Paul Smith
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About me
My approach to therapy is that it’s a process we go through together. My role as a therapist is to support and guide you while exploring your thoughts and feelings, allowing, and encouraging your authentic voice.
Metaphors along with psychoeducation play a part in my approach. An understanding of the psychology of what makes us tick allows us to become more aware of why we and others behave the way we do. Awareness is a key process in change.
I offer both short term and long term therapy.
Short term therapy is a solution-based method where we look and work on a particular issue.
Long term therapy is a more of an entire workout where we look at deeper issues in life.
My experience
I have trained for four years in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy and have been awarded a Post Graduate Diploma in Transactional Analysis Practice. I am also accredited with the BACP.
I have been a volunteer counsellor with West Kent Mind since 2018 and I also have my own private practice based in Forest Row, where I see people face to face as well as by Zoom video conferencing.
I have experience working with anxiety, depression, catastrophic and over thinking, domestic abuse, grief, including the loss, sadness and devastation felt through the suicide of a loved one or someone close to you.
Next steps
If you feel ready to go ahead with therapy, please get in touch for a free 30 minute initial consultation to see how we get on before we commit to further sessions.
My fees are £60 for a 50-minute session. Initial phone chat is free of charge.
Training, qualifications & experience
TA 101
UKATA Diploma in Transactional Analysis psychotherapy
BACP accredited
Associate counsellor and assessor with West Kent Mind.
Private practice since 2019
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£60.00
Concessions spaces available for people with low income. Please enquire during our initial chat.
