PJ Sangalang

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location_on Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0AX
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About me

Hello, I'm PJ, and I'm a humanistic counselling psychotherapist. It's nice to meet you.

I'm an advocate for counselling and providing the time and space for individuals to explore and learn about themselves as much as possible. I primarily provide online counselling, in the hopes of making counselling accessible to as many as possible, though I also work over the phone, and face-to-face, in person.

I take a humanistic and holistic approach to support you; I feel that helping explore you--your thoughts, feelings, how you perceive the world around you and how it may have been shaped by your current and past experiences, will hopefully grant you greater understanding about who you are as an individual.

I am also a member of the BAME community and an immigrant from Canada, and I have worked with a variety of clients across different gender and age groups, as well as ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, and I have been able to do so because I do work phenomenologically; that is, I will listen to your individual story and your very individual challenges, and your very individual perception of them. I aim to provide a safe environment that encourages and challenges as appropriate, just for you.

Let's not forget, however, that we would be forming a counselling relationship to give you this opportunity to get to know yourself.

I do believe we are all unique, and whilst theories and studies are a wealth of knowledge and information to help guide us in our work, I believe that it is in fact our working relationship, and what we each bring individually to it, that is most important.

In summary, I work from the humanistic paradigm, and I strongly believe a good relationship with a counsellor can help. I will be supportive, I will be encouraging; I will be kind and empathetic, and together, I will create a safe space for you to be heard and for you to explore being you.

Training, qualifications & experience

I am a registered member of the BACP (#407042), having completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Brighton.

I have worked with individuals from their late-teens to mid-70s, both in short-term (8 sessions) and long-term (approx. one and a half years) sessions.

I also completed a Level 1 Member Course with the Association for Counselling and Therapy Online, to be a certified Online (and Telephone) Counsellor.

Finally, I have years-long experience as a volunteer for a national help line and employment in administrative roles in the charity sector, including suicide prevention and bereavement.

My previous academic history includes a Master of Arts in Social Psychology, and a double major of a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology.

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£55.00 - £70.00
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session

Concessions offered for

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  • check_circle Refugees

Additional information

I am happy to give you an initial 10-15 minute chat/consultation over the phone or online for free to see if we would like to work together, as your initial consultation--and for you to test and see how online appointments may work for you.

Depending on the service (including long/short-term sessions, for instance) as well as your circumstances (eg. if it's your first time doing counselling and want to see if it's for you, or you are a student, for example), we can then agree on the cost from a sliding scale as shown.

When I work

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My current availability is generally on all day Fridays, and Sunday afternoons. Please contact me for other availability.

Further information

 primarily work online, though please contact me if you are interested in in-person work; I am based in Reigate, east Surrey.

I am currently available on weekends, particularly Saturday  mornings, from approx. 8am-1pm start times, and that will hopefully help accommodate you if you are busy during the week.

I currently have inconsistent availability on a weekly basis in the evenings, but if you are still interested, please let me know.

Reigate Natural Health, Alma House, Alma Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0AX

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Key details

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Wheelchair user access info
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Additional languages

Tagalog/Filipino

Online platforms

Google Meet