Trish Buckner
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About me
For me the most life changing moment came when I had full awareness of my own health, knowing what would make things worse and the things that may not. This enabled me to be able to live life within these boundaries. Don’t get me wrong I do not get this right every time because sometimes what I need for my mental health may not align with my physical health but also because like you I am a human. This is one of the biggest reasons I set up my practice to be able to support others through their life transitions to find their true self amongst the chaos, whilst doing it at their pace through no set number of sessions.
Sessions with myself work by providing a safe trusting counselling relationship to explore what you are experiencing, the clouds can start to lift on who you are as a person. It could be that you no longer identify with the you prior to the life transition or that you want to be able to reconnect with yourself. By slowing things down and exploring at your pace, we can find ways that help you to feel safe when life is overwhelming around you. Once the relationship has built and you feel the trust of the counselling relationship we will be able to explore deeper issues that may be present for you. What is most important is that we go where you want to go, this is your journey, you are the expert I am simply here to sit with you and to hear you not just listen, as you travel through some of the darker feelings that have previously been pushed to one side or buried.
Often we overlook how much our lives are forever changing, maybe seeing ourselves as caterpillars that turn into butterflies once you become an adult. Whilst this may be how it feels for some, others may experience feeling more like a tree. They start life as a sapling being shaped by their nature and surroundings similar to humans, but as the seasons change and as they mature the changes happen frequently, bad weather can result in differences year on year, and each season brings differences too.
This feeling of things forever changing can often result in anxiety, feeling overwhelmed and like things are completely out of your control.
Now thinking about your life, have you experienced something similar such as a new diagnosis opening your eyes to a new reality that you need some support working out how you move forwards? Below is a list of some things that people may need to reassess their goals or may rock who they believe they are as a person or their purpose:
Long term health condition
New diagnosis
Neurodiversity
Bereavement
Redundancy
Parenthood
Separation / divorce
Identity
Relocation
Career change
Family changes
Menopause
Retirement
Empty nest syndrome
Leaving an abusive situation
This is not an exhaustive list and life impacts us all in different ways therefore it is impossible to address all things that could be felt by everyone.
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Training, qualifications & experience
Training for me is important as it prevents me from becoming stagnant and helps to open my eyes to many more experiences than my own. Whilst I have a wealth of personal and work experience each client is totally unique and the key to it all is our connection within the therapy space. Most important is that you feel safe and heard without judgement.
I have a Level 5 Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy which led me into person centred therapy as my area of focus. Some clients may wonder if Person Centred Counselling is just someone sitting and listening. However, for me it is about hearing a person and understanding or recognising things they are saying but may not notice or be fully aware of themselves. Further to this by the counsellor being curious about topics a client avoids it can help them to discover parts of their life or personality they may have never explored before. Being Person Centred keeps the client as the focus not others in their life and can really help the client gain clarity about themselves, their coping mechanisms, behaviours and emotions.
I have also completed a variety of CPD (continuous professional development) courses which include:
- Taming the inner critic with self compassion
- Autism level 2
- Children and young people's mental health level 2
- Working with Shame
- Adult and Childrens Safeguarding training
- First aid training
- Domestic Abuse training
- Working with relational trauma
- Introduction to Body Image and Disordered Eating
- Walk and Talk Therapy
- Bereaved by suicide training
- Bereavement training
- Working therapeutically with ASD and ADHD
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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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Parenthood
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
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Additional information
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Further information
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- Face to face sessions
- Online sessions
- Walk and Talk sessions
