Paul Smith
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About me
Through my experience as a therapist, I have found that the route to successful therapy begins with trust and a good relationship.
I provide a non-judgemental space that will let us explore together your thoughts and feelings.
Are you are feeling low? Or do you find the same problems keep occurring?
Through the awareness that this exploration provides, a clarity and healing may begin. An awareness that allows us to turn that corner and start to move on with our lives.
The power to heal and strengthen ourselves comes from within, and the finding of the questions will help us to find the answers that are unique to each of us.
With these answers come a strong foundation on which we can build.
I have trained for four years in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy and have been awarded a Post Graduate Diploma in Transactional Analysis Practice.
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, grief, including the loss, sadness and devastation felt through the suicide of a loved one or someone close to you.
If you feel ready to go ahead with therapy, please feel free to get in touch for an initial chat to see how we get on, before we commit to further sessions.
My fees are £50 for a 50-minute session. Initial phone chat is free of charge.
Training, qualifications & experience
TA 101
UKATA Diploma in Transactional Analysis psychotherapy
Experience working with West Kent Mind since 2018 where I am now an Associate counsellor.
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.
UKATA (formally the Institute of Transactional Analysis) is the national UK Transactional Analysis organisation representing all fields of TA theory and practice. TA can be used as an effective tool in a wide range of contexts such as: personal development, management, coaching, counselling, psychotherapy, teaching, education, parenting and more.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£50.00
Concessions spaces available
