About me
Talkaid Counselling Services
How can Counselling help?
At times, we can feel so overwhelmed. with life experiences, leaving us feeling anxious, fearful or hurt. If you are struggling and would like to think and feel differently about your situation, counselling can offer you the space and support to begin working through your difficulties.
Life experiences can trigger strong emotions such as anger, fear, anxiety or deep emotional pain. By talking openly and exploring your individual circumstances in a safe and confidential environment, you can begin to understand these feelings. Talking things through with a counsellor can help make sense of these feelings and understand how past or current experiences may be affecting you now. Simply being heard and understood can begin to reduce the intensity of emotional pain.
Counselling can help you to:
- Gain clarity about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours, making sense of emotions
- Better understand patterns that may be keeping you stuck and to understand how past or current experiences may be affecting you
- Learn healthier ways to manage anxiety, anger, stress, low mood or other overwhelming feelings
- Identify areas of your life you would like to change or improve by building coping strategies that feel realistic and personal to you.
- Develop greater self-awareness and self-confidence.
By working together, we can focus on the areas you would like work on, to make meaningful changes. Though better understanding and self-awareness, you can begin to build resilience to move forward. Overtime, this can help you feel more in control, more resilient and better equipped to handle life's challenges.
How can I help?
I offer a safe, confidential and supportive space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, fears, difficulties without judgement. My aim is to help you truly feel heard and understood. Together we can work through the issues that may be causing you distress through processing, you can begin to make meaningful lasting changes to your life.
My main focus is always you. I will be on your journey by providing you with the space and support you need. I work in an integrative way, which means our sessions are tailored to your individual needs. I am passionate about the work I do and committed to offering a respectful and confidential environment where you can truly feel heard and valued.
I am a qualified Counsellor/Psychotherapist and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I am also a qualified Clinical Supervisor, offering supervision to professionals working in the caring environments as well as to trainees and qualified counsellors.
I hold a current DBS certificate and I am fully insured, attending regular CPD training courses to support my ongoing professional development. With over 20 years experience of working with young people in a school environment, I have developed a strong understanding of the challenges they face. I also have extensive experience supporting adults dealing with complex issues including trauma, abuse, domestic violence and other personal difficulties. In addition, I offer couples counselling helping navigate life together.
I offer face to face sessions or online, whichever is more suitable to your needs.
What can you expect from your first session?
Your first session is an informal and relaxed opportunity for us to talk about what has brought you to counselling and what you would like to gain from it. It is also a chance for you to decide whether I am the right counsellor for you. Finding someone you feel comfortable with and able to trust is an important part of the counselling process. If you would like to take the first step, please call or email me to arrange an appointment.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- Level 6 Diploma in Therapeutic Supervision
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling.
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies.
- ABC Level 2 Certificate In Counselling Concepts.
Continued Professional Development
- Introductory Transactional Analysis 101 Course
- Equality and Diversity
- Mental Health Policy
- Child Protection Awareness in Education
- Preventing Bullying Behaivour
- Protecting Vulnerable Adults
- Children's Rights
- Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Abuse
- Hearing Voices and Paranoia
- Suicidal Awareness
- Self-Harm
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorders - CBT
- Working with PTSD
- Creative tools for working with young people
- School counsellor training
- Couples Counselling
- CBT Course
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
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£60.00 - £90.00
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