Olivia Jacobs-Farnsworth
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About me
What makes something better is connection-Brene Brown.
Empathy and connection are what I believe makes a strong, effective therapeutic relationship.
I work within a person centred modality; this means that I believe you are the expert on your life. I will help navigate and promote growth whilst remaining in your frame of reference, staying present and going at your pace. I chose to train in this form of therapy due to its warm, non-judgemental, empathetic nature.
I offer long and short term counselling depending on what you feel is appropriate and support a range of individuals.
If you are wondering if counselling is for you, I offer a free pre-therapy session to talk through your questions and queries.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training and Qualifications
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists
- Enhanced Disclosure and barring service
- Online Counselling CACHE
- Mental Health First Aid
- Psychological First Aid
- Suicide
- Designated safeguarding lead
- Anxiety
- Attachment disorder
- Bereavement
- Trauma and abuse
- Impact of Neurodiversity
- Stonework
Experience
- Working alongside a range of clients at the Leicestershire Counselling Charity 1:1 face to face and online/telephone.
- Setting up support, contracting and obtaining consent with clients.
- Abiding by the BACP ethical framework of working to ethically with clients.
- Following safeguarding and safety procedures.
- Signposting and referrals.
- Secondary school for 7 years supporting staff and students.
- Regular CPD
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 - £55.00
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Free Pre-therapy session
- £40 per session online
- £55 per session face to face
Concessions offered to trainee counsellors.
Further information
Online and telephone sessions only.
All client relationships begin with a pre-therapy session, subsequent sessions are 50 minutes in duration. This will offer you the opportunity to decide if person centred therapy is for you and whether you feel I am the right fit for you.
