Peter French
About me
Hello, I'm Peter. I offer person-centred counselling here at the Wellbeing Clinic in Corsham, N Wilts.
If you’ve been experiencing issues in your life that you’re struggling with, and feel you would like to talk to someone, I can help you explore these things in a caring, confidential space.
Person-centred counselling is a way of creating a counselling relationship where you can experience warmth and acceptance, empathic listening, and genuineness, which will enable you to access hitherto untapped resources in yourself. It is a relational therapy - together, we look at different parts of your story and experiences, and together we create the conditions that lead to positive change for you.
There are many different issues that people have brought to counselling that I have worked with. These include (but are not limited to) relationship issues, work stresses, substance abuse, addictions, the results of trauma, anxiety, depression, social isolation, shame. But sometimes, we can't even put our finger on what it is exactly that is troubling us - it can simply be a vague sense of unease or of aloneness, or emptiness, or dissatisfaction.
It can sometimes be difficult (and indeed is usually an act of great courage, although it may not feel like that) to make the decision to seek help – this can frequently be the hardest step.
Training, qualifications & experience
Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling from Temenos Education Ltd (Sheffield).
I am a fully qualified Person-Centred Therapist, practising for four years in a variety of settings. As well as working privately in Corsham, I work at DHI (Developing Health and Independence) in Bath.
I am a member of BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) and abide by their code of ethics.
Member organisations
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Although I have specified a few of the areas I can help with, please note that as a person-centred counsellor I will work with whatever you bring to our sessions. I will certainly not view you in terms of your 'issues' or 'symptoms' - but I will meet you wherever you are in your life at the present moment, in all its complexity.
