like to say how proud I am of you for looking for some support. It's not easy to admit when we might need some help, or to actively seek it out. It's a really big step. Take your time, you're in control of what happens next, so do things at your own pace. Trauma can have such an impact on every part of our lives. It's never easy, but taking the control back is a great step forward.
Thank you for taking the time to find out a little bit more about me and what I have to offer. My aim in therapy is to offer you a safe space where you can look at what’s going on for you, explore what you want and find ways to manage this and move on.
I believe the transformations that can happen within counselling can be life changing. When you open up, share, and reflect on the inner workings of your world with someone, amazing things can happen. With the support of the right person, you can understand, process, and overcome the things that have seemed insurmountable for so long.
I work with adults over 18 face to face as well as online and over the telephone. I’m a fully qualified Counsellor and a Registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) and I am also an accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).
I am a qualified ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider. This means I am qualified in helping clients with ADHD overcome their emotional, behavioural, relationship and achievement challenges so they can thrive in life.
I have supervision on a monthly basis to ensure I am working within the professional guidelines on the BACP. This ensures good practice allowing us to get the most out of our sessions together.
Through my own experiences of therapy and my training, I’ve been able to discover who I am and find some inner peace for myself and I’d really like to be able to help you feel a similar way.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Life Coaching Diploma
- Currently studying Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP)
- Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Practice
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- Working therapeutically with ADHD and ASD
- Qualified Mental Health First Aider
- Cruse Bereavement training
- Cruse Complicated Grief training
- NHS Acute Care and the Person-Centred Approach
- Exploring suicidal risk with clients,
- Working with Anxiety and Depression.
- Working with Trauma, Understanding trauma, Implementing trauma informed practice
- Certificate in counselling on telephone and online.
Before dedicating myself to counselling I worked in the NHS for over 20 years. In my NHS job, I specialised in supporting people who had long-term physical health problems such as chronic pain and fatigue, cancer, strokes, and heart issues amongst other problems.
In addition to my private practice, I am a volunteer with Macmillan and offer counselling to people with life limiting illness, cancer and those that have been bereaved. I also volunteer with Cruse Bereavement Services. Both of these roles have enabled me to gain experience working with people with diverse backgrounds and a wide range of presenting issues.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations.
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£40.00 - £50.00
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
I charge £40 per hour for telephone and online sessions and £50 per hour for in-person sessions.
I offer a free 20 minute introduction call
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Further information
Working Hours -
Tuesday -Saturday morning in-person appointments available 9am-12pm
Tuesday - Sunday Telephone & online appointments available 9am-5pm
Clinic Location -
The practice is situated in the The Wessex Health Network, 17 Stour Road, Christchurch BH23 1PL. The front of the building has metal railings and a large blue sign on the railings. It is sandwiched between the white building, which is a children's nursery and the red brick building, which are flats.
Car Parking -
the clinic has a car park to the rear of the building. This is accessed via Arthur Road. There is a small sign saying Wessex Health on the turning into car park. If you end up in the gravel car park you are in the right place. If you are in a tarmac car park you have turned into the car park for the flats next door.
The car park bit tricky to find on the first appointment so this is the what 3 words link for the entrance to the car park https://w3w.co/late.gains.phones
The entrance is to the side of the building. The entrance can be accessed by the side passage to the left of the building if viewed from the front or from the car park at the rear of the building.
